Climate & Environment

ISLAMABAD, Dec 20 : Coordinator to Prime Minister on Climate Change, Romina Khurshid Alam emphasised that despite contributing less than one percent in the total global carbon emissions, Pakistan ranks as the 5th most impacted country in the world due to climate change. Speaking at […]

PESHAWAR, Dec 13 :The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has formed a Technical Working Group (TWG) to tackle climate change challenges, including adaptation, mitigation, and carbon credit initiatives. A notification issued by the chief minister Secretariat said here Friday that the TWG would be led by […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 13 : Pakistan and the European Union have agreed to continue cooperation on emerging challenges of food, energy security, and climate change, underlining sustained engagement, particularly in areas such as trade, migration, human rights, political, economic and development cooperation with a focus on […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 11 :Coordinator to the Prime Minister for Climate Change, Romina Khurshid Alam emphasized the urgent need to address the relentless impacts of climate change, which are threatening the planet’s precious natural resources. Speaking at an event to mark International Mountain Day, she highlighted […]

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10 : Warning that the humanitarian crises facing the world pose existential threats, Pakistan has called for addressing root causes of the emergencies ranging from foreign occupation to climate action for the assistance and protection of millions of affected people around the […]

LAHORE, Dec 04 :Traffic Police imposed fine of more than Rs 120 million on 64,000 smoke-emitting vehicles during its on-going anti smog crackdown in the provincial capital this year. According to a spokesman for the traffic police department, a total of 12,000 vehicles that caused […]

ISLAMABAD, Oct 23 :Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, said in Washington that Pakistan is in the process of developing its Climate Prosperity Plan and urged Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to expand grant opportunities and concessional financing windows. The minister was participating […]

ISLAMABAD, Oct 22 :Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Tuesday warned that Pakistan can face an alarming increase in smog levels across its major cities, exacerbated by recent stable meteorological conditions. According to an advisory issued by the Spokesperson PMD, increase in the smog levels can disrupt […]

ISLAMABAD, Oct 18 :Coordinator to Prime Minister on Climate Change, Romina Khurshid Alam has urged the Pakistan Climate Change Authority (PCCA) to play its role to ratchet up collaboration and cooperation among various federal and provincial governmental orgnisations for achieving climate resilience, environmental sustainability and […]

ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 : The Muslim Council of Elders is set to launch the second edition of the ‘Faith Pavilion’ at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), which will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, this November. The initiative aims to enhance the role of […]