Tag: Climate change
Silent killer: Sweltering planet braces for deadly heat shocks
LONDON: When Hurricane Harvey blasted ashore in August, drowning south Texas in a year’s worth of rain in just a few days, it left...
US looks to work with Paris climate accord ‘partners’: Tillerson
WASHINGTON: After a succession of mixed messages on the US stance on climate change, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that the Trump...
Global hunger rising driven by conflicts and climate change: UN report
United Nations says the number of people affected by hunger and famine in the world is on the rise again after intensifying conflicts and climate...
Govt taking steps to achieve objectives for climate change during last...
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Friday that the government has taken a number of steps to achieve the objectives for Climate Change...
Pakistan implementing SLMP to combat desertification: Mushahidullah
Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan has said that Pakistan is implementing Sustainable Land Management Programme (SLMP) to combat desertification.
The minister expressed...
Trump anti-environment policies threat to snow leopard habitat: minister
ISLAMABAD: Climate Change Minister Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan representing Pakistan at snow Leopard Summit in Kyrgyzstan and said, “snow leopard is angry at Donald...
WWF-Pakistan for rebuilding forests cover in country
Key to fight climate change
On International Day of Forests the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Pakistan hopes to increase forest cover despite all hurdles. As the...
Key studies of REDD+ project inaugurated to develop national strategy
Minister for Climate Change Zahid Hamid has inaugurated two key studies of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) aiming to develop National...
Nine things Obama will be remembered for
As Barack Obama prepares to leave office on January 20, here are nine things his presidency may be remembered for:
Making history
If historians were to...
Trump keeping ‘open mind’ on pulling out of climate accord
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was keeping an open mind on whether to pull out of a landmark international accord to...
Pakistan, Iran to boost cooperation on climate change
Pakistan and Iran have agreed to strengthen the bilateral cooperation on climate change. They were agreed on in a meeting between Masoumeh Ebtekar, head of...
UN chief confident Trump will drop rhetoric, show leadership
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced confidence on Friday that Donald Trump will shed the strident rhetoric that propelled him to the White House and...
Pakistan ratifies COP-21 Climate change agreement
Pakistan has touched a new milestone as it ratifies Conference of the Parties COP-21 (Paris global climate change agreement) which was aimed at reducing carbon...
DiCaprio issues climate action call in new documentary
Leonardo DiCaprio has issued an impassioned call for immediate action on climate change in "Before the Flood", a documentary film making its European premiere...
Pakistan among top ten countries experiencing intense climate events
Pakistan is amongst the top ten countries on the globe experiencing frequent and intense climate events such as floods, droughts, cyclones, heavy rains, extremely...
208 million trees planted during spring season: Climate Change Ministry
During spring season this year, 26.5 per cent more trees against the target were planted across the country.
Climate Change Ministry media spokesperson, Saleem Shaikh...
Rs 1,027m allocated for Climate Change
The federal government has earmarked Rs 1,027 million for three development projects of Climate Change Division in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for...
