Tag: Climate change

Pakistan’s work plan to tackle climate change in order: Amin Aslam

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam Khan on Thursday said the Katowice Climate Conference is going to be a...

Only US govt can be sued over climate: judge

OREGON: A federal judge ruled on Monday that a lawsuit against the federal government filed by a group of American children over lack of...

World Bank calls on climate change minister, resolves to tackle pollution ...

ISLAMABAD: A delegation of the World Bank led by Country Director Patchamuthu Illangovan called on the federal minister/ Advisor to Prime Minister on climate...

Adviser orders ICTA to stop road dualisation

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to prime minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam Khan on Tuesday said that the Islamabad Capital Territory Administration should avoid dualisation of...

UN warns paradigm shift needed to avert global climate chaos

INCHEON: Avoiding global climate chaos will require a major transformation of society and the world economy that is "unprecedented in scale," the UN said...

PM’s adviser says climate change a big challenge

Dr Ishrat Hussain suggests a multidimensional approach to tackle climate challenges ISLAMABAD: Adviser to prime minister for Institutional Reforms and Austerity Dr Ishrat Hussain has said...

Punjab prepares for smoggy winter

-- Environment Protection Department seals 216 furnaces, lodges 86 FIRs   LAHORE: Punjab Environment Protection Department sealed 216 smoke emitting furnaces and other units after getting registered...

Climate change threatens snow leopards in Pakistan

Climate change and lack of environmentally friendly tourism is behind the rapid decline in the population of snow leopards in Pakistan, a local media...

Avoiding climate chaos means ‘unprecedented’ change, says UN report

INCHEON: The UN's 195-nation climate science body plunged deep into overtime Saturday to finalise a report outlining stark options -- all requiring a global...

Cleanliness to be shouldered collectively as social obligation

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister and Adviser to prime minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Wednesday said that cleanliness was a national and social responsibility...

Govt bans tree cutting in federal capital: adviser

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to prime minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam Khan on Tuesday announced a complete ban on the trees cutting in the federal...

Pakistani delegation reaches Brussels to attend meeting on climate change

ISLAMABAD: A three-member delegation of parliamentarians from Pakistan has reached Belgium to participate in the 10th Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (ASEP) being held in Brussels from...

PM approves project for better management of flood water

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday approved “Recharge Pakistan” project for better management and utilization of flood waters to restore and re-charge the groundwater. The...

Rawal Lake at risk? Senators show concerns over solid waste, pollution

Senate body to invite CDA, MCI officials; to call meeting on EPA, universal conventions, treaties ISLAMABAD: Senate’s Standing Committee on Climate Change on Monday expressed...

Seminar stresses need for effective research on seed, water utilisation

APP HYDERABAD: Sindh Agriculture University (SAU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujeebuddin Sehrai on Tuesday emphasized the need for effective research on seed and water utilization in order...

Two new Climate Change bodies to be constituted

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Climate Change (MCC) will constitute two new climate change bodies called the Climate Change Council (CCC) and the Climate Change Authority (CCA)...

Sherry Rehman calls climate change ‘issue of survival’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senior leader and Senator Sherry Rehman on Monday said that climate change has clearly become Pakistan’s most pressing challenge...