Pakistan has actively been engaging in international climate diplomacy, even though its contribution to global GHG emissions is less than one per cent. Pakistan has contributed very little to the climate change but it is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. The floods in 2022 were devastating and impacted approximately 33 million people, making Pakistan’s […]
Author: Maria Ilyas
Does Fear Motivate Action? Analyzing Fear-Based Climate Communication
In 2019, images of the Amazon rain forest burning circulated worldwide through media channels in few hours. Politicians declared the fires as a threat to humanity itself. Climate activists warned that the “Lungs of the Earth” were collapsing. International leaders debated sanctions against Brazil, and social media transformed the crisis to a world of fear, […]
Policy Communication Failures And Climate Diplomacy Challenges In Pakistan
Pakistan has many climate policies. The genuine issue lies in the lack of effective communication, execution, and diplomatic presentation of climate policy. The distinction is important because climate governance is not merely a matter of policy-making; it is also about how well governments communicate risk, how well they coordinate institutions, and whether they build trust […]
Climate Diplomacy In The Age Of Geo Political Conflicts: Can The World Corporate During The Crisis?
Climate diplomacy in today’s world is living in a world where cooperation is not limited by the absence of scientific consensus, but by the structural renewal of geopolitical realism. It’s not that the states don’t acknowledge the existential threat of climate change, it’s just that the international system does not reward states who survive in […]
Climate Change And Water Conflicts In Pakistan
In 2022, almost a third of the country was flooded due to devastating monsoon floods which forced millions of people to flee their homes and incurred economic losses of over $30 billion (United Nations Development Program. In 2022, almost a third of the country was flooded due to devastating monsoon floods, which forced millions of […]