Tag: Climate change
Climate change not part of Punjab’s 15-point agenda
The issue of climate change has been completely ignored in Punjab government's 15 100-day milestones, a local media outlet reported on Sunday.
The 100-day milestone...
Governments ‘not on track’ to cap temperatures at below 2 degrees,...
BANGKOK: Governments are not on track to meet a goal of the 2015 Paris agreement of capping temperatures well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit)...
French environment minister resigns, citing lack of progress on climate goals
PARIS: French Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing disappointment with the lack of progress on climate and other environmental goals.
Hulot...
Sizzling weather may help 2018 UN climate talks in Poland
WARSAW: Sizzling weather this summer will put pressure on almost 200 governments to reach a deal in Poland in December on the details of a...
Why women empowerment must be a major national security goal
Climate change can present serious long-term challenges to state stability
Population growth exacerbates impact of climate change
Women empowerment an effective climate change...
Heatwave deaths to rise steadily by 2080: study
ISLAMABAD: If people cannot adapt to future climate temperatures due to global warming, deaths caused by severe heat waves will increase dramatically in tropical...
Lahore’s water crisis: On a collision course with catastrophe
LAHORE: Imagine water trucks buzzing along the ancient city’s main intersections, long queues at water filtration plants in soaring heat, hospital wards brimming with...
PM for effective coordination to counter climate change
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk on Wednesday called for effective coordination between the federal and provincial governments for protection and conservation of the natural environment...
Except Sindh, provinces give feedback in wildlife policy
IUCN official suggests revision of climate change, forests and wetland policies to formulate policy for wildlife
ISLAMABAD: A meeting with all stakeholders for the consultation...
Sindh, Punjab to suffer the most amid climate change consequences
--Hyderabad tops list of vulnerable hotspot districts among Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Sukkur
--Karachi prone to substantial risk of flood-related damage over the next century
LAHORE: Sindh...
Global warming report presented to senators
Senate’s committee also receives CDA report on Margalla Hills
ISLAMABAD: The meeting of Senate’s Standing Committee on Climate Change was held here on Wednesday under...
Senate standing body meeting on climate change held
ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee for Climate Change on Wednesday expressed concerned over regular eruption of fire on Margalla Hills and asked the department concerned to...
Efficient local governments imperative to tackle climate change, say experts
ISLAMABAD: Climate change is a real existential threat to societies, economies and ecosystem at all levels. The dire consequences of climatic changes have already been...
Pakistan willing to reduce 20% greenhouse gas emissions
KARACHI: Pakistan wants to reduce 20 percent of its 2030 projected Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, amounting to 1603 million ton of carbon dioxide equivalent...
Farmers unable to adapt to changes caused by climate change
Changes in temperature and precipitation during the monsoon season are impacting agriculture in the country, a local media outlet reported on Monday.
Shortage in the...
What impact is climate change having on cricket?
Cricket has always been a sport at the mercy of the weather.
In the 1930s, county cricket clubs in England were headed for financial ruin...
Govt allocates Rs 802 million for Climate Change Division
ISLAMABAD: The government has allocated Rs 802.699 million for climate change division under a Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the financial year 2018-19.
According...
