Green precedents: Pakistan’s judiciary on the frontline in the battle against climate change

A country under siege, not by war or strife, but by nature itself. Pakistan, ranked as the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change, stands on the frontline of climate catastrophe: glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate, cities are choking in thick blankets of smog, and monsoons wreak havoc in urban and rural areas across the country.

Warnings of these disasters were long apparent. Yet, the legislative and executive bodies chose a different path — one paved with neglect, broken promises, and self-serving agendas.