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As climate change accelerates, its effects intensify existing social, economic, and environmental issues in various situations, potentially contributing to local, national, and worldwide insecurity. Climate change-related security risks include food, water, and energy supply implications, increased competition for natural resources, loss of employment, climate-related disasters, and forced migration and relocation. For over a decade, the international community has fiercely discussed the possibility of conflict and violence between groups or states driven by climate change (climate security risk). Despite increased awareness of the interconnections between climate change, peace, and security, there are few instances of integrated programmatic approaches that address specific threats at the nexus of climate change and insecurity.

Climate change is more likely to overwhelm conflict, and crisis-affected situations, yet too often, peacebuilding and stabilisation initiatives fail to incorporate climate-related consequences or environmental threats. Simultaneously, insecurity impedes climate change adaptation efforts, making vulnerable communities even poorer and less adaptable to interconnected climate and security crises. Still, climate change adaptation initiatives frequently fail to fully integrate peacebuilding or conflict prevention

Reality of Global climate finance and its translation into Local Action

Global climate finance remains slow to translate into effective local action, especially for vulnerable countries like Pakistan. Despite facing frequent floods, droughts, glacial melt, and erratic monsoon rains that strain its people, economy, and ecosystems, Pakistan continues to struggle with accessing and utilizing climate funds at the local level. In order to assist countries like

Pakistan’s Disaster Preparedness and Deferred Resilience

Pakistan’s 2025 climate crisis show that warnings and evacuations can save lives, but only prevention will be able to build resilience. The present climate crisis will be remembered as triple stress tests. There have been floods in Punjab, a heatwave in May and glacier lake outburst in the north. Sirens wailed across riverine districts and

What can be done to save the future of Pakistan’s Northern Communities amidst Climate disasters?

Timely investments in early warning systems, glacier and watershed management, green infrastructure, and community-led adaptation can save northern Pakistan’s communities. The mountain valleys that feed the Indus and sustain millions face faster glacier melt, growing glacial lakes, deforestation, and more intense monsoon floods. Those hazards now combine with weak local infrastructure and limited disaster funding

Climate crisis is starving Pakistan

Climate crisis is feeding Pakistan’s hunger, while we argue over borders. Our once fertile lands are now drowned. The unpredictable weather patterns, record breaking temperatures and flash flooding pose serious threats to our country and food insecurity is one of these. The current climate crisis is not only reducing agricultural productivity but also livestock and

Climate Change and Pakistan’s Economy

Climate change is not a distant threat but appears to be an immediate crisis reshaping our present. Economic factors in policy circles often revolve around GDP growth, IMF loans, trade deals, and foreign exchange reserves. But the word economy for an average Pakistani might be a bit different like a farmer in Badin, it is

How effective is the global support for Pakistan’s climate crisis?

Global support for Pakistan’s climate crisis remains insufficient and slow. Pakistan faces relentless heatwaves, floods, glacier melt, and economic disruption while contributing under 1% of global carbon emissions. International partners pledged nearly $11 billion after the devastating 2022 floods, but by mid-2025, Pakistan had received only $4.9 billion—less than half the total. That stark shortfall