Feb 9, 2023 NewsUN budget cuts hindered response to Pakistan’s extreme floods The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs had only seven staff in Islamabad to assess the needs, down from 35 five years earlier
Jan 17, 2023 FinanceWorld Bank adaptation funds slept through Pakistan’s record flooding A $100 million project was meant to protect Karachi slumdwellers from flooding, but instead made many homeless before work stalled
May 30, 2024 CommentDeveloping countries need support adapting to deadly heat Many vulnerable people in South Asia are already struggling to protect themselves from unbearably high temperatures – which are set to worsen
Jan 9, 2023 NewsDonors pledge over $8bn to rebuild Pakistan after floods – official At a Geneva summit, multilateral development banks committed the vast majority of funds, with smaller contributions from governments
Oct 12, 2022 FinanceFunds for Pakistan flood relief come too little, too late Nearly two months on from devastating floods, only $51 million of aid has been delivered, forcing humanitarian groups to make tough decisions
Sep 15, 2022 FinancePakistani prime minister promises compensation to flood victims The government will offer financial aid to those who lost homes and crops in Pakistan’s worst-ever floods, Shahbaz Sharif said
Sep 1, 2022 CommentPakistan floods must be a wake up call on climate action The colossal disaster shows why rich countries must deliver on finance for loss and damage at Cop27 international climate talks
Sep 2, 2015 PoliticsPakistan frontier province targets carbon neutrality by 2018 NEWS: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, riven by the war on terror and extreme floods, has ambitious plans for hydropower and forests
Jul 27, 2015 PoliticsPakistan blocks calls to phase out super-warming HFCs NEWS: Talks to eliminate potent class of greenhouse gases last week failed to reach agreement, to the frustration of campaigners
Jul 14, 2015 NewsPakistan, Bangladesh face ‘state failure’ as globe heats up NEWS: Study compiled by US, UK, China and India experts underlines migration threat from warming world
Jul 6, 2015 PoliticsPakistan policies to tackle climate a ‘joke’, says Imran Khan INTERVIEW: Influential politician tells RTCC country needs strategic approach to invest in green energy and prepare for extreme weather
Jul 1, 2015 CommentPakistan and India ‘unprepared’ for heatwaves COMMENT: There are clear links between government communication and fewer deaths from heat stroke. Ministers must do better.
Jun 29, 2015 FinancePakistan to set up carbon markets to cut emissions, lure investment NEWS: ‘Carbon Neutral Pakistan’ initiative seeks to generate domestic green technology industry, government minister tells RTCC
May 20, 2015 EnergyPakistan opens 100MW solar plant, govt plans clean energy drive NEWS: Growing economic links with China are helping Pakistan tap into its enormous solar energy potential
May 5, 2015 PoliticsFear of floods and droughts dominate Pakistan climate plan INTERVIEW: Climate minister says country will submit strategy to UN by September, warns it faces increase in future weather extremes
Mar 26, 2015 EnergyPakistan shelves six coal-fired power projects NEWS: Environmental concerns, lack of infrastructure and foreign investment hold up 14GW of planned power plants
Mar 23, 2015 ScienceClimate change blamed as erratic downpours hit Pakistan’s harvests NEWS: Late rains were unusually heavy this year, say local farmers, affecting winter crops of wheat, oilseed and potato
Mar 3, 2015 NaturePakistan plans special force to protect forests from timber mafia NEWS: Government allocates $9.83 million for commandos to safeguard future of communities and timber
Sep 12, 2014 NewsAfter the floods, India investigates climate change links NEWS: Poor planning blamed again as thousands in India and Pakistan are forced out of homes by intense rainfall
Aug 5, 2014 EnergyPakistan’s coal-based economy could suffer after climate deal NEWS: Ambitious plans to expand use of coal power threaten country’s long term economic outlook says UN official
Aug 4, 2014 NewsPakistan poorly prepared for climate impacts says former minister NEWS: Evidence of shifting weather patterns has failed to stir the government into preparing for disaster management, say experts
Jul 7, 2014 NewsPakistan faces ‘environmental cataclysm’ warn officials NEWS: Governments in Islamabad and Delhi are not preparing for potential climate impacts, says new research
Dec 12, 2013 CommentADB approves $900m loan for Pakistan coal plant – but will it be the last? Asian Development Bank support critical for construction of new power station, raising questions over funder’s climate change strategy
Nov 12, 2013 PoliticsUN climate summit ‘fast’ swells as anger grows at lack of action Twenty groups join Philippines negotiator Yeb Sano in avoiding food until a “meaningful outcome” is reached in Warsaw
Sep 2, 2013 PoliticsPakistan’s climate change laws What is one of the world’s most climate vulnerable countries doing to address the causes and consequences of global warming?
Aug 7, 2013 NaturePakistan monsoon crisis exacerbated by flood plains violations Construction of housing, agriculture and mega dams have reduced the country’s ability to cope with intense monsoonal rains
Aug 6, 2013 NewsThousands stranded as heavy monsoon rains hit Pakistan Morning summary: above-normal monsoon rains in Punjab’s northeastern districts have taken weather experts by surprise
Jul 25, 2013 EnergyPakistan outlines plans for country’s first solar park Government wants to construct 500MW of solar power plants in future to secure electricity supplies
Jul 8, 2013 NewsPakistan reveals plans to develop 2,500MW of wind power by 2015 Morning briefing: Pakistan has the potential of producing approximately 150,000MW of wind energy, with huge reserves of solar and tidal power
Feb 23, 2013 NewsIndia and Nepal face struggle over water resources Water scarcity in the world’s ‘third pole’ could be exacerbated by climate change
Feb 18, 2013 NewsChina and Russia block UN Security Council climate change action Two permanent members of main UN body block efforts to raise security implications of climate change