// Abdul Aleem Ch Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, was once celebrated as the “Green Capital,” a city where lush forests, rolling hills, and serene green spaces harmonized with urban life. The situation has now taken a dark turn, and the city is quite the opposite. Why, and how, can we recover? Conceived in the early 1960s as a planned city to serve as the nation’s administrative hub, Islamabad was envisioned not only as the seat of government but also as a model of sustainable

// Dr. Farrukh A. Chishtie How colonization, industrial expansion, and forgotten indigenous knowledge have shaped a century of ecological decline. It is often said that the wars of the past were fought for land, resources, and power. Yet one war, silent, relentless, and far older than we acknowledge, continues to this day. It is the war against nature itself, a struggle that began over a century ago with colonization and has since been reinforced by rampant capitalism, indust

// Fiona Harvey Former European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressors. US military personnel at an energy resilience project in California. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images Investment in renewable energy should be counted under defense expenditure, says a group of retired senior military personnel, because the climate crisis represents a threat to national security. They have called for in