Representational image. — PexelsWater is an important scarce natural resource that is required for several everyday activities. Water plays a...
Coniferous forest in Gallies Biosphere Reserve. — UNESCOThe world celebrates International Forest Day every year on March 21 to highlight the role...
Yet women and girls are often ignored in discussions on demographics, with their rights violated in population policies
Climate change is a global challenge that is creating problems of social justice in multiple ways
Similarly, according to a Human Rights Watch report, published in Sep 2022, “more than 400 children have been killed in floods in Pakistan, and...
AI Innovation Grand Challenge was launched as part of a high-level event of COP28 organized by UN Climate Change Technology Mechanism in...
The second central outcome of COP28 was the Global Stocktake agreed by a majority of the 200 participating countries
The Loss and Damage Fund was set up last year at COP27. The fund aims to provide financial support to developing countries to recover from...
COP28 began on November 30 in Dubai. Climate finance will be one of the most important areas and core of the negotiation process during this climate...
The COP28 logo can be seen in this image. — AFP/FileCOP28 is being hosted by Dubai, United Arab Emirates from November 30 to December 12 and will...
A person walks past a #COP28 sign during The Changemaker Majlis thought leadership workshop in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on October 1, 2023....
The International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste was observed on September 29, 2023. The theme of this year’s IDAFLW was ‘Stop Food...
The International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated every year on September 16 to create awareness about the importance of...
The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund has been established at the recently held Global Environmental Facility Assembly in Vancouver, Canada. The...
World Water Week 2023, an international conference, was held from August 20 to August 24 in Stockholm, Sweden and highlighted the importance of...
The theme of International Youth Day observed on August 12 was ‘Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World’. According to the UN,...
The construction of infrastructure on resilient foundations leads to such structures absorbing and preventing sudden and severe shocks which could...
While talking about climate change issues, the term ‘net-zero’ is used very often. According to the United Nations Climate Action literature,...
Climate-led disasters are pushing developing and under-developed countries into the poverty trap. Sudden financial losses caused by natural...
The annual Climate Change Conference under the United Nations Framework Convention will be held in the UAE at the end of 2023 to steer the global...
World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5 to remind the world about the various dangers of environmental degradation faced by our...
The Pakistan Metrological Department has released its monthly report for March, which discloses that 42 per cent more rainfall occurred in March...
The theme of this year’s ‘Earth Day’ – observed on April 22 – was ‘Invest in Our Planet’. The day was observed to encourage people to...
On December 14, 2022 the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution at its 77th session to declare March 30 as the International Day of...
International Forest Day is celebrated every year on March 21 to highlight the role of forests in sustainable development; threats to forest cover;...
The theme for UN International Women’s Day 2023 was ‘DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality’. This year’s International...
Pakistan has successfully conducted an international donor conference in Geneva with the support of the UN and convinced the world to support flood...
The International Day of Education is observed every year on January 24 to sensitize people about the role of education to promote progress and...
Pakistan has successfully conducted the International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan with the support of the UN in Geneva to garner...
Pakistan is a victim of devastating climate-led disasters like glacier melt, droughts, floods, heatwaves, smog, etc. The 2022 floods were one of the...
The International Day of Migration is observed every year on December 18 to create mass awareness about the challenges and rights of migrants. The...
The representatives of more than 200 nations agreed on the Loss & Damage Fund after COP27 held at Sharm-el Sheikh, Egypt. ‘Loss and damage’ is a...
The recently concluded COP27 observed the COP27 Gender Thematic Day on November 14 to demand justice for women and girls affected by climate-led...
Pakistan is a victim of climate disasters in the form of heatwaves, floods, glacier melting, and droughts. The recent floods in the country have...
The term ‘poverty trap’ is used in economics to define the vicious cycle of poverty that does not allow the poor to escape poverty. People...
The UN theme for International Women’s Day 2022, is ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’. It also supports the main theme of...
The term ‘womenomics’ defines the role of women in any economy. Countries can boost their economies by creating knowledge, proper management,...
I coined the term ‘Coronalization’ considering its multi-dimensional and global effects. The word ‘coronalization’ is a combination of...
Every year, International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 to mark the equal status of women. The theme of this year’s IWD is: ‘I am...
The relationship between climate change and gender sensitivity cannot be ignored; climate-based gender discrimination is a problem for the whole...
