Climate Change
Mehdi notes that Pakistan was particularly vulnerable to climate change despite contributing less than one per cent of global greenhouse-gas emissions.
Published 30 Sep, 2026 07:00am
Islamabad and Kathmandu's futures are tied together by ice, water and risk, and neither can afford to go it alone.
Published 29 Sep, 2026 10:00am
All relevant authorities have been advised to maintain a high level of preparedness, particularly in downstream valleys of potentially dangerous glacial lakes, agency says.
Published 27 Sep, 2026 09:20pm
Latest deaths reported during a spell of "exceptionally heavy rain"; 7 missing in Nepal, which is already reeling from the catastrophic Aug 26 flood.
Updated 27 Sep, 2026 05:27pm
Glaciers are retreating, routes are shifting and rockfall and avalanches are becoming more common.
Updated 29 Sep, 2026 11:06am
The expected droughts and flooding are likely to hit hardest in many countries already struggling with severe food insecurity.
Published 26 Sep, 2026 04:59am
The weather pattern can push the country toward food insecurity and extreme temperatures.
Updated 24 Sep, 2026 08:11am
The report comes a day after the United Nations warned that El Nino represents a significant threat to global health.
Published 23 Sep, 2026 08:00pm
WHO unit head urges countries to act immediately to “mitigate these impacts and therefore avoid loss of lives and suffering”.
Published 22 Sep, 2026 06:06pm
El Nino threatens to unleash droughts in some regions and devastating floods in others.
Published 18 Sep, 2026 07:10am
Retreating glaciers are leaving behind unstable glacial lakes held back by little more than loose rock and ice, above valleys where millions of people live, it says.
Published 14 Sep, 2026 03:48pm
Global sea surface temperatures also set a new daily high; scientist notes climate change makes every El Niño hotter.
Published 10 Sep, 2026 11:45am
Among the Lower-48 states, average temperature for the June-to-August period was 74.4F, exceeding the previous record, set in 1936 and 2021, by 0.4F.
Updated 10 Sep, 2026 08:06am
High-altitude disasters underscore the need for Pakistan to go beyond monsoon planning.
Updated 10 Sep, 2026 08:58am
New system to track pollution hotspots and forecast air quality.
Updated 08 Sep, 2026 07:57am
Pakistan still isn’t able to properly tap into the billions of dollars.
Updated 07 Sep, 2026 05:18pm
Pakistan must move from policy ambition to measurable, financed implementation.
Updated 07 Sep, 2026 11:11am
Cells created after the goals were adopted in 2015 first became dysfunctional and were eventually dissolved
Updated 07 Sep, 2026 07:46am
Adaptation cannot remain confined to emergency response after floods, heatwaves or droughts.
Updated 06 Sep, 2026 09:54am
Severe downpours swamp vehicles and cause a three-storey brick building to collapse; local authorities have shut schools and suspended public transport.
Published 04 Sep, 2026 11:03am
The weather phenomenon will peak towards the end of this year, but its knock-on impacts for climate will continue well into 2027, UN's weather agency says.
Published 03 Sep, 2026 02:44pm
UN outlines how global temperatures might be brought back down in a first-of-its-kind assessment met with dismay in climate-vulnerable nations.
Published 03 Sep, 2026 07:01am
Criticises the persistent description of water flowing into the sea as “wastage”, saying the argument showed a lack of knowledge of the natural functioning of a river and delta.
Updated 02 Sep, 2026 08:28am
Number of missing in Nepal drops to 3,916, as rescue efforts enter seventh day; PM Shah says Kathmandu should press its case internationally.
Published 01 Sep, 2026 11:44am
Experts agree that climate change must be treated as a present reality rather than a distant future threat.
Published 29 Aug, 2026 04:55am
The glacier collapse was large enough to register as a 5.2-magnitude “seismic event”, initially mistaken for an earthquake.
Updated 27 Aug, 2026 05:48pm
Many of the missing include visitors from India, China; US Geological Survey believes the disaster was caused by a glacial collapse.
Updated 27 Aug, 2026 10:01pm
Nepal's tourism board says Americans, Indians, Malaysians and Britons among hundreds unaccounted for; PM Shehbaz expresses condolences.
Updated 26 Aug, 2026 11:30pm
Enforcement against water pollution also declines between July 21 and Aug 21 as compared to previous year.
Updated 25 Aug, 2026 09:05am
“I have never seen an El Niño signal this intense in our forecasts," Met Office official says.
Published 21 Aug, 2026 02:21pm
