Climate & Environment

Paris, Oct 27 (AFP/APP): The International Energy Agency said Thursday it believes global energy emissions will peak in 2025 as surging prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine propel investment in renewables. Only last year the IEA said there was “no clear peak in […]

The Hague, Oct 27 (AFP/APP): Climate activists glued themselves to Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” at a Dutch museum on Thursday in the latest stunt targeting famous artworks, but the painting was undamaged. Three men were arrested after the attack at The Hague’s […]

Brussels, Oct 27 (AFP/APP):EU countries and lawmakers on Thursday struck an agreement on legislation to phase out new CO2-emitting vehicles by 2035, negotiators announced. “We have just finished the negotiations on CO2 levels for cars,” tweeted French MEP Pascal Canfin, who heads the European parliament’s […]

Islamabad, Oct 18 (Online): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif chaired the first meeting of Pakistan Climate Change Council (PCCC), today in Islamabad. The Prime Minister commended the initiative of the Ministry of Climate Change with regard to the constitution of the Climate Change Council and […]

Islamabad, October 12, 2022 (Online): The aim of GSTAR is to explore pressing challenges emerging from the global strategic environment and technological developments impacting national security and providing inputs on future counterstrategies, especially in the aerospace sector. The Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies (CASS) […]

San Juan y Martinez, Cuba, Sept 29 (AFP/APP):Western Cuba’s tobacco growing heartland has been left devastated by Hurricane Ian with piles of wood and tiles where once stood farms. A triangle of three municipalities in the Vuelta Abajo region of Pilar del Rio province, the […]

Lahore, 27th September, 2022 (Online): Lahore Waste Management Company is taking extraordinary measures regarding controlling smog in Lahore. In this regard special smog control team has been made and mobilized with enforcement team to monitor 43 hotspot points in two shifts. According to the spokesperson […]

WASHINGTON DC, Sep 27 (APP):Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday highlighting the devastation caused by floods in Pakistan said the developing countries must be provided with sufficient means to adequately face the impact of climate change. The foreign minister, during his talk at Wilson […]

United Nations, United States, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):With his call to expand the UN Security Council, US President Joe Biden has injected momentum into decades of stagnant talk of reform but it remains far from certain whether this time change will happen. The annual UN General […]

QUETTA, Sep 25 (APP): Focal Person, Relief to Flood Victims, Balochistan, Senator, Samina Mumtaz Zahri on Sunday said that Pakistan was facing the worst effects of climate change, which could be resulted in natural calamities. She expressed these views while distributing ration bags, mosquito nets, […]