Climate

Updated: October 9, 2025 Pakistan must clear the air on smog. Here’s how Author: Dr. Fahad Saeed As the winter of 2025 approaches, the genie of smog is preparing to escape its bottle in South Asia, especially in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. This phenomenon occurs every year during the late…

Updated: August 02, 2025 Climate change intensified heavy monsoon rain in Pakistan, exacerbating urban floods that impacted highly exposed communities. Author: Dr. Fahad Saeed From late June 2025, intense monsoon rainfall led to severe flooding in northern Pakistan, particularly in the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In mid-July, a…

Updated: July 31, 2025 Between Data and Drama: Pakistan’s Meteorological Disconnect undermines Reliability and Response Authors: Dr. Mariam Saleh Khan, Dr. Fahad Saeed Pakistan is currently grappling with yet another season of destructive flooding, though the official numbers for losses and damages will come once the monsoon spell is over.…

Heatwave Resurgence 2025: Will Saudi Arabia’s new adaptation measures mitigate heat stress? Author: Fateh Tahir  Every year millions of Muslims flock to Makkah to perform Hajj, an annual pilgrimage and one of the most important events on the Islamic calendar. In recent years with the advent of anthropogenic climate change,…

Updated: June 17, 2025 Pakistan Is Boiling: But the numbers aren’t telling the actual story Author: Dr. Fahad Saeed  With peak summer still ahead, parts of Pakistan are already sweltering at 50°C  Here, climate change is no longer a distant warning—it is the lived reality. The 1.5°C warming limit set by the…

NCQG – The Quest for Quantum and Quality As the “Finance COP” kicks off, the centerpiece of discussion – NCQG is capturing global attention. For the first time since Copenhagen Accord, climate finance is under revaluation, with high hopes attached for advancing the critical support developing nations need to combat…

As a new government is finally ushered into power at the back of ambitious promises, we can only hope that it will deliver on them because at this point any reform short of ambition would only mean further regression for Pakistan. Rome wasn’t built in a day, similarly, we must…

Updated: February 12, 2025 The Cold Wave: How it affects Pakistan’s winter weather Author: Zahid Masood Climate change is likely a contributing factor to the cold waves experienced in many countries around the world. Evidence of climate change includes rising global temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, shrinking glaciers and ice…