Published on, Sept. 1 -- September 1, 2025 1:17 AM

Unlike other changes, climate change is not on its way; it is very much here, and its effects are here to stay unless mitigation efforts are put in place. In my "Watermarked Pakistan" series of two articles in the last two weeks, I have made an effort to cover water management from strategic, governance, and climate change perspectives. This article carries my take on much-required climate investment. Each passing monsoon season brings reminders of how vulnerable our country is. Floods, droughts, heatwaves, and glacial lake outbursts have devastated lives and livelihoods, supporting data for which has already been highlighted previously. The losses of the super floods of 2010 and the 202...