Published on, Sept. 30 -- September 30, 2025 12:21 AM

Today, Pakistan stands at the frontline of climate change. It is paying an unreasonably high price for a crisis it barely caused. Despite contributing less than one percent to global greenhouse gas emissions, the country consistently ranks among the world's ten most climate-vulnerable nations. Its landscape-stretching from the Himalayan glaciers to the deserts of Sindh-has become a stage for recurring climate disasters that threaten both livelihoods and national stability. The scars of these disasters are deep and recent. In 2022, unprecedented floods submerged nearly a third of the country, killing over 1700 people and causing an estimated $40 billion in damages. Only two years later...