ACCOUNTABILITY LAB PAKISTAN

To advance impactful climate journalism, Accountability Lab Pakistan, in collaboration with the Green Media Initiative (GMI), convened its third training session focused on strengthening women journalists’ capacity to report on climate change. Building on earlier discussions around climate ...governance and institutional accountability, this session translated theory into practice by equipping participants with practical storytelling tools to transform local environmental realities into compelling, solution-oriented narratives.

The training centered on moving beyond episodic disaster coverage toward journalism that is rooted in lived experiences, structured narrative flow and evidence-backed solutions. Participants critically examined how gendered dimensions of climate vulnerability often remain underreported and how women journalists can play a pivotal role in amplifying community voices, exposing governance gaps and highlighting pathways for reform. By investing in female journalists, the initiative contributes to a more inclusive, justice-oriented climate discourse that connects policy debates to grassroots realities.

February begins for Pakistan with a complex mix of guarded stability and unresolved structural strain. Early 2026 reflects a country managing immediate pressures with visible policy effort, yet still navigating deep governance, economic, and social vulnerabilities that shape its long-term ...trajectory.

The latest Country Analysis Report highlights:

1. Security & Prevention of Violent Extremism: Sustained counterterrorism operations demonstrate operational capacity, yet recurring violence underscores the limits of a security-first approach. Governance gaps, youth exclusion, weak justice delivery, and limited institutional trust continue to sustain long-term risk.

2. Economy & Competitiveness: Inflation shows signs of moderation and reserves appear cautiously stable, but high public debt, declining exports, energy costs, and regulatory unpredictability constrain competitiveness and durable growth.

3. Politics & Governance: Heightened political contestation and institutional strain across parliament, courts, and federal-provincial coordination mechanisms deepen polarisation and weaken confidence in rule-based governance.

4. Diplomacy & External Engagement: Diplomatic outreach emphasises geo-economic priorities, trade expansion, and regional connectivity, yet implementation capacity and reform credibility remain critical constraints.

5. Social & Human Development Pressures: Nutritional gaps, literacy disparities, limited job creation, outward migration, and weak social protection systems reflect persistent pressures on social mobility and institutional trust.

6. Outlook: Without coordinated structural reform across governance, economic management, justice systems, and human development, underlying fragilities are likely to persist beneath short-term stabilisation throughout 2026.

Read the full report for detailed analysis and insights.

Link: https://pakistan.accountabilitylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CAR-Ed.-71-Feb-1st-15th-2026.pdf

Building on the first session’s focus on climate storytelling, Accountability Lab Pakistan, in collaboration with the Green Media Initiative (GMI), convened a second training session centered on climate governance, justice and institutional accountability. While the earlier session strengthened ...participants’ narrative skills, this discussion shifted attention to the structural drivers of climate vulnerability, including weak water governance, disaster mismanagement and gaps in policy implementation.

Participants were encouraged to move beyond episodic disaster coverage and pursue sustained, investigative reporting on institutional responsibility, climate finance transparency and the community implications of carbon credit initiatives. Trainers emphasized ethical standards, countering climate misinformation and carefully identifying responsible authorities before assigning accountability.