Climate & Environment

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 […]

ISLAMABAD, May 9 (APP):The federal capital has embraced record days of healthy air as the pollutants ratio was below permissible limits since the onset of the month of Ramzan that lead to decline in hazardous air pollutants causing air quality bad and health injurious. The […]

Paris, May 6 (AFP/APP): The devastating heatwave that gripped India and Pakistan over the last two months is unprecedented, but worse — perhaps far worse — is on the horizon as climate change continues apace, top climate scientists told AFP. Even without additional global warming […]

Baghdad, May 1 (AFP/APP): Iraq on Sunday was yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffered the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly common. Dozens were hospitalised with respiratory problems in the centre and the west […]

Tehran, May 1 (AFP/APP): An Asiatic cheetah gave birth to three “healthy” cubs in Iran, the head of the environment department said Sunday, calling it a first in captivity for the endangered species. “Iran”, one of only a dozen cheetahs found in the Islamic republic, […]