Climate Change
Rich and developing countries broadly agree over the scale of the crisis that threatens the ecosystems and wildlife.
Updated 28 Feb, 2025 09:37am
SBP has taken a positive step towards green activities.
Published 26 Feb, 2025 06:01am
Negotiators meeting this week are tasked with resolving a deadlock between rich and developing countries.
Published 26 Feb, 2025 06:00am
Calls for preventing construction near waterways, forests; seeks plans for energy-efficient buildings in urban, rural areas.
Updated 26 Feb, 2025 08:06am
"Time is not on our side", warns the world body.
Updated 25 Feb, 2025 10:18am
Fund’s team to engage with key ministries, FBR, disaster agencies, provincial govts; policy review to follow next week under EFF.
Updated 24 Feb, 2025 08:09am
"Climate Resilience and Humanitarian Response" project focuses on building resilience in affected communities.
Updated 23 Feb, 2025 09:57am
Scoping mission that concluded visit recently to return later this year to "gather information, explore opportunities to strengthen governance".
Updated 22 Feb, 2025 12:55pm
Non-profit says Trump’s aid embargo has blocked $1.5m earmarked to make the scheme viable in the long-term.
Published 21 Feb, 2025 11:49am
Finance minister says Pakistan aiming for credit rating upgrade to "B"; notes burdening salaried class with tax unsustainable.
Published 20 Feb, 2025 06:12pm
Case demanded action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to within “technically and economically feasible” limits.
Published 19 Feb, 2025 03:10pm
With latest varieties, country becomes self-sufficient in mung bean production.
Updated 17 Feb, 2025 10:37am
Import of cotton and yarn has led to a sharp decline in the prices of local cotton.
Updated 17 Feb, 2025 10:32am
Pakistan must boost its institutional capacity to develop bankable climate projects.
Updated 17 Feb, 2025 08:56am
Bank to support flood resilience, infrastructure in Balochistan, Sindh.
Updated 16 Feb, 2025 10:13am
Our futures are inextricably linked through common environmental systems that transcend national boundaries.
Published 13 Feb, 2025 08:32am
Teams to hold talks for over $1bn climate resilience funding, biannual performance review of $7bn EFF.
Updated 13 Feb, 2025 11:07am
Makhtar Diop arrives on 2-day visit; says IFC is weighing investment in manufacturing, services, sustainable infrastructure, IT & tech start-ups.
Updated 13 Feb, 2025 10:02am
Report acknowledges COP29 failed to yield ambitious NCQG on climate finance, calls for greater support by high-emitting countries for most vulnerable nations.
Published 12 Feb, 2025 06:19pm
Premier says transition to clean energy requires $100bn, terms energy security and sustainability "a national priority".
Updated 12 Feb, 2025 09:31am
Scientists seek to square the long-term Paris goals with the extraordinary heat seen in 2024.
Published 11 Feb, 2025 06:52am
Say immediate actions needed for survival of Gwadar in future.
Updated 11 Feb, 2025 11:41am
Under the climate accord, each country is supposed to provide a steeper headline figure for cutting heat-trapping emissions by 2035.
Published 10 Feb, 2025 04:51pm
The World Bank projects that combined effects of climate change could reduce Pakistan’s GDP by 18-20pc by 2050.
Published 10 Feb, 2025 06:03am
Alarmingly, Pakistan’s evolving cropping patterns are increasingly dominated by water-intensive crops, particularly rice and sugarcane.
Updated 10 Feb, 2025 10:30am
The private sector has a crucial role to play in embedding resilience, but it cannot do much without support from other sectors.
Published 09 Feb, 2025 10:39am
With green practices in their operations and lending practices, banks have adopted a proactive approach to take Pakistan out of the red zone.
Published 09 Feb, 2025 10:07am
To access climate finance, Pakistan will have to undergo a paradigm shift that prioritises innovation, reforms and private-sector engagement.
Published 09 Feb, 2025 09:51am
While some bright spots emerged at Breathe Pakistan moot, we must streamline our climate governance.
Updated 09 Feb, 2025 08:35am
Residents attribute phenomenon to widespread deforestation.
Updated 09 Feb, 2025 12:43pm
