Prioritizing environmental protection
In our obsession with political news, we often forget the more pressing issues that confront the quality of life in Pakistan. Climate change, air pollution, water scarcity, coal-based power plants,…
Environmental degradation
There is the Cerrejon thermal coal mine in Colombia -- jointly owned by Glencore and two other transnational companies, BHP and Anglo American -- whose expansion over the past 40…
Infrastructure development: Environmental impact
The role of infrastructure impacting economic growth and welfare has been studied across literature intensely during the past three decades. The post-World War II, reconstruction gave us a model where…
High Seas Treaty
OCEANS provide a wide range of eco-services that sustain life on Earth for humans, animals, and other species. Oceans regulate climate, drive weather systems, and contribute to meeting the global…
Ecological care
“We have planned to build a village comprised of 50 to 100 families. A prefab village is built in a few days. We are determining a location for it.” —…
Kacho area’s plight
PAKISTAN is geographically vast and ecologically diverse. The country has dry temperate mountains with the largest glaciers outside polar regions in the north, plains in the middle, coastal areas in…
Climate resilience
THE screening of development projects through the lens of climate resilience requires a paradigm shift in development planning and budgeting. The International Monetary Fund wants Pakistan to introduce this shift…
Climate justice
The least developed, poorest, and most marginalized – countries and communities – are disproportionately vulnerable to climate-related impacts despite being negligible contributors. The inequitable nature of climate change and its…
Do we need a Charter for Change?
In public policy literature, ‘policy silos’ describe the phenomenon where policies are developed in isolation from other policy areas and without coordination. This term highlights the negative consequences of fragmented…
Uniting theory and action for climate
Karl Marx popularized the quote “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”. Given the quote, let us not forget that Earth has its needs too,…
