Climate & Environment

Madrid, April 28 (AFP/APP): Mainland Spain and Portugal have broken temperature records for April, officials said on Friday, as both nations wilt in an unusually early heatwave that has raised the risk of wildfires. The mercury hit 38.8 degrees Celsius (101.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in the […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 21 (APP):Floods, droughts and record low ice levels – from the top of the world’s mountains to the depths of the ocean, the climate crisis took a heavy toll as it continued to intensify in 2022, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a […]

BEIJING, Apr.20 (APP): The research institutes in Pakistan and China are working together on the reuse of organic waste in Pakistan. “We aim to install the first pilot scale project on campus, utilizing the campus food waste”, Dr. Farrukh Raza Amin, Assistant Professor at Department […]

LAHORE, April 20 (Online): Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered to take action against the persons involved in chopping trees in private housing schemes. The case pertaining to eradication of smog came up for hearing before LHC Thursday. The petitioner Azhar Siddique appeared before the […]

Beijing, Apr 10 (SPA/APP): China’s national observatory on Sunday renewed a blue alert for sandstorms. Floating sand particles and dust will sweep across parts of Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning from 8 p.m. Sunday to […]

ANTARCTICA, April 8 (AA/APP) —: Turkish scientists who went to Antarctica have observed an emperor penguin chick for the first time on Horseshoe Island. Scientists who spoke to Anadolu on Friday went to the “continent of science and peace” to carry out glacial observations as […]

Sydney, March 30 (AFP/APP): Breakthrough climate laws passed by Australia on Thursday will target the nation’s worst polluters, forcing coal mines and oil refineries to curb emissions by about five percent each year. Experts said the laws signalled the end of Australia’s bitter “climate wars” […]

United Nations, United States, March 29 (AFP/APP): The UN General Assembly on Wednesday adopted by consensus and to cheers a resolution calling for the world body’s top court to outline legal obligations related to climate change. Pushed for years by Vanuatu and Pacific Islander youth, […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 28 (APP):Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri on Tuesday said women in rural areas were not only burdened with the collection of bio-mass for energy but also suffered the health burden of respiratory diseases from the exposure to […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 25 (APP):Like other parts of the world, the annual ‘Earth Hour’ observed in Pakistan on Saturday night under the theme “60 minutes for the planet”. The “Earth Hour” was celebrated by keeping the lights off, in all government and domestic buildings including Parliament […]