I sure do love climate change, especially the kind that makes my city feel like a microwave oven.
I wish my folks didn't have the worst case of Stockholm Syndrome ever recorded. I wonder what it is about Karachi that makes people romanticize all the abuse? Will this convince them to move to Islamabad? Probably not—that place is too "dull," not enough phone snatchers. #pakistan#karachi#climatechange
The PRC Belt and Roads Initiative is a none too clever means of endebtedness for all participating countries. China does not loose on the deals no matter how unsuccessful these might turn out. In the meantime, hosting countries face years of loans repayments. There is a wolrd map in this article showing the extent of Chinese Ownership of Chinese built port facilities. It’s sobering.
Pakistan's Gwadar port shows China's Belt and Road can fail
Well referenced article by a thinktank based in #Pakistan summarizing the mechanism for #ClimateChange derived food inflation being observed in the country.
Doesn't add anything new except the fact none of the listed issues are predictions - they are observations and cited.
#ClimateCrisis is here, and as in the Global North, farmers/gardeners can see it clearly, but the rest barely.
We are back with the second episode of our NikkahNama series! In this week's episode, we will be sharing the findings of a diagnostic study jointly published by Centre for Human Rights, Musawi, and the National Commission for Human Rights.
As usual, #IMF enforcing capitalists' debts over #Pakistan by forcing #austerity over a #ClimateCrisis stricken country, while (2 years on) promised funds by international banks remain #Greenwashing stunts.
'..why there has been a delay, Mr Ye said that the amount pledged was for reconstruction.. "..the new climate risk profile and the possibility that these areas may be flooded again,”...'
[#Pakistan's] Supreme Court has issued a landmark directive to the government, ordering the establishment of a climate change authority within 14 days. "
Editorial in Dawn - Pakistan's oldest English Daily:
"The writing is on the wall. The time for incremental steps is over. The scale of the challenge requires bold, decisive actions that reflect the urgency of the moment."
This looks so good - a Pakistani hand-drawn animated film! Made by Mano Animation Studios and director Usman Riaz, it looks like a cross between a Cartoon Saloon and a Studio Ghibli film!
"n K-P, the consequences of #GlobalWarming and #ClimateChange are evident in the changing of the #monsoon season, which now falls at a time when the #strawberry cash crop, a speciality of Charsadda, is to be cultivated."
".. unusual rains .. destroyed approximately 80 per cent of the fruit’s crop, leaving farmers in a deplorable state... "
Brilliant article on the challenges facing transition to renewables, and why its unlikely
"while the cost of renewable power is now lower than that of fossil fuels, renewables are not a profitable business. The particularities of the .. market structure are the causal factors here... Making sure that capital gets its pound of flesh has crippled the country."
As Pakistan prepares for the upcoming Eid al Fitr, peaceful dissent can be noticed in Balochistan against the regular occurrences of enforced disappearances and other atrocities inflicted by Pakistan on the Baloch community. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), an organisation involved in Baloch rights advocacy, recently...
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a disruption to internet connectivity in #Pakistan affecting multiple providers with high impact to Transworld and Nayatel followed by recovery; operators attribute the incident, which comes amid ongoing X/Twitter restrictions, to a technical issue
"#India will enter #Pakistan to kill anyone who escapes over the border after trying to carry out terrorist activities in the country, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told CNN News18 on Friday. Mr Singh's comments come a day after Britain's Guardian newspaper published a report alleging the Indian government killed 20 people in Pakistan since 2020 as part of a broader plan to eliminate terrorists living on foreign soil"
"#Pakistan could face up to 30-35 per cent water shortages during the upcoming kharif cropping season starting April 1. This could negatively affect some of the key cash crops like #cotton and revive inter-provincial controversy over water allocations."
Most of the article deals with water sharing and canal and power generation, but does devote one or two paragraphs to the actual culprit - low precipitation
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s conservative government promised on Monday to offer extra financial aid and more staff to help the island of Crete and its tiny neighbour Gavdos handle a steep rise in arrivals of migrants trying to cross to Europe from Libya....
The @ScottishGreens councillor Dan Hutchison has called for the city to stop flying the Union Jack on numerous days & has suggested new flag-flying days which would commemorate events more in line with #Glasgow’s progressive values.
Baloch Yakjehti Committee to protest against genocide in over 20 cities of Balochistan (www.malaysiasun.com)
As Pakistan prepares for the upcoming Eid al Fitr, peaceful dissent can be noticed in Balochistan against the regular occurrences of enforced disappearances and other atrocities inflicted by Pakistan on the Baloch community. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), an organisation involved in Baloch rights advocacy, recently...
Greece pledges to help islands of Crete, Gavdos handle surge in migrant arrivals (theprint.in)
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s conservative government promised on Monday to offer extra financial aid and more staff to help the island of Crete and its tiny neighbour Gavdos handle a steep rise in arrivals of migrants trying to cross to Europe from Libya....