Mitigation and reality
Will the new IPCC report on mitigation detail and recommend supply-side pathways and policies to mitigate climate change? Will the report even mention regulating a phase out of fossil fuel…
Bailing out the environment
Pakistan’s economic team is negotiating with the IMF for a bailout package. One of the conditions is to remove all fossil fuel subsidies which cost Pakistan almost $12 million per…
The right to water
The people of Pakistan, particularly those in southern Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan, are facing the worst kind of water crisis. Electronic and social media are inundated with images of disease-ridden…
India and rising heatwaves
In March 2022, reported record temperatures in India made this the hottest year in the 122 years since records began. The world has seen heatwaves in the past, but human-made…
How to deal with heatwaves
Pakistan is facing record-breaking temperatures and a prolonged heatwave since March this year, leading to a major impact on society, environment, work hours and the economy. The city of Jacobabad…
Tackling the energy Vecna
The recent Netflix season of ‘Stranger Things’, a teen series where monsters from a parallel universe terrify the peace-loving citizens of Hawkins, has me on my toes. In the latest…
Adaptation over mitigation
All interviews and articles on climate change in Pakistan begin with this epic yet mundane line, ‘Pakistan is ranked fifth among the most vulnerable countries because of climate change’. This…
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc
As inflation reaches an adjusted 38 per cent across the country, it seems Pakistan is in the worst economic state it has ever been. There is a pronounced, feverish race…
A question of justice [Part – I]
It is tough to be optimistic at a time when the country is in the middle of multiple crises. Some of the enormous challenges faced by Pakistan include colossal economic…
Global action
My professor Dan Schrag taught us a valuable lesson: climate change is a global problem and requires collective global action. He would stress that we should not address emissions in…
