Cyclones in our lives
For almost the entire week, so many of us had anxiously waited for the threatened arrival of a cyclone. Since there was an element of unpredictability about how it would…
Remembering Civil Defence
As someone who has lived through three wars with India in 1965, 1971 and then the recent conflict in 2025 I was a little surprised that the role of Civil…
Heat, hate and hegemony
Last summer’s sweltering heat claimed some 500 precious lives in Pakistan. In its seasonal outlook for the hot weather season – April to June – the Indian Meteorological Department has…
Climate in the classroom
As climate change accelerates, its impacts on education systems are becoming impossible to ignore. From submerged schools in Bangladesh to heatwave-related closures in Pakistan, extreme weather events disrupt learning for…
The climate crisis is now
A hailstorm in Islamabad and surrounding areas a few days ago delivered one of the harshest warnings for both urban and rural populations. Farmlands were devastated, and the expensive windscreens…
Martinique’s water woes drive anger at French rule
In Martinique, a French territory in the Caribbean, tourists flock to crystalline waterfalls nestling in the tropical rainforests. But the water that comes out of Christelle Marie-Sainte’s tap at home…
Urban dimension
AFTER several weeks of protests in Sindh, the canals controversy is now also being echoed on national platforms. President Asif Zardari had to retreat from his earlier endorsement of these…
Issues in provision of adequate level of climate finance
The World Bank Group (WBG) in its 2023 released ‘Pakistan – Country climate and development report’ pointed out that‘The total investment needs for a comprehensive response to Pakistan’s climate and…
Reclaimed land
Every time you look up there is another tall building rising into the blue sky from the sea level in Clifton. At the same time the sea is also rising…
Breaking the climate silos
AS the winter smog blankets our cities from Lahore to Delhi, and farmers from Punjab to Bihar watch shifting monsoon patterns upend centuries-old agricultural practices, we are reminded daily that climate change knows no…
