Climate & Environment

Athens, Aug 29 (AFP/APP): A forest blaze in Greece is “the largest wildfire ever recorded in the EU” and the bloc is mobilising nearly half its firefighting air wing to tackle it, a European Commission spokesman said Tuesday. Firefighters have been battling the flames for […]

LAHORE, Aug 29 (APP): Punjab Environment Protection Department (EPD) has banned polluting industries, smoke-emitting vehicles and substandard fuel under the Punjab Environment Protection (Control and Prevention) Smog Rules 2023 across the province. In this regard, the department initiated a massive crackdown on polluters during which […]

Brussels, Aug 29 (AFP/APP): EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday backed Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra to take up a vacant climate post on the European Commission, but the choice raised concerns about the bloc’s environmental ambitions. The commission president announced that she […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27 (APP):A new global environmental fund marks a major step towards securing the wellbeing of biodiversity in developing countries and will help to ensure sustainable utilization of their natural resources, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a Rome-based UN agency, has said. […]

LAHORE Aug 26 (Online): Punjab Wildlife Authorities have successfully rescued and released 26 lizards that were ensnared in traps illegally set within the confines of Lal Suhanra National Park. A local group of nomads had placed over 300 traps across various areas of the National […]

BARCELONA, August 24 (Internews): Barcelona council is handing out water and caps to homeless people and has issued a heat alert as the city struggles to cope with record-breaking temperatures. The temperature at midnight on Wednesday was close to 30C (86F) after daytime temperatures hit […]

Jaabar, Syria, Aug 20 (AFP/APP):On a riverbank in war-ravaged Syria’s north, felling has reduced what was once a lush forest to dispersed trees and decimated trunks poking out from dry, crumbly soil. Twelve years of conflict that led to a spike in illegal logging, along […]

MIRPUR AJK, Aug 10 (APP): Chairman WAPDA Engr Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani (Retd) said on Thursday that Climate change is a real challenge across the globe. He was speaking as chief guest, at a seminar on “Impact Evaluation of Climatic Changes on Water Resources hosted […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 07 (APP):Three-quarters of children in South Asia are already exposed to extreme high temperatures compared to only one in three globally, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Monday, urging authorities to do more to help them beat the heat. In parts of […]