Climate anxiety
The heavy monsoon rains have once again flooded many areas of Pakistan leading to socio-economic crises. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, “108 people died,…
It kills me inside’: Activists sound alarm on climate anxiety
From Bangladesh to Britain to Nigeria, many young campaigners on the frontlines of the global fight for climate justice now face a new problem: the impact the crisis is having…
South Asia’s climate quandary
South Asia, home to nearly two billion people, is no longer peering at climate risk through the telescope of 2050; it is living it now. Heatwave clusters, glacial-lake outburst floods…
Climate change is a security threat
The world treats defence as an existential priority – and rightly so, because lapses in readiness can trigger cascading crises. Climate change now carries the same gravity for vulnerable regions…
Learn from climate emergencies
Pakistan has once again become a victim of a climate-led disaster in the form of floods, hitting different parts of the country. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)…
Climate and the youth
International Youth Day is celebrated on August 12 every year to highlight the problems and challenges faced by the younger generation and to work together to identify solutions. According to…
Women, climate change and health
Climate change has impacted many people worldwide, from Syria and Turkey to Bangladesh, Maldives and Pakistan. Coping with the recent floods has left a lot of the population of Pakistan…
Journalists under a climate siege
The media industry in Pakistan, as well as globally, is under siege – not from political forces or censorship, but from the relentless trudge of climate change. The logistics of…
Climate change: a health emergency
On December 3, the recently concluded United Nations Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai marked the celebration of the inaugural ‘Health Day’. This is the first time that the conference has…
Climate, world order and Pakistan – Part I
Pakistan today is in such a state where only historically unprecedented actions on a historically unprecedented scale can ensure its survival. This will be a massive challenge. But the stakes…
