Climate & Environment

ISLAMABAD 18 Sep (Online): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will address the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Sep 23 with his speech focusing on climate-induced catastrophic floods in the country, the Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement on Sunday. PM Shehbaz will participate […]

PESHAWAR, Sep 14 (APP): The Khyber Pakthunkhwa Forest Department has planted over 1.099 million plants of different species during ongoing monsoon season in the province. According to spokesman of KP Forest Department, 539, 215 plants were also planted under urban forestry during in Khyber Pakthunkhwa. […]

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (APP):Floods, like those in Pakistan, heatwaves, droughts, extreme storms and wildfires are going “from bad to worse” amid worsening impacts of climate change, according to a multi-agency report coordinated by the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) that was released Tuesday. “Climate […]

Peshawar, September 13 (ONLINE):The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cabinet in a meeting held here on Tuesday with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair approved the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Climate Change Policy and Action Plan-2022, which focuses on reducing vulnerability of natural and human systems as well as […]

ISLAMABAD, Sep 9 (APP):The Climate Action Pakistan on Friday expressed solidarity with global campaign “Global Day of Solidarity for Floods in Pakistan” demanding climate reparations and end to fossil fuels and accountability of the Global North for driving environmental degradation. “We believe that the Global […]

Hemet, United States, Sept 9 (AFP/APP): Firefighters battling a growing blaze outside Los Angeles were bracing Friday for mudslides and flooding as a storm barrels into burn areas. The remnants of a hurricane that hit Mexico could also bring strong winds that could further fan […]

Los Angeles, Sept 6 (AFP/APP):At least two people are dead and thousands have been ordered to flee a rapidly spreading fire in California, with the region’s oppressive heatwave expected to peak Tuesday. Several buildings were destroyed as the Fairview fire erupted southeast of Los Angeles, […]

Paris, Sept 6 (AFP/APP): French football giants Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday faced accusations of failing to take climate change seriously, after coach Christophe Galtier and star Kylian Mbappe mocked a suggestion that they should take the train rather than private planes for short-haul travel. Galtier […]

Beijing, Sept 6 (AFP/APP):China has logged its hottest August since records began, state media reported Tuesday, following an unusually intense summer heat wave that parched rivers, scorched crops and triggered isolated blackouts. Southern China last month sweltered under what experts said may have been one […]

Islamabad, September 05 (ONLINE) “We need to take preemptive measures to control global warming, universities and academia should step forward to play a role and give suggestions to the policy makers based on research,” said the Speaker National Assembly, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf at the inaugural […]