Climate Change
Pollution, climate change upsurge risk of ‘climate penalty’, UN’s agency warns.
Updated 08 Sep, 2022 07:57am
Says politicians and media have "chosen not to communicate that so many of the crises that we are experiencing now are very closely interlinked".
Published 06 Sep, 2022 03:32pm
The worst of the heat was concentrated in the Central Valley on Sunday, where temperatures climbed to 109 degrees Fahrenheit.
Updated 05 Sep, 2022 10:17am
Environmental groups says protesters were "demanding a representative democracy to decide on climate and costs".
Updated 03 Sep, 2022 10:24am
US NSA Jake Sullivan assures Islamabad that Washington "will continue to stand by Pakistan during this tragic time".
Updated 02 Sep, 2022 07:31am
Countries like Pakistan that have contributed the least to global warming are often battered by the worst impacts, observers say.
Updated 01 Sep, 2022 08:08am
The failure to agree upon a unified statement came at the end of a month in which more than 1,000 died in Pakistan from flooding.
Updated 01 Sep, 2022 09:54am
All hazards are natural and all disasters a result of unjust anthropogenic interactions with nature.
Updated 27 Sep, 2023 12:07pm
The problem is that climate change is also turning into an excuse.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 08:58am
The developed nations must take responsibility to restore at least some of the damage their actions have caused.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 08:49am
The South Asian monsoon was not always something to be dreaded.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 09:19am
CM also approves action plan with mitigation, adaptation steps.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 12:01pm
Flooding has emerged as the worst type of climate-induced disaster for Pakistan, perhaps the deadliest.
Updated 25 Aug, 2022 08:52am
Activists hope that exclamation marks can spur greater efforts to cut the greenhouse gas emissions heating it up.
Updated 23 Aug, 2022 09:43am
The changing climate requires a bottom-up approach to adaptation if we want to survive.
Updated 22 Aug, 2022 08:31am
The demand for cooling technologies has opened up profit-making opportunities in Pakistan's largest metropolis.
Updated 18 Aug, 2022 06:09pm
Investment and economic planning processes need to account for climate-induced changes, says report.
Updated 16 Mar, 2023 01:12am
New UN report says Arctic is warming “by more than double the global average” due to a process known as Arctic amplification.
Updated 12 Aug, 2022 09:45am
Bill should provide launchpad for green investment and kickstart a transition towards renewable energy inworld’s largest emitter.
Updated 09 Aug, 2022 07:55am
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, during his visit to the affected areas, also expressed displeasure over inaction by the authorities.
Published 08 Aug, 2022 10:33am
For scientists looking to reconstruct the Earth’s climate in the distant past, such ice formations are a unique time capsule.
Updated 08 Aug, 2022 09:47am
Weather remains an essential component of physical experiences of the environment, as well as people’s expressions of emotions, in fact and in fiction.
Published 05 Aug, 2022 01:07pm
Losses propelled by storms and floods, Zurich-based group says.
Updated 03 Aug, 2022 08:03am
The growing frequency of wildfires undermines climate action.
Updated 02 Aug, 2022 09:40am
As citizens dispense updates on their own, official urges caution to avoid unnecessary panic.
Updated 01 Aug, 2022 08:25am
Pakistan alone needs $101bn for a smooth energy transition.
Updated 30 Jul, 2022 10:43am
Virtually all the contiguous United States experienced above normal temperatures in the past week.
Updated 25 Jul, 2022 09:21am
Official notes “individuals at either end of life’s spectrum, infants and older people, are at particular risk”.
Updated 23 Jul, 2022 11:22am
Climate hazards even threaten to destabilise powerful players such as China and Brazil.
Updated 22 Jul, 2022 09:54am
“There has been so much climate denialism internationally, with the big polluters not wanting to give up their bad habits or to pay the price for going green,” she said.
Published 20 Jul, 2022 02:00pm