Breaching climate goals could be ‘disastrous’, UN chief warns

ANTARCTICA – MAY 3 (AA/APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on governments to keep their pledge and act against climate change. “The International Panel on Climate Change tells us that breaching 1.5 degrees, even temporarily, could be disastrous,” he told the Petersberg Climate Dialogue […]

Spain, Portugal smash April temperature records

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 […]

Pakistani, Chinese scientists work together to reuse organic waste

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 […]

China renews blue alert for sandstorms

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 […]

Australian parliament approves emissions caps on big polluters

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” […]

UN adopts landmark resolution on climate justice

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, […]

Experts stress access to clean energy for gender equality

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 […]