Climate Change
With air quality hitting “hazardous” highs, Lahore is forced into survival mode — schools shut, hospitals overflow, and households resort to pricey air purifiers to keep the smog at bay.
Updated 14 Nov, 2024 11:50am
Industry demand for green skills remains low in Pakistan.
Published 14 Nov, 2024 08:47am
“Factories emitting smoke will also be temporarily shut down," DC says, as meeting decides to impose fines on smoke-emitting vehicles.
Updated 14 Nov, 2024 12:14pm
PMD predicts rain from Nov 14 to 16 covering many areas will ease smog.
Updated 14 Nov, 2024 12:29pm
In Valencia, dozens of municipalities have cancelled classes; drainage channels remain blocked with mud.
Published 13 Nov, 2024 06:19pm
IQAir says “hazardous” pollutant levels 53 times higher than recommended daily maximum.
Updated 13 Nov, 2024 03:46pm
Stresses some of the countries have already faced calamities and "some will if we do not act".
Updated 13 Nov, 2024 06:29pm
PPP chairman advises to "move to Karachi" while sharing its low AQI; defence minister blames vehicles, traders.
Updated 13 Nov, 2024 02:17pm
Authorities ask schools to take classes online, health dept to ensure availability of medicines.
Updated 13 Nov, 2024 01:26pm
Education minister asks public to cooperate, help govt in their capacity.
Updated 13 Nov, 2024 02:09pm
Acknowledges current govt performing better than predecessors, but more work still needed.
Published 13 Nov, 2024 07:15am
Hindu Kush Himalaya region may experience up to 80pc ice loss under high emissions scenario, a study released on COP29 sidelines says.
Updated 13 Nov, 2024 09:22am
Links humanity’s survival with health of glaciers, says Pakistan ready to work with world for their protection.
Updated 13 Nov, 2024 10:05am
Nearly 200 countries are supposed to publish updated climate plans by early February, but so far only three have done so.
Updated 13 Nov, 2024 08:22am
"Refugees do not contribute to the vast majority of rising global temperatures but they are on the frontline of suffering," James said.
Published 12 Nov, 2024 04:46pm
Education minister says, "there is a sense of educational loss", but decision was taken out of compulsion."
Updated 12 Nov, 2024 08:00pm
UNHCR is urging decision-makers gathered for COP29 to ensure that far more international climate financing reaches refugees.
Published 12 Nov, 2024 01:50pm
Pakistan to call for "balanced and ambitious" climate action at summit tomorrow.
Updated 12 Nov, 2024 07:17pm
As world leaders gather for COP29, the Ismail family is among the millions whose plight serves as a stark reminder of the human cost of climate change.
Updated 12 Nov, 2024 01:48pm
Trump’s second win reminds humanity that the threat from manmade apocalypse hasn’t receded.
Updated 12 Nov, 2024 10:22am
The situation in Pakistan is worsening due to the deteriorating air quality caused by smog.
Updated 12 Nov, 2024 12:25pm
Justice Karim says govt should send officers to the streets for inspections.
Updated 12 Nov, 2024 11:24am
Experts say without finance climate action will be "just talk"; report seeks ban on fossil fuel ads.
Updated 14 Nov, 2024 11:42am
Climate finance is not charity, UN official asserts; US envoy says fight is bigger than one election.
Updated 12 Nov, 2024 10:31am
Young children "most affected" by air pollution as they've smaller lungs and lack immunities, says Unicef official.
Updated 11 Nov, 2024 04:34pm
Due to government restrictions imposed as air quality continues to worsen, the citizens of Lahore can't do much.
Published 11 Nov, 2024 03:33pm
WHO says air pollution can trigger strokes, heart disease, lung cancer and other respiratory diseases. Some 900 people were admitted to hospitals in Lahore in a day last week.
Updated 11 Nov, 2024 05:11pm
Countries meet at Baku for climate diplomacy after new warnings that 2024 to break temperature records.
Published 11 Nov, 2024 02:06pm
Met Office cautions farmers in KP, GB, AJK about reduced moisture during sowing season.
Updated 11 Nov, 2024 12:36pm
Experts say climate change presents significant risks for healthcare sector.
Updated 11 Nov, 2024 12:37pm
