Glasgow: industrial canal’s climate-fighting future
Glasgow was a vital cog in the machine of Britain’s Industrial Revolution, which brought the baleful impact of carbon emissions and eventually climate change to the world. Today, the venue…
Glasgow agreement and Pakistan—I
Glasgow Climate Conference has ended with a renewed commitment of 200 nations to climate change goals amid skepticism and criticism by activists of doing too little. The promises of assisting…
Glasgow agreement and Pakistan—II
Major energy source remains to be Thar coal. Thar coal can be liquefied to produce gas (SNG). It is a tried and tested technology. There are more than 125 coal…
Paris to Glasgow
CLIMATE conversations have been taking place since 1995 with limited success. The turning point in the talks took place in 2015 when the historic Paris Agreement was signed by 196…
Pakistan post-Glasgow
The 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) closed with an unexpected, compromised deal – from ‘phasing out’ of carbon emissions as…
G20 key for momentum at Glasgow climate meet
As nearly 200 nations gather in Glasgow for UN climate talks starting Sunday all eyes are on Rome, where a G20 summit ending the same day will signal how committed…
COP29: storms, pledges, politics
As the 29th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP29) wrapped up in Baku, the world faced yet another dire warning: 2024 is likely to be the hottest year on…
Future of UN climate dialogue threatened by budget shortfal
The leading UN body on climate change is experiencing a severe budget shortfall, according to a Reuters analysis of documents from the world body - a funding gap that diplomats…
For a net-zero future
ENERGY has become a critical national security issue for Pakistan. The present policy prescriptions have brought us to a dead-end street. It has not only become hard for us to…
How not to win a Pulitzer
ISRAEL’S destructive military campaign in Gaza, which has so far killed over 35,000 Palestinians, including nearly 14,000 children over the past seven months in revenge for the Hamas assault on…
