Climate Change
The Climate Act and associated legislation will need consolidation.
Updated 13 Apr, 2024 09:28am
The climate activist joined hundreds of protesters on a walk from The Hague’s city centre to the nearby A12 arterial highway.
Updated 07 Apr, 2024 11:29am
Many schools have no air-conditioning, leaving students to swelter in crowded, poorly ventilated classrooms.
Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:44am
The technique is seen as a climate solution, with advocates saying it is the most straightforward way to benefit the planet's health and ensure food security.
Updated 05 Apr, 2024 03:20pm
Aftab Alam Khan has developed climate-resilient solutions across 35 countries and advised governments in Pakistan, Indonesia, and South Africa.
Updated 05 Apr, 2024 12:04pm
Torrential rains in February inflicted heavy damage on historic buildings in Shahi Bazaar.
Updated 01 Apr, 2024 11:11am
Premier tells Russian diplomat Pakistan wants to enhance bilateral cooperation in energy, trade and investment.
Updated 31 Mar, 2024 11:31am
HYDERABAD: Speakers at a seminar have said that climate and weather conditions in Sindh are making the situation,...
Published 28 Mar, 2024 08:39am
Rising temperatures, rapid glacial melts and warming oceans are triggering a host of climate-related events.
Updated 08 Jul, 2024 07:00pm
Africa and South America would be most affected but the northern hemisphere would not be spared higher prices, study finds.
Updated 24 Mar, 2024 10:31am
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