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Financing Pakistan’s Climate Adaptation Initiatives
Pakistan’s devastating 2022 floods unambiguously elucidate the stark realities of climate change. The event indicates an existential danger that demands immediate and earnest policy attention. Pakistan’s climate crisis has metamorphosed into a distinctive security challenge—one that deviates from conventional security…
Bangladesh is Forging Ahead with a Green Foreign Policy
Bangladesh is considered one of the most vulnerable countries to climate-induced risks and ranks seventh among the extreme disaster risk-prone countries. The Climate Risk Index 2021 states that climate change has caused grave humanitarian losses with casualties counted at 11,450…
The Economic Costs of Pakistan’s Floods
Over the past month, Pakistan has been hit by the worst flooding in the country’s modern history. The floods have put "one-third of the country underwater" and the deaths of close to 1,500 people. Estimates note a further 33 million…
Policy Lessons from the Front Lines: Tackling Extreme Heat in India
Extreme heat is wreaking havoc across India. During the March-April 2022 heatwaves, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded the hottest March on record, with temperatures soaring as high as 47 degrees Celsius (117 degrees Fahrenheit) and impacting 15 states and…
یووکرین میں جنگ کے بھارتی معیشت پراثرات
حصص کی مقامی منڈیوں میں بڑھتی ہوئی بے یقینی کے سبب بھارتی روپے کی قدر میں ریکارڈ گراوٹ کے بعد ڈالر ۷۷.۹ روپے کا ہو چکا ہے۔ بھارتی روپے کی قدر میں گراوٹ کے لیے دو بنیادی عوامل براہ…
Balancing Climate Change and Geopolitics in Bangladesh
This monsoon season, Bangladesh experienced its worst flooding since 2004. Over seven million people in the north-eastern region of Sylhet have been affected, with floods damaging 185,000 acres of paddy fields and 741,000 acres of other crops, including maize, jute,…