Climate Change
Global Forest Watch reveals that about 41,000 sq km of tropical rainforest was lost in 2022.
Updated 28 Jun, 2023 10:02am
Climate change will lower global wheat production by 1.9pc by mid-century.
Updated 25 Jun, 2023 08:39am
Many leaders say World Bank and IMF were increasingly ill-suited for tackling the most pressing challenges and needed a broad revamp.
Updated 24 Jun, 2023 09:19am
PM emphasises need for a "fair, equitable and judicious" formula for distribution of financial resources among nations; meets world leaders on moot's sidelines.
Updated 23 Jun, 2023 01:24am
Changing climate will result in 73 more deaths per 100,000 people by the end of the century, says economist Esther Duflo.
Published 22 Jun, 2023 06:58am
World 1.2°C warmer than mid-1800s; based on current emissions trajectories, glaciers could lose up to 80pc of their volume by end of century.
Published 21 Jun, 2023 05:11am
The news comes as the El Nino climate phenomenon has officially arrived, raising fears of extreme weather and more temperature records.
Updated 16 Jun, 2023 09:53am
“People say that there isn’t money for climate but there is — it’s just in the wrong places,” World Bank senior managing director says.
Updated 16 Jun, 2023 09:30am
As Cyclone Biparjoy draws closer to the coastline, we trace all the cyclones that have impacted the country.
Updated 11 Jul, 2023 02:43pm
The adverse effects are not only witnessed in the form of heatwaves on land but also wreak havoc in the oceans — Cyclone Biparjoy is the latest example.
Updated 13 Jun, 2023 04:34pm
Biden offers support to Trudeau; FM Bilawal expresses "heartfelt solidarity and sympathy".
Updated 08 Jun, 2023 03:33pm
New report by rights organisation urges Pakistan govt to develop comprehensive action plans consistent with human rights law.
Updated 05 Jun, 2023 10:24pm
Residents sweltered under the early-afternoon sun, with some apps showing a "feels like" temperature estimate of more than 40C (104F).
Published 29 May, 2023 04:05pm
Says there is a 98pc likelihood that "at least one of the next five years, and the five-year period as a whole, will be the warmest on record".
Published 17 May, 2023 08:13pm
Tropical storms can generate 10 times as much energy as the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
Published 16 May, 2023 07:03am
ADB director general for Central and West Asia says Pakistan tops list of countries where project financing during 2023 will be highest.
Published 05 May, 2023 09:10pm
New report calls high-density, less green spaces "a challenge"; says "inclusive planning" needed to mitigate effects.
Updated 30 Apr, 2023 09:10am
Sherry Rehman emphasises critical role SCO could play at the regional level in achieving shared goals linked to climate resilience.
Updated 19 Apr, 2023 09:39am
Around 50 people admitted to hospital; Met office says India likely to experience heatwaves between March and May this year.
Published 17 Apr, 2023 11:09am
Says temperatures far warmer than average over much of N. Africa, south-western Russia, Asia, north-eastern N. America, S. America, and Australia.
Updated 07 Apr, 2023 09:30am
Resolution to ask International Court of Justice to clarify “obligations of states under international law to ensure the protection of the climate system".
Updated 30 Mar, 2023 09:56am
US expresses support for Pakistan’s Living Indus Initiative to restore the ecological health of the Indus River Basin.
Updated 17 Mar, 2023 09:53am
Islamabad's Deeaitchay saga sheds light on glaring issues of human-wildlife conflict in Pakistan.
Published 13 Mar, 2023 01:07pm
Toxic air kills around 128,000 people a year in Pakistan, according to Fair Finance Asia-Pakistan.
Published 10 Mar, 2023 02:23pm
Still in their infancy and costly, carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects aim to capture and then trap CO2 in order to mitigate global warming.
Updated 09 Mar, 2023 09:33am
One Forest Summit is a brainchild of Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba and French President Macron, who will be joining the summit on Thursday.
Updated 02 Mar, 2023 10:40am
UNDP project under way in 16 valleys of GB and eight valleys of KP.
Published 19 Feb, 2023 07:46am
Naval chief Niazi says Aman-23 demonstrates Pakistan’s commitment to peace.
Published 12 Feb, 2023 06:41am
The behavior of winter storms is governed by complex atmospheric dynamics that are more difficult to study.
Updated 30 Dec, 2022 10:00am
Plans to promote monitoring of sinks, sources of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.
Updated 25 Dec, 2022 07:53am
