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Negotiating climate finance

A complex agenda awaits Pakistan’s delegation at the upcoming climate summit.

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Pakistan’s climate victory: A seat at the table, but is the funding enough?

The announcement of the Loss and Damage Fund (LDF) at the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt was a significant diplomatic victory for...

18.10.2024 40

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Lopsided economic reforms

A RECENT article by Nathan Porter, IMF’s Pakistan mission chief, on ‘Revitalising Pakistan’s economy’ in Dawn provided a comprehensive...

10.10.2024 200

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Climate finance ecosystem

PAKISTAN’S climate finance ecosystem is informal and unfolding. It has not been fully operationalised or coordinated, let alone synchronised with...

26.09.2024 100

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Private sector engagement

PAKISTAN’S battle against climate change cannot be fought without support from the private sector. The private sector and the government in Pakistan...

12.09.2024 100

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Path to resilience

PAKISTAN’S pursuit of climate resilience and low-carbon development is inextricably linked to its macroeconomic stability. The country needs to...

29.08.2024 100

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Climate without borders

CLIMATE change does not need passports as it does not respect borders. Pakistan’s climate risks are rooted in shared ecosystems with its neighbours....

15.08.2024 300

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Policy games we play

WHY do governments fail to do what they say they want to do? Any student of public policy will testify that policy is not what they say they will do...

01.08.2024 200

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Anticipatory actions

IF the merciless monsoon rains and floods in India are any indicator, Pakistan can anticipate heavy rains and flooding in several parts of the...

19.07.2024 100

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Haj and climate attributions

CLIMATE change has begun to infringe on the freedom of believers to perform Haj freely and fearlessly. The world was shocked to learn that almost...

04.07.2024 90

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Climate-smart finance bill

THE finance bill or proposed budget for the next fiscal year has refused to commit any resources or even set the national direction for climate...

20.06.2024 100

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For a net-zero future

ENERGY has become a critical national security issue for Pakistan. The present policy prescriptions have brought us to a dead-end street. It has not...

06.06.2024 200

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Climate action as equity

HOW can Pakistan overcome the credibility gap and attract international climate finance? Our economic managers failed to provide safe, profitable, and...

23.05.2024 200

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Dubai, Baku and Belém

THE federal government has just initiated an important but overly cautious process of streamlining its institutional landscape dealing with climate...

09.05.2024 100

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Debt, climate, inflation

DEBT, climate, and inflation have in recent years become important planks of the spring meetings hosted by the World Bank and IMF. The agenda for this...

25.04.2024 200

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Climate governance revisited

CLIMATE governance in Pakistan is flawed. It is ineffective and unresponsive to climate threats. Its ability to deliver climate actions to communities...

13.04.2024 100

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Reimagining Irsa

THE Indus River System Authority is under siege. Irsa is the only federal institution in the country charged with regulating, monitoring, and...

28.03.2024 200

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Gearing up for change

THE newly elected government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has a rare window of opportunity to exercise leadership by aligning national climate...

14.03.2024 70

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Acclimatising in 100 days

THE fragility of the political system has made Pakistan extremely averse to reforms. There is universal consensus that the system needs a thorough...

29.02.2024 90

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Climate-proofing mandates

ALL politics is local. The nature of the local polity sets the direction of national policies. In fact, the poor quality of local governance has...

15.02.2024 100

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Climate finance geopolitics

THE lines of distinction between climate finance and traditional development financing have been blurred. Concurrently, national and provincial roles...

01.02.2024 200

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Climate-conflict nexus

DISASTERS triggered by climate change leave deep scars. The impact is not just about the loss of lives and damage to properties; disasters also...

18.01.2024 100

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Sizing up climate negotiations

THE global climate year moves from one climate summit to the other. All 29 annual Conferences of the Parties, or COPs, have traditionally been held at...

04.01.2024 100

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Changing political climate

PERHAPS the most important takeaway from the climate summit in the UAE was the engagement of young boys and girls from almost a dozen youth groups...

28.12.2023 100

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Climate opportunities

SEVERAL important opportunities at COP28 have set the direction of Pakistan’s climate journey for the year ahead. Pakistan was able to seize at...

21.12.2023 200

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New climate finances

THE climate summit in the UAE had a dramatic start: the Loss and Damage Fund (LDF) was established, a pledge to replenish the Green Climate Fund (GCF)...

14.12.2023 400

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