The havoc that climate change is capable of has been known for a while now. Globally, each of the last three decades has been successively warmer than the preceding one, since 1850. For the last few years, we have been...
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Many policies, few outcomes
Climate change affects every aspect of our lives, from food security to health to energy to disaster vulnerabilities – the list goes on. It affects our economic decision-making when the federal government has to decide...
Danger to the vulnerable
Vulnerability to climate change varies substantially among ecosystems and people and within regions. It is driven by patterns of intersecting socio-economic development, unsustainable ocean and land use...
Dry spells, low yields
Farming is the main source of income for 60-year-old Zahir Shah from Chanda village in the Ghallani sub division of Mohmand district. He owns a rain-irrigated piece of land. For the last 35 years, he has grown wheat...
Deadly heat
A sudden surge in the acute watery diarrhea cases in the early days of March came as a surprise for infectious disease experts at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in Karachi. The winter season had just ended in...
Opinion: Who owns groundwater in water-stressed Pakistan?
Pakistan has passed two laws that could radically change how water is managed, but they leave many questions unanswered A farmer washing her cow in the Christian dominated village of Khushpur, Punjab Province, Pakistan...
For Karachi’s women, toxic water makes a tough life tougher
Though disproportionately affected by scarcity of clean water, their struggles are often ignored A representational image. PHOTO: REUTERS KARACHI: We might talk about empowering women on social forums, but in the...
Climate Change education to be introduced in Islamabad schools
Clean and green clubs set up at nearly 400 schools in the Pakistan capital Islamabad: Pakistan has announced to integrate climate change education in Islamabad schools to better equip young people to prepare for future...
In Islamabad, students to be taught about climate change
Representational image. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: With the country losing an average of nine per cent of its GDP annually to climate change and environmental impacts, the youth’s involvement is the most effective...
Global handwash day: 40pc population denied access to basic hygiene facilities
Islamabad: As international community commemorates Global Handwashing Day, the health and lives of the people of Pakistan are at risk because 40 per cent of the population is denied access to basic hygiene facilities...