Climate & Environment

ISLAMABAD, May 29 (APP): President SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Iftikhar Ali Malik on Sunday cautioned that looming climate threat hovering around South Asia badly needed joint action to counter this alarming situation. Talking to a delegation of women led by Ms. Ayesha Abdullah […]

Islamabad 24 May (Online): Radioactive material can cause serious health hazards as well as environmental concerns. The major source of radioactive material is found in the scrap metal which is recycled in the industry; this was stated on Tuesday by Umar Masood-ur-Rehman, Vice President FPCCI […]

Paris, May 24 (AFP/APP): The boss of NetZero still can’t believe his start-up has won a million-dollar prize from Elon Musk to improve ways of sucking climate-heating carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. “That’ll fund a year of R&D (research and development)… or two-thirds of […]

PESHAWAR, May 23 (APP): Journalists, university students and civil society members from different parts of the country have stressed for coordinated planning and concerted actions by government, civil society and private sector against heatwave and its impact in the country. These views were expressed by […]

ISLAMABAD, May 22 (APP): Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Sunday said the damaged done to precious biodiversity would not reverse itself rather the world would have to take collective global action to preserve the nature. In a tweet on her official […]

ISLAMABAD, May 22 (APP): The launching ceremony of ‘COMSTECH Forum on Environment and Ecosystem Restoration’ (CFEER) along with a seminar on ‘Land Degradation’ will be held on June 6 at COMSTECH Secretariat to mark the World Environment Day. According to an official of COMSTECH, the […]

ISLAMABAD, May 22 (APP): The abrupt temperature increase and heatwave impacts spiking-up may increase the potential threats and frequency of glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) like incidents in the northern areas of the country during the summer. The Shisper Glacier in Hassabad Village of Hunza […]

NAIROBI, May 21 (Xinhua/APP): The human and climate induced threats to flamingos which inhabit Kenya’s alkaline Rift Valley lakes have mounted, hence diminishing the migratory birds’ population, local officials and scientists have said. Caroline Mwebia, the deputy park warden at Lake Nakuru National Park, said […]

London, May 20 (AFP/APP): Tucked away in a workshop under a London Underground line, cars are undergoing a green metamorphosis as they shed their cylinders, spark plugs and pistons for electric engines. “We don’t create the associated CO2 that comes from creating a new car […]

Islamabad, May 18, 2022(Online): A youth dialogue on the right to a clean and healthy environment was organized by the Embassy of Sweden in Pakistan, UNDP, WWF Pakistan, and Stockholm+50 Youth Task Force today. The dialogue engaged youth, multilateral organizations, civil society, and policymakers to […]