Dr Syed Asim Ali Bukhari

“Tragedy of the Horizon” is a term used to explain the global risk arising from the inherent disparity between short-term planning regarding sustainable economic development and the long-term adverse impacts of climate change. This term perfectly encompasses the tragedy in the form of climate change, natural resource degradation, environmental degradation and food insecurity looming on […]

The sun is setting on the era of unchecked greenhouse gas emissions, resource degeneration and environmental degradation by the various economic stakeholders. On the not-so-distant horizon, we are all witnessing the dawn of the green and sustainable revolution. The Prime Minister of Pakistan attended COP-27 and highlighted Pakistan’s climate change vulnerabilities endorsing United Nations’ call […]

In the past few years, extreme weather conditions have become commonplace in Pakistan. Heat waves, droughts, and floods have become a yearly occurrence, affecting food and water security in Pakistan. The recent floods have destroyed wide areas of agricultural land resulting in approximately 80 per cent loss of rice, 88 per cent loss of sugarcane […]

An age-old proverb says: “it’s no use crying over spilt milk.” Does this hold true for the catastrophic consequences of Pakistan’s current flood disasters? The recent floods in Pakistan have caused one of the worst humanitarian crises in the last decade with a total estimated damage of approximately. US$ 20 billion. More than 33 million […]

Pollution reduction is one of the important challenges confronting contemporary business and society. Increasing global temperature with its significant adverse impact on climate change is a worldwide concern. Pakistan, a country that contributes less than one per cent to the global greenhouse gas emission, is literally one-third under-water due to massive floods that have not […]