Climate & Environment

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 […]

MIRPUR (AJK), May 18 (APP): Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan has said that Pakistan was taking all possible measures to address the major environmental issues faced by the country. He said this while talking to the UN Resident Coordinator […]

ISLAMABAD, May 17 (APP): Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Tuesday said that developed countries should take collective measures and have to do more to combat the effects of climate change in Pakistan and all over the world. Addressing a youth dialogue […]

ISLAMABAD, May 15 (APP):Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman has said that environmental degradation was emerging as a national security threat for Pakistan as it was paying a disproportionate price for climate change impacts derived by the developed world. Federal Minister for Climate […]

ISLAMABAD, May 15 (APP): A recent study has revealed four cities which are likely to get hotter than usual by the end of 21st century due to climate change in the region. The country is facing extreme weather changes for the past few decades which […]

ISLAMABAD, May 12 (APP): Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Thursday said environmental degradation was emerging as a national security threat for Pakistan as it was paying a disproportionate price for climate change impacts derived by the developed world. Federal Minister for […]