Climate & Environment

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 […]

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 […]