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, […]
Category: Climate Literacy
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 […]
Indigenous Knowledge vs. Modern Climate Science: Conflict or Compliment?
When we think about fighting the issue of climate change, our mind and thoughts often run straight to high-tech: large arrays of satellite, complicated computer models that processes petabytes of data, and the current renewable energy innovations. This is referred to as modern climate science, a massive toolkit that has given us universal understanding of […]
Climate Migration: The Next Global Refugees Crisis?
Early in 2019, long before global borders were closed, a Guatemalan farmer named Jorge realized that his land had turned against him. After almost five years of lack of rain, an unexpected, catastrophe flooding damaged his remaining yields, forcing him to choose between starvation or flight. The case of Jorge is not an unusual incident; […]
As the World Warms and Water Runs Out, Both Humans and AI Are Thirsty.
The Water You Never Knew You Spent We’ve known that global warming causes water scarcity, and a recent scientific report revealed that land masses worldwide have lost 1.6 trillion tons of water. This drastic decline is caused by a combination of uncontrolled global warming and the ever-increasing human population’s water consumption. However, this situation is […]
Knowing the Crisis Does Not Mean Changing for It: When Climate Awareness Stops at the AC Remote
The Irony of a “Knowledgeable” Person Imagine, you’re someone who is deeply “knowledgeable” about climate change, who spends almost every day studying the issue, and brands yourself as an “agent of change,” often speaking and giving seminars for hours discussing global warming, carbon emissions, and climate diplomacy. However, when you look inside the room, you’ll […]
Food as Climate Memory: Why Cuisine Loss Drives Climate Action Faster Than Graphs
The cultural implication of replacement of traditional food varieties is a very strong one that can be more effective in creating climate action than temperature projections. The disappearance of the heirloom crops by the rural people of the entire world, is an issue that conservation measures are cried out following due to the realization that […]
Behavioral Insights and Climate Policy Integration for Sustainable Waste Management: A Reflection in UIII Residents’ Practices within the ASEAN Context.
Climate change policy is realizing the importance of understanding that human behavior is the missing link between technical solutions and the accomplishment of environmental objectives. This realization came into focus when I settled in Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII), a postgraduate multicultural campus of over 25 countries, which is provided with shared facilities, habits and […]
The Invisible Barrier: Why Weak Governance is the Real Climate Crisis in Africa
We tend to be surrounded by numbers and statistics on carbon trajectories, rising sea level, and the current innovations in renewable energy sources. Nevertheless, the more I read about climate change, especially in the African setting, particularly in Nigeria, the more I am persuaded of a serious reality: climate change might be the main concern, […]
How Social Media Influencers are Driving Environmental Sustainability on Gen Z.
Social media is now a key platform for tackling issues like climate change. Generation Z (Gen Z) is a digital generation that uses these platforms to tackle environmental challenges, raise their voices and bring about change. They are the first generation to have access to smartphones and internet at all times, as well as to […]