CLIMATE experts and economists believe that the unequal distribution of resources between developed and developing countries is a major factor behind the issue of climate justice.

While the Supreme Court of Pakistan has recognized the Right to a Clean Environment as a fundamental constitutional right, public awareness and engagement with concepts like climate justice remain significant challenges within Pakistani society. There is currently no comprehensive, legally mandated rights-based approach in Pakistan’s climate change laws and policies. The existing legal and policy framework primarily focuses on adaptation and mitigation measures, often failing to explicitly integrate human rights protections.

Climate justice is a human-centered approach to tackling climate change while addressing the many intersecting social issues that have contributed to it. It recognizes that climate change has emerged from interlocking........

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