Climate & Environment

ISLAMABAD, Jan 31 (Online): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, appreciating the work being done by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has called for enhanced efforts to address climate change, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem degradation more effectively. He said this while meeting Executive Director of the […]

RAWALPINDI, Jan 29 (APP):The National University of Medical Sciences’ (NUMS) scientific journal emphasized the urgent need for investment in emerging green technology and introduction of climate education in curricula for mitigating the impact of global warming, jeopardizing human health, especially of marginalized people. In its […]

MULTAN, Jan 28 (APP): Students from 30 different schools will assist Multan Waste Management Company (MWMC) to mark a month-long cleanliness campaign under ‘Clean and Green’ Multan. According to official sources, the special campaign will commence from the 1st of February. The students will help […]

LAHORE, Jan 25 (Online): Several cities of Punjab stood enveloped in dense fog on night between Tuesday and Wednesday bringing the normal life to stand still. The traffic on motorways also witnessed disruption. Road traffic was badly affected As per a Motorway spokesperson, the Motorway […]

Abu Dhabi, , Jan 12 (SPA/APP):Under the directive of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Court, on Thursday appointed Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Special Envoy for […]

NEW DELHI, Jan. 9 (Xinhua/APP): Air, rail and road traffic was affected in New Delhi and surrounding areas on Monday morning as a dense blanket of fog engulfed the Indian capital amid an intense cold wave. According to official sources, over 30 flights originating from […]

Dehradun, India, Jan 8 (AFP/APP):Authorities in one of the holiest towns in the Indian Himalayas were evacuating panicked residents Sunday after hundreds of houses began developing yawning cracks and sinking, officials said. The cause of the apparent subsidence in Joshimath in the northern state of […]

ISLAMABAD, Jan 5 (APP): President Dr. Arif Alvi Thursday expressed hope that the Geneva Conference to be held on January 9, would be a step forward in helping Pakistan become a climate-resilient country. Talking during an overview of Aiwan-e-Sadr for the year 2022, he said […]

Islamabad, Jan 4 (Online): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will co-host, along with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan in Geneva on 9 January 2023. The Conference will serve as a platform to marshal international support for the people […]

London, Jan 1 (AFP/APP):Environmental group Extinction Rebellion said Sunday it would no longer stage its infamous blockades of UK transport networks and will instead hold a major demonstration against government policy in April. The activist network, formed in the UK in 2018, has regularly used […]