<img data-attachment-id="14035" data-permalink="https://agreenerlifeagreenerworld.net/2023/09/06/analysis-energy-needs-drive-deforestation-in-pakistan-administered-kashmir/dav/" data-orig-file="https://agreenerlifeagreenerworldsite.files.wordpress.com/2023/09/pakistan-deforestation-1.jpg" data-orig-size="1800,1350" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"RNE-L21","caption":"dav","created_timestamp":"1579436807","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.81","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.000506","title":"dav","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="dav" data-image-description data-image-caption=" dav ” data-medium-file=”https://agreenerlifeagreenerworldsite.files.wordpress.com/2023/09/pakistan-deforestation-1.jpg?w=300″ data-large-file=”https://agreenerlifeagreenerworldsite.files.wordpress.com/2023/09/pakistan-deforestation-1.jpg?w=829″ src=”https://agreenerlifeagreenerworldsite.files.wordpress.com/2023/09/pakistan-deforestation-1.jpg?w=1024″ alt class=”wp-image-14035″ srcset=”https://agreenerlifeagreenerworldsite.files.wordpress.com/2023/09/pakistan-deforestation-1.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://agreenerlifeagreenerworldsite.files.wordpress.com/2023/09/pakistan-deforestation-1.jpg?w=150 150w, https://agreenerlifeagreenerworldsite.files.wordpress.com/2023/09/pakistan-deforestation-1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://agreenerlifeagreenerworldsite.files.wordpress.com/2023/09/pakistan-deforestation-1.jpg?w=768 768w, https://agreenerlifeagreenerworldsite.files.wordpress.com/2023/09/pakistan-deforestation-1.jpg 1800w” sizes=”(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px”>Under pressure from local needs, Kashmir’s rich forests are dwindling. Photo credit: Sajid Mir. By Sajid Mir Lacking alternatives, the region’s rural inhabitants have long turned to the forest for […]
Analysis: Ambitious solar project to join a string of coal plants in Pakistan’s Thar district
An open-pit coal mine in the Thar Desert, Sindh province, Pakistan, in February 2023. Photo credit: Alamy. By Zofeen Ebrahim UK-based Oracle Power is behind a new solar project in the Thar Desert, where the company is already exploring coal, as locals express scepticism about tall promises. Millions of solar panels are set to be mounted upon swathes of soil […]
Wars and climate change are pushing the number of internally displaced people to record-highs
A displaced girl carrying water. Photo credit: Reuters / Akhtar Soomro. By Anders Lorenzen The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) has reached a record high of 71.1 million people worldwide. The increase was driven by global crises such as the war in Ukraine and the monsoon floods in Pakistan. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), an organisation based in […]
Analysis: Coal returns to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Photo credit: Jeff Zehnder / Alamy. By Zofeen Ebrahim Progress towards the construction of a China-funded coal power plant in Gwadar raises questions about the climate pledges of both China and Pakistan. News that the Pakistan government plans to secure financing and start construction on a long-stalled 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant in the port city of Gwadar has triggered a […]