Hundreds of leaders and delegations from across the world gathered, yet again, for the Conference of Parties (COP 28) in Dubai pledging that the effects of Climate Change would be mitigated and the global temperature would be kept in check bringing it down by 1.5 degree Celsius. This time, the attendees gathered to chalk out a plan so that some countries are not unfairly burdened to face climate change and address the risks associated with it. Goals are usually set unrealistically higher, so that one lands at least somewhere closer to it, but can the world achieve these ambitious goals that it set each year since 1995?
A lot is said in defense of Pakistan that how Pakistan contributes very less, if not the least, to the Greenhouse gases yet it is one of the most defenceless countries when it comes to Climate Change. At home, not much has been done in Pakistan to reduce its vulnerability to this ticking bomb. Although some students have started doing research in non-traditional domains in security the quality of the research is debatable and beyond the scope of this write-up. The decision-makers and policy advisors in Pakistan are still largely........