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01 Sep 22

Pakistan’s floods must be a wake up call on climate action ahead of Sharm El-Sheikh

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Dr Fahad Saeed is a climate impacts scientist based in Islamabad. He writes on how climate impacts are exacerbating power and development issues, despite Pakistan’s negligible emissions, and how the floods could reframe the debate on Loss and Damage ahead of COP27 in Eygpt this year. Witnessing a human being…

13 Dec 20

Greener Pakistan: A case for climate diplomacy

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Pakistan’s image has been tarnished by uneasy relations with its neighbours and the US and links to terrorism. The grounds for this are complex and much of the criticism is not unfounded. But could cooperation on fighting climate change improve Pakistan’s international standing under the leadership of its new Prime Minister…

25 Feb 19

Glacial melt spells more trouble in the Himalayan LDCs

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The recent landmark International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) report on glacial melt in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) region paints a drastic picture, indicating that the glaciers will melt by one third even if the global temperature rise is limited to 1.5°C, a goal of the Paris climate agreement.…

27 Aug 18

Hot, dry or flooded – more weather extremes beyond 1.5°C warming

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The body of new research in response to the IPCC’s call for papers for its 1.5°C special report shows that even an additional half a degree of global warming would bring a wealth of negative impacts on most natural and human systems around the world. It would also constitute a…

30 Mar 17

In China and Pakistan’s coal romance – where is the love for the climate?

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“Winning the future will not be done with technologies of the past” – Climate Analytics’ Dr Fahad Saeed writes about Pakistan’s plans to massively expand its coal capacity. If you were travelling via motorway from Islamabad to Lahore during November or December 2016, you might have felt like your head…

Pakistan’s floods must be a wake up call on climate action ahead of Sharm El-Sheikh

Greener Pakistan: A case for climate diplomacy

Glacial melt spells more trouble in the Himalayan LDCs

Hot, dry or flooded – more weather extremes beyond 1.5°C warming

In China and Pakistan’s coal romance – where is the love for the climate?

Dr. Fahad Saeed

Dr. Mariam Saleh Khan

The Global Stocktake (GST) Mandate: Pakistan’s Climate Crossroad.

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