Climate & Environment

Paris, July 8 (AFP/APP):Companies have been calculating their carbon footprints since the early 2000s and just over one in three of the world’s 2,000 largest public corporations have now set goals to become carbon neutral or emissions-free by mid-century or sooner. Even Saudi Aramco — […]

Rome, July 4 (AFP/APP): Italy declared a state of emergency in five northern regions and announced emergency funds on Monday over a worsening drought that has plagued the Po Valley in recent weeks. The cabinet approved a state of emergency in five regions — Friuli-Romagna, […]

Baghdad, July 4 (AFP/APP): Another sandstorm has darkened Iraqi skies and it’s hard to breathe, but Baghdad motorcycle delivery rider Milad Mitti doesn’t have the luxury of missing a day’s work. Like most people in the now blistering hot desert country, the 30-year-old battles on […]

ISLAMABAD, July 02 (ONLINE): The consensus among scientists is that we are in an era of global heating and extreme weather events, primarily due to the devastating effects of human action on the environment. Why are researchers concerned and what are the implications for health? […]

LISBON, Jul 01 (APP):The five-day UN Ocean Conference ended Friday, with more than 150 countries, including Pakistan, collectively agreeing to scale up science-based and innovative actions to address the ocean emergency. The agreement, together with bold commitments from all sectors of society — youth, civil […]

Islamabad, June 28 (Online): The Federal Cabinet has approved the country’s first ever National Hazardous Waste Management Policy. This was announced by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb while briefing newsmen in Islamabad on Tuesday, alongside Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman and Adviser […]

FAISALABAD, Jun 28 (APP): The environment protection department (EPD) on Tuesday sealed a boiler of a factory for polluting environment. According to official sources, the EPD team checked Haroon Corporation and found a boiler emitting smoke due to poor quality of oil. The team sealed […]

Karachi, June 27, 2022 (Online): The Pakistan Red Crescent (PRC) Sindh Branch launched a beach cleaning drive in Karachi on June 27, 2022. Hundreds of students belonging to various Universities, colleges and schools of the metropolis, the general public, Red Crescent staff and volunteers participated […]

ISLAMABAD, Jun 27 (APP): The air quality of the federal capital on Monday was recorded moderate amid dry hot weather after increased humidity in the atmosphere reduced the ratio of ambient contaminating pollutants leaving the atmosphere risky for only vulnerable groups. The air quality was […]

Paris, June 25 (AFP/APP): Humanity must heal oceans made sick by climate change, pollution and overfishing in order to rescue marine life and save ourselves, experts warned ahead of a major UN conference opening Monday in Lisbon. By absorbing — decade after decade — a […]