Best Environmental News From 2022: When we talk about the climate or the environment, it is usually about how something is an issue and what the next new problem is going to be. More often than not unfortunately, we are talking about the current issues and crises various regions and communities are facing across the […]
Clean and Healthy Environment: Protecting the Right to Life and Reducing Violent Crimes
INTRODUCTION The core idea of a clean and healthy environment is that all people are entitled to live in a healthy, clean, and safe environment. Protection of the Right to life through a clean and healthy environment, clean water, food, and air is a fundamental right granted by article 9 of the 1973 constitution of […]
What is Climate Anxiety or Eco-Anxiety? – Causes and Effects
What is meant by the term Climate Anxiety or Eco- Anxiety? As we hear about the concerns and environmental issues being reported and raised, everyday brings a new worry about the current climate issues and the natural disasters brought on as a result of it. This worry, concern, fear and tension arising due to climate […]
Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources of Pakistan
Introduction: Climate Change and Water Resources – Why has water become so scarce in Pakistan and the reason behind it Although water scarcity is a global issue, this is particularly an alarming concern in countries where population growth is rapidly increasing. Pakistan is also a highly water stressed country because of this reason. Karachi in […]
How to Reduce Disastrous Impacts of Floods? – Mitigation Methods
Introduction: Climate Change and Increased bouts of Extreme Weather Events Climate Change has lead to an alarming increase in extreme weather events like tornadoes, cyclones, floods, GLOFs and cloudbursts to name a few. Extreme Weather Events are the result of atmospheric conditions on the extreme side of the weather. Although these cases of extreme weather […]
Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture Industry of Pakistan
What is Climate Change? What is the Cause of Climate Change? First, let us define climate. Climate is the long term weather pattern for at least 30 years of a particular region. Unlike weather that changes day to day, climate changes over a period of longer time even taking centuries to millennia. Climate Change can […]
AI And Its Role In Environmental Protection And Restoration
What is meant by ” AI”? AI- short for Artificial Intelligence is the system or machines that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. They are different from robots that can be pre-programmed to perform a certain task/s. This is because AI can overtime learn to improve itself by processing the information it has […]
Tropical Cyclones and their Causes, Effects and Management
What are Tropical Cyclones? Tropical Cyclones are known by many different names around the world. They are also called Hurricanes or Typhoons. Tropical cyclones are one of the most severe and dangerous type of natural disaster. They are formed over warm ocean waters in tropical regions where the weather is warmer about 26.5 degree Celsius […]
Pakistan’s Living Indus Initiative And Its Importance
If Indus were to speak, it would say, ‘I want to live again.’ – Sherry Rehman, Federal minister for climate change. Living Indus is an umbrella initiative consisting of various existing and new projects to address the triple planetary crisis, including Climate change, Biodiversity, and Pollution. It aims at climate-resilient reconstruction, in and around River […]
From Winters to Summers: Investigating the Loss of Spring Season in Lahore
Pakistan is one of the countries that is most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The country has already experienced changes in weather patterns, including hotter summers, longer heat waves, and shorter spring seasons. Lahore, the second-largest city in Pakistan, is a prime example of a city where the spring season has been lost […]