Pakistanis are increasingly ditching the national grid in favour of solar power, prompting a boom in rooftop panels and spooking a government weighed down by billions of dollars of power sector debt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/17/energy/pakistan-solar-national-grid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #pakistan #solar #renewables #energy
Karachi is a striking example of how rising temperatures can turn cities into pressure cookers, as its 17 million residents endure overlapping crises of toxic air, flooding, poor waste disposal and climate change. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/15/climate-change/when-its-this-hot-we-are-enduring-not-living/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #pakistan #asia #climatechange #heatwaves
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"Pakistan exemplifies the cruel arithmetic of climate change. Each year, climate disasters and environmental degradation cost the country $3–14 billion, a staggering burden for an economy in crisis.
The World Bank has warned that if trends continue, #ClimateChange could shrink #Pakistan’s GDP by 18–20% by 2050. This is not a distant danger but an economic emergency."
https://www.samaa.tv/2087334487-climate-change-bleeds-pakistan-s-economy
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Events in Iran are likely to reinforce North Korea’s belief that nuclear weapons ensure regime survival, with Pakistan and Libya providing lessons on how to get them and why giving them up can be fatal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/24/world/kim-jong-uns-nuclear-lessons/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #northkorea #kimjongun #pakistan #india #israel #iran #libya #nuclearweapons #defense
Pakistan condemned the U.S.’s bombing of nuclear sites in Iran while at the same time taking steps to build stronger ties with President Donald Trump, suggesting limits to how far Islamabad will go in supporting Tehran. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/asia-pacific/politics/pakistan-us-strikes-iran-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #pakistan #iran #middleeast #middleeast #israel #us #donaldtrump
