Category: Environment
Switching to Renewable Energy Could Save Trillions
Jonah Fisher at the BBC: Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy could save the…
CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT in Egypt: What Must COP27 Deliver?
Compensation for loss and damage caused by climate change has developed into a major, pressing…
Catastrophic Floods in Pakistan Cause Damages North of $40Bn. UN Chief Asks Developed World to ‘Lower Temperature’.
“Decades of intransigence by big emitters”, particularly Group of 20 members behind climate crisis, according…
From Changing Lives to Saving Lives Developing Countries Must Grow More Food
The pressure of climate change and population growth is causing the pendulum to swing again…
Melting Greenland ice sheet could cause devastating sea level rise of nearly a foot
The melting of the Greenland ice sheet could cause a devastating sea level rise of…
Why Is Pakistan Drowning and China Drying?
Historic heatwave events increased 90-fold, meaning historic glacier melting –Pakistan has 7,000 glaciers, which means…
IMAGINEERING Houses Amid Climate Change Challenges Home & Abroad (Pics, Videos)
The Pakistan floods 2022 have woken the world up (including me) to the country’s acute…
WATCH Some ‘Floating’ Ideas: A Hospital in Pakistan, A City in the Pacific, Iqbal Solar Park, Water From Ocean, Etc.
Curated by Irshad Salim (2020~) Honorary contributors to DesPardes: Ajaz Ahmed, Ammar Jafri, Anwar Abbas,…
Pakistan Floods 2022: ‘Most Misgoverned Parts Are Worst Hit’
IRSHAD SALIM (Updated) — The OCHA Humanitarian Advisory Team (HAT) in Pakistan has published its…
Inequality, Justice, and Economics
by Raji Jayaraman in 3QuarksDaily: In the last two decades the topic of inequality has…
WATCH: A Dump in Karachi, The Zero Waste Colony of New Delhi, and…
IRSHAD SALIM – Last week, I watched three different videos shared at three different WhatsApp…
Waterlight, the Revolutionary Lantern (Video)
IMAGINEERING: This portable lantern assembled with 100 percent recyclable materials only needs seawater to charge….