Climate & Environment

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 […]

KARACHI, Sep 04 (APP): Special Assistant to Sindh Chief Minister on Human Rights Surendar Valasai has urged the international human rights organizations to echo the demand of Pakistani Foreign Minister for climate justice and ensure that the impact and redressal of climatic disasters are justifiably […]

ISLAMABAD, Sep 03 (Online): Chairman NDMA Lieutenant General Akhtar Nawaz has said the floods have so far killed 1265 people have been killed and more than 1200 injured in the floods so far. He said this during a briefing to media persons at National Flood […]

LAHORE, Sep 02 (APP): Punjab Forest & Wildlife Minister Syed Abbas Ali Shah on Friday said that assessment of forests losses inflicted by the floods was underway. Talking to media persons, the minister said that measures were being taken to assess the losses caused by […]