Climate Change
A once-thriving delta civilisation is now retreating inland as the Indus dries, the sea advances, and whole communities watch their land slip away.
Published 03 Dec, 2025 10:32am
Protecting children is not just limited to the provision of food, shelter, and education; it is also about ensuring their mental and emotional well-being.
Published 01 Dec, 2025 10:47am
Organisers of PBC dialogue say clarity, predictable reforms and stronger institutional collaboration essential.
Updated 27 Nov, 2025 09:39am
Urban areas at high risk as densely built surfaces trap heat and raise city temperatures above those of surrounding rural areas, report states.
Published 26 Nov, 2025 07:47pm
Documentary series "Voices from the Roof of the World" screened at AKDN event.
Updated 26 Nov, 2025 09:43am
UN rights chief warns that “fatal inaction” of leaders might one day be considered a crime against humanity.
Updated 25 Nov, 2025 08:05am
Appeal was made at the COP30 event titled “Operationalising Loss and Damage: Financing Resilience and Recovery in Vulnerable Countries."
Published 23 Nov, 2025 04:43pm
G20 summit in South Africa adopts declaration despite US boycott, opposition.
Published 22 Nov, 2025 10:13pm
Three decades of COP negotiations have transformed climate action.
Updated 20 Nov, 2025 09:28am
Gives details to mitigate climate change-induced losses, lays out plans for the next year’s monsoon season.
Updated 19 Nov, 2025 04:16pm
Pakistan risks becoming a casualty of the climate crisis it keeps treating as a bargaining chip rather than a survival imperative.
Updated 19 Nov, 2025 12:42pm
Draft reflects stark division between a coalition wanting a “roadmap” on a fossil fuel phase-out, and a bloc led by oil-producing countries opposing any such effort.
Updated 19 Nov, 2025 07:44am
“There is a huge amount of work ahead for ministers and negotiators," says UN climate chief Simon Stiell.
Published 18 Nov, 2025 05:22am
Punjab, the worst affected by smog, is using a clean air programme with AI systems at the centre of forecasting, enforcement and public response.
Published 17 Nov, 2025 10:51pm
Climate summit sees some progress on Global Goal on Adaptation; North-South divide mars talks despite early agenda adoption.
Updated 17 Nov, 2025 09:57am
Warns glacier melt occurring at an "unprecedented pace"; says Himalayas-Karakoram-Hindu-Kush cryosphere "primary lifeline of millions across South Asia.”
Updated 16 Nov, 2025 05:18pm
Demands of indigenous activists include "reparations" for damages caused by corporations and governments.
Updated 16 Nov, 2025 09:57am
In Pakistan, 74pc of the funding targeted mitigation.
Updated 16 Nov, 2025 07:44am
Demand that the Brazilian govt halt development projects in the Amazon, including mining, logging, oil drilling.
Updated 15 Nov, 2025 09:56am
Asia suffered 47pc of total losses over 33 years.
Updated 15 Nov, 2025 07:24am
Far-right Patriots group hails result as "significant success".
Updated 14 Nov, 2025 09:44am
Government allocates Rs500 million to set up the Balochistan Climate Change Fund.
Updated 14 Nov, 2025 08:35am
Brazilian and UN authorities investigating incident, says spokesperson.
Updated 13 Nov, 2025 09:50am
Risk index says climate disasters claimed over 832,000 lives from 1995 to 2024; Pakistan among top 20 vulnerable countries in long-term index.
Published 13 Nov, 2025 05:05am
Dawn speaks to Rizwana Hasan, who calls for transparency in climate finance and an end to debt-based funding.
Updated 12 Nov, 2025 09:17am
Indigenous leaders demand protection for their territories; scientists highlight rapid destabilisation of the planet’s frozen regions.
Updated 11 Nov, 2025 08:11am
For many, this year’s 30th climate summit marks a full-circle moment.
Updated 10 Nov, 2025 09:35am
Believe diplomatic isolation should not prevent their govt from taking part in international climate talks.
Updated 10 Nov, 2025 09:40am
The COP process has evolved or devolved into what many observers now describe as a ‘climate fair’.
Updated 08 Nov, 2025 08:01am
Pledge from 21 carriers, including Lufthansa, will oblige them to clarify that the emissions of a specific flight cannot be “neutralised, offset, or directly reduced”.
Updated 08 Nov, 2025 08:29am
