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Climate finance ecosystem

PAKISTAN’S climate finance ecosystem is informal and unfolding. It has not been fully operationalised or coordinated, let alone synchronised with climate action. In fact, policymakers are still grappling to define…

A positive startup ecosystem

The startup ecosystem in Pakistan is at a critical juncture, presenting a unique blend of challenges and opportunities. With a young, tech-savvy population, increasing internet penetration and a growing middle…

Wounded ecosystem

We have devastated the ecosystem and threatened our survival and are now chanting the slogan ‘Save the planet, the earth is dying, save the ecosystem’ – which seems merely deceptive.…

A music ecosystem

Most musicians in Pakistan are suffering due to a lack of a sustainable ecosystem for musicians. The painful death of Asad Abbas, renowned folk singer, shows the murky reality our…

Continuity of the IT ecosystem

Pakistan’s surge in the IT industry has led to many high-paying jobs for many experts. This has played a role in government development and private business prosperity. The IT industry…

Ecosystem of hate

LYNCHING is the practice of summary extralegal executions introduced in 18th-century America — ritualised violence inflicted by a group on an individual. Genocide is a form of mass lynching perpetrated…

Ecosystem restoration

Pakistan’s green initiatives like ‘Clean and Green Pakistan’, ‘Ten Billion Tree Tsunami’, ‘Protected Areas Initiative’ and ‘Recharge Pakistan’ have received global recognition. Despite all these ambitious efforts and global recognition,…

Restoring the ecosystem

Back in 1987, ‘Our common future’, also known as the Brundtland Report, proposed the three main pillars of sustainable development: economic growth, environmental protection, and social equality. A group of…

Collapsing ecosystems

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently issued a report on the status of arthropods in rainforests. The report’s shocking analysis discovered a collapsing food web in tropical…

Collapsing Ecosystems

Collapsing ecosystems

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently issued a report on the status of arthropods in rainforests. The report’s shocking analysis discovered a collapsing food web in tropical…