Ethiopia boasts of being the climate leader of Africa. However, a more detailed examination of its flagship strategy of Climate-Resilient Green Economy suggests a different story, of aspiration and non-realization. One of the most ambitious climate plans in Africa on the state level is the Climate- Resilient Green Economy plan that was initiated in 2011. […]
Category: Climate Policy
Why Climate Policy Fails Differently in Kazakhstan and Australia
Kazakhstan and Australia are both deeply reliant on fossil fuels. Both are internationally committed to fight climate change. But their climate policies are completely different and still fall short in practice. Kazakhstan has been quick in terms of adopting formal climate institutions. It was the first country that introduced Emissions Trading System (ETS) in Central […]
War and Climate: The Forgotten Weapon Destroying Our Planet
How Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine Conflicts Are Accelerating Climate Catastrophe And Why World Leaders Stay Silent The Smoking Gun Nobody Talks About Another discussion is missing in all climate conferences, all climate pledges, all net-zero by 2050 promises. It is the talk concerning war. I have never felt more helpless than I did when I understood […]
The Constitution as a Climate Weapon: How Laws Can Save Us When Promises Fail
From Dinner Table Debates to the Supreme Court, Why embedding climate change into constitutional law is the most optimistic move democracies can make Introduction: The Night the Constitution Saved My Hope After ten years of engaging in eco-social innovations throughout India, including environmental awareness with communities, renewable energy education, design and prototype development for engineers […]
Climate Change, Conflict, and the WASH Crisis in Afghanistan
Afghanistan, one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change but still has the least capacity to respond. In Afghanistan, the average temperatures have risen almost twice the rate of the global average in the last two decade, with precipitation patterns becoming more unpredictable. These climate changes are occurring in a country that is already […]
Liberia’s Silent Health Crisis
In Monrovia and other coastal areas of Liberia, people are getting used to waking up not to the sound of regular alarm but to the sound of water alarming against the stilts of their beds. In extreme cases, it is the very floodwaters that are tasked with the duty of doing the waking. Homes, streets, […]
Breathing in the Apocalypse: Why India’s “Gas Chamber” is a Policy Choice, Not a Weather Event
From “Severe Plus” AQI to political denial an insider’s critical look at how clean air became a luxury good in the world’s largest democracy. The Taste of Toxicity Have you ever tasted the air? The moment you walk out of your house in November, it’s the first and most overpowering of all the tastes that […]
Not Just a Climate Crisis: Why Pakistan Has a Public Health Emergency
Climate change is no longer an off thing or simply a matter of the shifting pattern of weather in the context of Pakistan neither is it about melting glaciers nor polar bears a long way away but it is about hospital beds, overheated bodies, contaminated water, epidemic outbreak and anxious families asking themselves whether the […]
Ministry of Health’s DEKSI Program and WHO Climate Adaptation Guidelines
Strengthening National Health Resilience Climate change has become inseparable from public health, as it has significantly affected, both directly and indirectly. However, the awareness of climate change’s impact on health conditions and life expectancy is still low among the people. For instance, heatwaves lead to death and potentially increase the number of fatalities when the […]
Climate Change and Public Health Crisis in Afghanistan A Country on the Frontline of a Silent Crisis.
Introduction The country of Afghanistan is experiencing an existential public health crisis that is caused by the climate change but the calamity has very little international coverage despite the fact that it is the worst disaster ever caused by climatic change. The country is also a leading climate-prone state in the world, yet the country […]