Climate & Environment

Tokyo, Sept 1 (AFP/APP): Japan’s summer this year was the country’s hottest since records began in 1898, the weather agency said Friday. “In the summer (June-August) of 2023, the average summer temperature in Japan was considerably higher in northern, eastern, and western Japan. Average temperatures […]

Reykjavik, Aug 31 (AFP/APP): Iceland’s government said that whaling could resume Friday with stricter conditions and monitoring, after it decided not to extend a temporary two-month ban imposed amid animal welfare concerns. Iceland is one of just three countries in the world that allow commercial […]

Athens, Aug 31 (AFP/APP): Devastating wildfires in Greece will ravage more than 150,000 hectares (370,600 acres) by the end of the summer, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis estimated Thursday, blaming the climate crisis for the disaster. Like many countries around the Mediterranean, Greece has been plagued […]

Islamabad, August 29 (Online): While chairing the first meeting of the committee on consensus Regulatory conversion of Agricultural Land to Housing societies in Pakistan, the Caretaker Minister for Planning and Development Muhammad Sami Saeed urged the Provincial Governments to take the lead in regulating Agricultural […]

Athens, Aug 29 (AFP/APP): A forest blaze in Greece is “the largest wildfire ever recorded in the EU” and the bloc is mobilising nearly half its firefighting air wing to tackle it, a European Commission spokesman said Tuesday. Firefighters have been battling the flames for […]

LAHORE, Aug 29 (APP): Punjab Environment Protection Department (EPD) has banned polluting industries, smoke-emitting vehicles and substandard fuel under the Punjab Environment Protection (Control and Prevention) Smog Rules 2023 across the province. In this regard, the department initiated a massive crackdown on polluters during which […]

Brussels, Aug 29 (AFP/APP): EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday backed Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra to take up a vacant climate post on the European Commission, but the choice raised concerns about the bloc’s environmental ambitions. The commission president announced that she […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27 (APP):A new global environmental fund marks a major step towards securing the wellbeing of biodiversity in developing countries and will help to ensure sustainable utilization of their natural resources, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a Rome-based UN agency, has said. […]

LAHORE Aug 26 (Online): Punjab Wildlife Authorities have successfully rescued and released 26 lizards that were ensnared in traps illegally set within the confines of Lal Suhanra National Park. A local group of nomads had placed over 300 traps across various areas of the National […]

BARCELONA, August 24 (Internews): Barcelona council is handing out water and caps to homeless people and has issued a heat alert as the city struggles to cope with record-breaking temperatures. The temperature at midnight on Wednesday was close to 30C (86F) after daytime temperatures hit […]