THE story of climate change in Pakistan is not merely one of rising temperatures or changing weather patterns—it is the story of lives upended, communities displaced and a nation fighting an increasingly unpredictable future. From the frozen peaks of the Karakoram to the fertile plains of the Indus and the shores of the Arabian Sea, climate change is reshaping the country’s landscape with alarming speed. Rivers that have sustained civilizations for centuries are becoming more volatile, glaciers are retreating, summers are growing hotter and disasters once considered rare are becoming disturbingly routine. For a country responsible for less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions, Pakistan has become one of the world’s most visible symbols of climate injustice, bearing the heavy cost of a crisis it did little to create.

Pakistan’s diverse geography, stretching from the glaciers of the Himalayas,........

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