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Pakistan Is Boiling: But the numbers aren’t telling the actual story 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 2015 Paris Agreement was not just a political…

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…

The Global Stocktake (GST) Mandate: Pakistan’s Climate Crossroad Though it may be considered an old news now, the outcomes of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) still hold immense relevance. The urgency and severity of climate change and its impacts insists…

Circular Economy: Can sustainability alleviate Pakistan? Authors: Dr. Mariam Saleh Khan, Dr. Fahad Saeed 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…

Circular Agriculture: Antidote to resource scarcity in Pakistan. Estimates indicate that by the mid-century, Pakistan’s population would have exceeded 400 million. This presents an infinite set of possibilities; the best-case scenario would be that these new generations of Pakistanis would be absorbed across the nations various sectors of industry. However,…

The Cold Wave: How it affects Pakistan’s winter weather 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 sheets, rising sea levels, and increased ocean…

Renewed hope for tackling climate change – could it boost South Asia cooperation? Following the recent net zero announcements from big emitters, and as the newly elected US president Biden sets to work enacting his ambitious national and international climate agenda, it is high time that South Asia uses the…