Tag: Climate change
Zig-zag brick kiln to help reduce coal consumption
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan on Monday said that the conversion of traditional brick kiln into environment-friendly zig-zag brick kiln would...
SACOSAN develops an effective approach to address sanitation in South Asia
Pakistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka achieved MDG sanitation target
Eighth sanitation conference will be held in India in 2020
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator...
Climate change makes mountain tops bloom
Europe's mountain summits are flush with new plant species, a greening that has increased in lock-step with the acceleration of global warming since the...
Limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius will not prevent deadly...
PARIS: Limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius will not prevent destructive and deadly climate impacts, as once hoped, dozens of experts concluded in...
US judge dismisses Exxon lawsuit to stop climate change probes
NEW YORK: A federal judge on Thursday dismissed Exxon Mobil Corp’s lawsuit seeking to stop New York and Massachusetts from probing whether the oil and...
Burgeoning population acting as catalyst for climate change: Dr Ashraf
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Council for Research on Water Reservoirs (PCRWR) Chairman Dr Muhammad Ashraf said the growing population graph is having a negative impact on...
Pakistan among most vulnerable countries to climate change: HSBC report
LONDON: Pakistan along with Bangladesh, and the Philipines are among most vulnerable countries to climate change, a ranking by HSBC showed.
The report has put India...
‘Greener’ water policies needed as world population rises, says UN
BRASILIA: Governments should focus on "greener" policies to improve the supply and quality of water as climate change and a growing global population threatens...
Growing glaciers prove cold comfort for Shimshal Valley in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Climate change is causing glaciers around the world to melt, raising the risk of flooding and other problems. But residents of a remote...
‘Declining forest cover increases climate change vulnerability’
LAHORE: Increasing forest cover was the only solution to cope with the vulnerability of climate change that was prevailing in the country. This was stressed...
Women in Bangladesh to receive funding against climate change
KUALA LUMPUR: Thousands of women in Bangladesh will receive financing to develop livelihoods that can withstand the effects of climate change in one of...
Antarctica evidences dramatic climate change
ÎLE DU ROI-GEORGE, ANTARCTIQUE: A decade ago, a thick layer of ice covered the Collins Glacier on Antarctica’s King George Island.
Now, the rocky landscape...
PARC to organise two-day climate change conference from Feb 26
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) will organise the fourth Climate Change Adaptation Policy and Science (CCAPS) conference from February 26 to 27.
The CCAPS...
NA body approves PSDP for climate change
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s (NA) Standing Committee on Climate Change discussed and approved the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the financial year 2018-2019...
Mammals and birds more likely to survive climate change
Mammals and birds stand the best chance of all animals of surviving Earth's rapidly changing climate, researchers have said.
An analysis of how nearly 11,5000...
WWF launches unique exhibition on frogs
NEW DELHI: Frogs, a primary indicator of climate change and one of the most affected species not much yet focused on, are to get...
US President Trump makes light of climate change
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday made light of climate change science as an Arctic chill settled on much of the central and...
