Climate & Environment

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 […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 05 (APP): United States Ambassador, Donald Blome on Saturday said the U.S.-Pakistan Green Alliance Initiative was a critical component of the States global contribution towards the goal of addressing climate change. The U.S. envoy was addressing the Pakistan U.S. Alumni Network’s (PUAN) two-day […]

BEIJING,Aug 4 (Xinhua/APP): Risks of geological disasters remain high in Beijing’s mountainous suburbs as weather authorities forecast thunderstorms in the Chinese capital on Friday and Saturday. The Beijing meteorological service has issued a yellow alert, the second lowest alert level, for heavy rain, strong gales, […]

Seoul, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): South Korea’s presidential office on Friday called an emergency cabinet meeting and ordered the deployment of air-conditioned buses and freezer trucks after hundreds of scouts at a massive jamboree suffered heat-related illnesses. The Korean peninsula is currently in the midst of […]

Islamabad, Aug 3 (Online): Federal Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal has urged the International Development partners to prioritize support for climate disaster-hit countries like Pakistan. The Minister urged the international development partners during an Islamic Relief National Conference on Floods […]

Athens, July 28 (AFP/APP): The fight against deadly wildfires raging in Greece for more than a week is improving, the fire service said on Friday, warning it remained on alert as fierce winds were forecast that could rekindle blazes. “For now we have no spreading […]