Climate & Environment

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 […]

Varirata National Park, Papua New Guinea, July 28 (AFP/APP): France’s President Emmanuel Macron stripped off his suit jacket Friday to wander the wild forests of Papua New Guinea on a green-tinted charm offensive in the South Pacific. Macron is telling Pacific leaders that France understands […]

Rhodes, Greece, July 26 (AFP/APP): Greece ordered evacuations on Wednesday for areas near two central cities after new blazes broke out during a punishing heatwave and as deadly fires hit the Mediterranean. Thousands of people have evacuated in the region this week as fires also […]