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Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The Swat River didn't kill those 11 people on June 28 - the system did. At 3:17 AM, as floodwaters smashed through an illegally constructed hotel in Bahrain, three children sleeping on the ground floor never…

APP  Peshawar: The tragic drowning of 18 tourists in the swollen Swat River has sent shockwaves across the country, once again exposing Pakistan’s alarming vulnerability to climate-induced disasters. What was meant to be a summer…

Ali Nawaz Rahimoo Tharparker: The Thar Desert vast, sunbaked, and often dismissed as barren sprawls across approximately 20,000 square kilometers, making it one of the world’s largest arid regions. For decades, it has symbolized…

APP Peshawar: The once-thriving plum orchards of Peshawar are facing an unprecedented crisis as an unseasonal April heatwave, coupled with erratic rains and hailstorms, has obliterated nearly 90% of this year’s fruit crop. For…

News Desk Islamabad: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) jointly urged enhanced collaboration, strategic resource mobilization,…

News Desk Islamabad: In a stark warning to the world, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels have soared to 430.2 parts per million (ppm) — the highest recorded in millions of years — according to new data from the Scripps Institution of…

News Desk Islamabad: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Wednesday issued a countrywide heatwave alert, warning of dangerously high temperatures and urging citizens to take urgent precautionary measures. According to the PMD…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: When President Trump signed the “Unleashing American Energy” executive order on January 20, 2025, he declared the dawn of a new era of “energy dominance,” emphasizing fossil fuel expansion, deregulation, and…

Abdul Samad Tariq Islamabad: Pakistan stands at the frontlines of a climate emergency, battling deadly heatwaves, catastrophic floods, and rapidly vanishing glaciers that threaten millions of lives and livelihoods. Though the country…

APP  Islamabad: In the wake of the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and growing uncertainty around global climate financing, the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) convened a high-level virtual policy…