Climate & Environment

United Nations, United States, March 22 (AFP/APP): Mina Guli went looking for a water problem but discovered a global “catastrophe.” Driven by passion and the testimony of water crisis victims worldwide, the Australian on Wednesday completed her 200th marathon in a year to demand action […]

Douala, March 21 (AFP/APP): Dawn breaks in Cameroon’s economic hub, the seething metropolis of Douala, and a crowd gathers at the water spigots by the Guinness brewery in the run-down district of Bassa. They fill up jerrycans and canisters from the only dependable local source […]

Paris, March 20 (AFP/APP):From leaders of islands threatened by rising seas to climate activists and diplomats, many of those reacting to Monday’s UN report on climate change said it’s a wakeup call for world leaders. The UN’s climate panel warned the world is set to […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 17 (APP): A senior Pakistani official has urged “focused” efforts on part of the world community, governments and individuals in dealing with emergencies ranging from conflicts to climate change which, she said, “disproportionately affect the lives of women and girls”. “Prioritizing gender-responsive […]

FAISALABAD, Mar 13 (APP): Punjab Highways Patrol police Faisalabad region signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nexus Lion Club here on Monday. SSP Patrol police Mirza Anjum Kamal and President Nexus Lion Club signed the MoU. Under the agreement, Nexus Lion Club will make […]

CHITRAL, Mar 12 (APP):: Around 3000 free plants were distributed among the students of Chitral University during the Green Day in a simple but impressive ceremony held at the University auditorium on Sunday. Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Zahir Shah was the chief guest at the […]

MULTAN, Mar 11 (APP): Director General Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA), Asif Rauf Khan, said that tree-plantation was dire need of the hour to curb environmental pollution. DG PHA expressed these views during tree-plantation at Gulgasht road here on Saturday. He said that the authority […]

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Mar 08 (APP): Deputy Commissioner Lakki Marwat Abdul Hadi on Wednesday inaugurated a tree plantation campaign 2023 by planting a sapling at the Town complex, Tajazai A large number of people from the civil society and officials of the forest department were […]

Brussels, March 7 (AFP/APP): Berlin has upset EU partners by blocking a milestone agreement to ban new sales of fossil fuel cars from 2035, as German domestic politics takes the bloc hostage. The planned ban is key to Brussels’ push to make the bloc climate-neutral […]