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New Zealand increases emissions reduction target

Posted on October 31, 2021 by News Desk

Wellington, Oct 31 (AFP/APP):New Zealand set itself an ambitious new emissions reduction target Sunday, with a pledge to halve its net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The new target, announced as world leaders gather in Glasgow for the critical COP26 summit on climate change, is […]

Multan Waste Management Company to launch ‘Cash the trash’ project with cooperation of masses

Posted on October 31, 2021 by News Desk

MULTAN, Oct 31 (APP):Multan Waste Management Company (MWMC) was planning to launch ‘Cash the trash’ initiative with aim to make knock and corner of the city neat & clean by engaging citizens. According to Manager Operations MWMC, Dawood Makki, company would sign contract with a […]

Protesters rally in Glasgow the day before COP26 kicks off

Posted on October 31, 2021 by News Desk

Glasgow, Oct 30 (AFP/APP):Hundreds of activists rallied in Glasgow on Saturday to urge world leaders to act on climate change, in the biggest protests yet in the Scottish city ahead of the crucial COP26 summit. Attendees had come from far and wide including several other […]

Climate and Covid top agenda as world leaders meet

Posted on October 30, 2021 by News Desk

Rome – October 30 (Online): Climate change and Covid are top of the agenda as leaders from the world’s major economies meet in Italy. It is the first time the G20 leaders are meeting face-to-face since the start of the pandemic. However, China’s Xi Jinping […]

Biden heads to global climate talks empty-handed

Posted on October 30, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):US President Joe Biden heads to a climate gathering this weekend without a commitment on tackling global warming after his deeply-divided Democrats failed to get behind his sweeping economic agenda. Biden had wanted to show the landmark COP26 conference in Scotland that […]

Smoke bombs, floods and virus fears as Glasgow readies for COP26

Posted on October 30, 2021 by News Desk

Glasgow, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):A soft drizzle fell on a cluster of American climate activists as they set off smoke bombs in George Square in Glasgow’s city centre. The clouds of white smoke were symbolically aimed at the heads of state beginning to arrive in Scotland’s […]

UN chief warns G20 of ‘serious risk’ of failure at climate talks

Posted on October 30, 2021 by News Desk

Rome, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned global leaders Friday that upcoming climate talks in the Scottish city Glasgow could fail without renewed trust among G20 leaders, calling for “more ambition and more action”. “There is a serious risk that Glasgow will not […]

Mountain communities in GB hardest hit by climate change: GB CM

Posted on October 29, 2021 by News Desk

GILGIT, Oct 28 (APP):Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Thursday said due to severe weather and absence of alternative energy resources, the glaciers and mountains in GB were causing deforestation which was having a negative impact on climate change. He said this in a meeting […]

Big Oil clashes with US Democratic lawmakers over climate ‘disinformation’

Posted on October 29, 2021 by News Desk

New York, Oct 28 (AFP/APP):US oil industry executives faced tough questions from congressional Democrats on Thursday over their statements on climate science and whether actions on green energy live up to their marketing campaigns. Big Oil critics in the House of Representatives likened the hearing […]

Canada’s new environment minister says no ‘secret agenda’ on oil

Posted on October 28, 2021 by News Desk

Ottawa, Oct 27 (AFP/APP):Canada’s new activist-turned-environment minister on Wednesday sought to reassure the nation’s oil sector — the fourth largest producer in the world — that he has no “secret agenda,” following pushback over his appointment. Steven Guilbeault, a prominent former climate activist tapped by […]

Climate & Environment

New Zealand increases emissions reduction target

Multan Waste Management Company to launch ‘Cash the trash’ project with cooperation of masses

Protesters rally in Glasgow the day before COP26 kicks off

Climate and Covid top agenda as world leaders meet

Biden heads to global climate talks empty-handed

Smoke bombs, floods and virus fears as Glasgow readies for COP26

UN chief warns G20 of ‘serious risk’ of failure at climate talks

Mountain communities in GB hardest hit by climate change: GB CM

Big Oil clashes with US Democratic lawmakers over climate ‘disinformation’

Canada’s new environment minister says no ‘secret agenda’ on oil

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