Published on, Sept. 16 -- September 16, 2025 10:42 AM

The very term climate change carries an ominous weight. In Pakistan, it often feels as though Dante's imagined inferno has spilled into reality, unleashing concentric circles of torment upon the nation. The recent floods are not merely natural disasters; they mark a profound betrayal of environmental stability, dragging Pakistan into a limbo of vulnerability. Yet the threat does not end with environmental devastation. Climate change increasingly operates as a security multiplier. Within the state-centric conception of security, it deepens socio-political tensions, skews the fragile balance between resources and consumption, and lays fertile ground for extremism and terrorism. What app...