Climate & Environment

Geneva, March 29 (AFP/APP): Expanding nature reserves to cover at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030 is the flagship proposal of high-stakes talks to rescue Earth’s animals and plants from human destruction. But experts agree that a new target is the easy part […]

Sydney, March 25 (AFP/APP): Australia’s spectacular Great Barrier Reef is suffering “mass bleaching” as corals lose their colour under the stress of warmer seas, authorities said Friday, in a blow widely blamed on climate change. The world’s largest coral reef system, stretching for more than […]

LAHORE, Mar 23 (APP): Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) on Wednesday planted around 600 fruity plants at Canal Road on the occasion of Pakistan Day. PHA Director General Zeeshan Javed in a statement said that Morus alba (Shahtoot), Jawa Plum and Guava plants were planted […]

MIRPUR ( AJK): , Mar 23 (APP):A two-day capacity-building training workshop titled “Developing Linkages between Stakeholders” representing various segments of the civil society from Azad Jammu Kashmir concluded on Wednesday with series of healthy recommendations as how to overcome climate change. There were 3 stakeholders […]

Paris, March 21 (AFP/APP): UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday the world is “sleepwalking to climate catastrophe”, with major economies allowing carbon pollution to increase when drastic cuts are needed. The planet-saving goal of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius is already “on life […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 20 (APP): Healthy forests are “essential” for people and the planet, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in his message marking the International Day of Forests. “They act as natural filters, providing clean air and water, and they are havens of biological diversity…[and] […]

MULTAN, Mar 18 (APP): Secretary forests, fisheries and wildlife Sarfraz Magsi said on Friday that the adverse impact of climate change on agriculture rich south Punjab can only be countered by afforestation. During a visit to Taunsa camp office of south Punjab secretariat, district Dera […]

SUKKUR, Mar 17 (APP): Plantation drive held at Shah Abdul Latif University (SALU) Khairpur, in connection with Green Pakistan Day. A ceremony was also held on tree planting and importance of plants. Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister, Nawab Khan Wassan was the Chief Guest on […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 15 (APP):Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Tuesday said that the Ministry of Climate Change would launch State of the Forest Report annually, based on satellite monitoring to reveal change analysis of plantation sites after […]