Climate Change
WMO report confirms 2023 as by far the hottest year ever recorded.
Published 19 Mar, 2024 09:08pm
Average concentrations of of PM2.5, which are small airborne particles that damage lungs reached 73.7 micrograms in Pakistan.
Updated 19 Mar, 2024 01:42pm
Court bars CDA from felling trees till next hearing; 7,000 trees so far removed.
Updated 19 Mar, 2024 11:33am
Government ministers have been throwing about terms like “eco terrorists” and “Green Talibans” to describe non-violent activists, says UN rapporteur.
Published 17 Mar, 2024 06:45am
Gandapur orders installation of CCTV cameras at forest checkposts.
Updated 15 Mar, 2024 11:14am
Underscores importance of loss and damage fund for risk mitigation.
Updated 15 Mar, 2024 10:56am
The delay in operationalising the fund is unacceptable, given the immediate need for investing in climate-resilient infrastructure.
Updated 11 Mar, 2024 10:33am
Report says extreme weather events disproportionately affect poor rural households, leading to significant reductions in their incomes.
Published 10 Mar, 2024 07:23am
Global temperatures have been consistently rising and “this means that temperature extremes will be exceeded more frequently, says expert.
Updated 08 Mar, 2024 10:35am
IN an uncharacteristic twist for March — which typically heralds the warmth of spring — several parts of ...
Published 05 Mar, 2024 07:09am
Hazards strain socio-economic and environmental systems, and hinder efforts to promote food security and alleviate poverty, says report.
Updated 24 Feb, 2024 09:55am
Efficient and transparent service at the constituency level is necessary for climate resilience.
Updated 15 Feb, 2024 10:12am
Clothes made from more than two fibres are currently regarded as unrecyclable. Activists call for decrease in consumption: "repair, reuse and upcycle".
Updated 15 Feb, 2024 09:22am
By 2030, the project will help restore over 30pc of Indus River Basin.
Updated 14 Feb, 2024 10:37am
Ahmad Rafay Alam, an environmental lawyer and activist, says parties' election manifestos neglected the economic effects of climate change.
Updated 07 Feb, 2024 12:08pm
Prosecutor Luke Staton says the condition was lawfully imposed as officers reasonably believed the protest “may result in serious disruption to the life of the community”.
Published 02 Feb, 2024 07:03am
The bank committed $9.8bn in climate finance from its own resources last year, says its report.
Updated 02 Feb, 2024 11:25am
All finance has by definition become climate finance.
Updated 01 Feb, 2024 10:06am
Unfortunately, climate change remains a relatively low priority for the average voter in most places across the globe — seemingly less pressing than immediate economic concerns.
Published 30 Jan, 2024 10:45am
Shabbar, the founder of Pakistan Maholiati Tahaffuz Movement, has built a seven-point election agenda based on an enviro-human-centric ideology.
Updated 31 Jan, 2024 02:23pm
On a journey from mountain to sea, The Third Pole meets people whose lives are intertwined with the nourishing, destructive and evolving Indus.
Published 28 Jan, 2024 11:34am
Region may face water shortage, flash floods, GLOF events, disruption to agriculture.
Updated 21 Jan, 2024 08:28am
According to BBC News, the picturesque valley is currently “brown and barren”.
Updated 20 Jan, 2024 08:45am
HYDERABAD: Experts highlighted impact of climate change in the country, particularly in Sindh, underscoring the need...
Published 19 Jan, 2024 07:02am
2023 marked the first time on record that every day within a year has exceeded 1°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial level, report says.
Updated 10 Jan, 2024 07:42am
“It is the lowest temperature that has been recorded in this specific spot since measurements began” in 1888, says meteorologist.
Updated 04 Jan, 2024 09:49am
Approves regional technical assistance of $500,000 to explore private sector-based solutions and interventions.
Published 02 Jan, 2024 07:08am
“We often suffer from asthma, fever and allergies while operating rickshaws on the streets,” says a rickshaw driver.
Published 27 Dec, 2023 10:15pm
CM Naqvi says teams from UAE with two planes used 48 flares to create rainfall; impact of the experiment to be known by tonight.
Updated 16 Dec, 2023 08:37pm
Govts, companies need to tell the people "what actions they are taking to move the world away from fossil fuels", says IEA executive director.
Updated 16 Dec, 2023 08:31am
