Symbolic hope at Belem
The Belem COP, with all its flaws, provided a unique opportunity to connect with nature in its purest and unadulterated form. The small town was clearly inadequate to handle the…
Belem and climate politics
COP30 in Belem is being read in two ways: symbolic theatre to some, a gathering with substance to others. Torrential rains flooded the Amazonian host city in the opening days.…
Hope at Belem
Hope for climate action seems to be the biggest casualty as COP30 starts. The last year has seen multilateralism pushed back, with a withering of the global rule-based order. Climate…
Diplomatic peak
Pakistan is reaching diplomatic heights unseen in its 78-year history. From Riyadh to Baku. From Beijing to Moscow. Pakistan’s handshake now spans continents and commands attention. From Jeddah to Doha.…
From rhetoric to resilience
As the world makes for COP30 in Belem, Brazil, hopes are rising. The conference promises to accelerate climate action and implementation through six thematic pillars incudes energy, industry and transport;…
Battling climate change
Cloudbursts have recently ravaged life in various areas of Pakistan. This phenomenon is comparatively new and appears to be a natural war tactic against humans. These weather events can be…
Syria believed it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweida
Syria’s government misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country’s south this week, encouraged by US messaging that Syria should be governed as a centralized state,…
After Bonn, all eyes on Belem
The climate talks in Bonn (Subsidiary Body Meeting - SB62) last month, meant to lay the groundwork and finalise the agenda for COP30 in Brazil later this year, concluded on…
Budget 2025-26: takes two to tango
Budget 2025–26 signals fiscal restraint and modest climate intent but remains, at its core, an act of improvisation rather than coordinated choreography. Touted as contractionary, the budget sets ambitious targets:…
Fortifying goodwill, protecting gains
Abigail Adams, mother of John Quincy Adams (a founding father and the sixth president of the USA) wrote to him at the height of the revolution, “It is not in the…
