Greece facing longest heat wave on record while record highs hit US

Athens, July 22 (AFP/APP): Greece was Saturday facing its hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures forecast to soar above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), while a record-breaking heat wave stretching across the southern United States was expected to expand in the coming days. Tens […]

U.S. backs Recharge Pakistan Project to enhance country’s climate resilience

ISLAMABAD, Jul 17 (APP): The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, is pleased to support Recharge Pakistan, a project to enhance Pakistan’s resilience to climate change by improving water systems and investing in green infrastructure. The USAID contributed $5 million in funding […]

Mercury hits new highs as heatwaves scorch the globe

Athens, July 17 (AFP/APP): Temperatures reached new highs on Monday as heatwaves and wildfires scorched swathes of the Northern Hemisphere, forcing the evacuation of 1,200 children close to a Greek seaside resort. Health authorities have sounded alarms from North America to Europe and Asia, urging […]

Dangerous heatwaves strike globe as wildfires rage

Rome, July 16 (AFP/APP): Scorching weather gripped three continents on Sunday, whipping up wildfires and threatening to topple temperature records as the dire consequences of global warming take shape. Predictions of historic heat hung over swathes of Asia, Europe and the United States. In the […]

Record-breaking heat bakes US, Europe, China

Washington, July 14 (AFP/APP):Summer has just begun in the Northern Hemisphere but a brutal heat wave is already gripping parts of Europe, China and the United States, where record temperatures expected this weekend are a stark illustration of the dangers of a warming climate. Extreme […]

NA body on Climate Change meets

Islamabad: July, 12, 2023 (Online): The National Assembly Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Coordination met today at Parliament House Islamabad under the Chairpersonship of Ms. Nuzhat Pathan, MNA. The Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Coordination took notice of the issue of […]

Swiss vote on net-zero climate law

Geneva, June 18 (AFP/APP): The Swiss, feeling the impact of global warming on their rapidly melting glaciers, were voting on Sunday on a new climate bill aimed at steering the country towards carbon neutrality by 2050. Recent opinion polls indicate strong support for the proposed […]

Bilawal emphasizes addressing issues of climate change, food security

ISLAMABAD 16 June (Online): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari says Pakistan People’s Party is committed to upholding and protecting human rights. Addressing the ceremony in Islamabad today, he said PPP’s core philosophy revolves around the protection of fundamental human rights. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said there […]

World breaks average temperature record for early June: EU

Paris, June 15 (AFP/APP): Average global temperatures at the start of June were the warmest the European Union’s climate monitoring unit has ever recorded for the period, trouncing previous records by a “substantial margin”, it said on Thursday. The news comes as the El Nino […]