Nudrat Fatima

Climate change is an inescapable process that will have a long-term impact on human survival. Despite Pakistan’s vulnerability to climate change, the government has given other highly pressing domestic crises a higher priority. Extreme weather events, such as heavy downpours, erratic floods, droughts, sea-level rise, glacier melting, etc., have been brought on by the changing […]

The proposal for a limestone lease and the establishment of a 10,000 tonnes per day (TPD) cement factory in the region designated as “Salt Range Nature Reserve Complex” in Tehsil Choa Saidan Shah, District Chakwal, has been strongly condemned by the media and residents since the proposed cement plant’s blasting and quarrying of raw materials […]

With the most recent downpours still battering the megacities, the death toll in Pakistan following five weeks of monsoon rains and flash floods increased to 300. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reported that since June 14, the extensive precipitation has flooded waterways, destroyed bridges, and damaged nearly 5,600 homes. The province of Baluchistan recorded the […]

The worsening climate situation in Pakistan calls for a greater understanding of rural women as change agents who need to be given a position at the decision-making table. Gender-balanced climate policies that elevate and empower women will contribute to the creation of a more resilient, peaceful, and sustainable future. Considering the correlation between gender and […]

Afghanistan has been in economic upheaval since August 2021, when international aid payments worth billions of dollars were halted, and the Afghan Central Bank’s assets were frozen. Subsequently, the country has entered an economic crisis. This, according to many, resulted in the prevailing food insecurity in the country. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) […]