PSG face backlash over mockery of train travel option

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 […]

China logs hottest August since records began

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 […]

We must take measures to control global warming, Raja Pervaiz

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 […]

1265 KILLED, MORE THAN 1200 INJURED IN FLOODS: Chairman NDMA

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 […]

Flood-hit forests’ assessment in progress: Minister

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 […]

Pakistan needs $10bn to cope with flood devastation: Ahsen Iqbal

ISLAMABAD 30 Aug (Online): Federal Minsiter for development and planning Ahsen Iqbal said on Tuesday that Pakistan needs $10 billion for renovation and restructuring of flood damaged infrastructure. World ought to help Pakistan to deal climate change effects, he added. Talking to the foreign news […]

Fossil fuels causing cost-of-living crisis: climate expert

Paris, Aug 30 (AFP/APP):The cost-of-living crisis pushing millions of people towards poverty in Europe is driven by fossil fuels, according to a leading Earth systems scientist, who has warned that global heating risks causing runaway climate change. Johan Rockstrom, director of the Potsdam Institute for […]

UN high-seas biodiversity treaty struggles to leave port

United Nations, United States, Aug 26 (AFP/APP): A two-week negotiating session on a treaty to protect the high seas wraps up Friday, but UN observers were holding their breath with many points remaining contentious between member states. After 15 years, including four prior formal sessions, […]