Indonesia’s ambitious biodiesel programme will increase the risks of deforestation as more tropical forest could be cleared to grow palm oil, environmentalists have warned, urging policymakers to implement a long-term…
The Covid-19 pandemic caused a significant decrease in economic activities, leading to loss of income and unemployment. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), despite various measures to preserve employment…
Glaciers are considered to be a water tower for fresh water supply in the world and have become one of the most important subjects of discussion in the contemporary climate…
Pakistan’s forest cover constitutes approximately 4.8 percent of its total land area, which is some 4.224 million hectares. Farmland consists of 466,000 hectares and other linear plantings along road and…
Foreign relations and the state of the economy have become inextricably linked in Pakistan due to the PML-N administration's overarching objective to borrow from external sources to meet its budgetary…
In December 2015, governments from around the world came together to sign the Paris Agreement, agreeing to tackle climate change and keep global warming under two degrees centigrade. They committed…
Climate change is a catastrophe that can be avoided by combined human action and co-operation, as human civilisation has been able to tackle many issues that threatened its well-being and…
Driving up the Pacific Coast Highway from San Francisco, you approach the world’s largest contiguous temperate rainforest. But don’t look for any markers or directions. There aren’t any. In fact,…
In a recent report, Pakistan has been declared the 7th most vulnerable country to climate change. But it seems that the ruling elite are taking this report with a pinch…
Ultimately what got Malik Ishaq, the doyen of Pakistan’s sectarian terrorists, was not his commitment to violence but his failure to read the shift in the national landscape. He got…
