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Carbon & Climate
Heat inequality: Climate driving mortality in poor nations, cutting deaths in rich regions
New research shows rising temperatures could save lives in high-latitude countries but cause hundreds of thousands of additional deaths annually in low-income regions, highlighting need for targeted adaptation investment where risks are greatest.
Food & Agriculture
War and climate stress push Afghan farmers to the brink
Afghanistan’s conflicts repeatedly hurt its farmers who endure droughts, floods and rising financial uncertainty.
Close to half of the country’s waste is handled by vulnerable informal recyclers, so how much can a national framework really do?
Policy & Finance
China’s Belt and Road must adapt to survive a hotter world
Development projects globally must answer a burning question as rising temperatures threaten workers’ health and productivity, write three academics.
All Pakistan News
12 February 2026
Carbon & Climate
How global weather patterns are shaping India’s cold spell
22 January 2026
22 December 2025
8 December 2025
4 December 2025
Policy & Finance
Climate ‘loss and damage’ should include supply chain impacts
3 December 2025
Food & Agriculture
Climate disasters deepen food insecurity in the Punjab
10 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
‘Climate whiplash’: Asia’s worst extreme weather events of 2025
3 November 2025
2 November 2025
10 October 2025
8 October 2025
30 September 2025
25 September 2025
Carbon & Climate
Q&A: ‘Pakistan will have to adapt to floods as the new normal’
24 September 2025
22 September 2025
Carbon & Climate
Pakistan’s floods leave lasting scars on its children
18 September 2025
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