Tag: Climate
‘Ditching fossil fuels’ essential stablising climate change’
Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Mushahidullah Khan, has hailed leading G7 industrial nations for announcing that they will phase out the use of...
Climate change needs a feminine touch: minister
Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahid Ullah Khan on Sunday said that Women, who constitute the majority of the world’s poor, are among the...
Climate deal salvaged at UN talks in Peru
Climate negotiators salvaged a compromise deal in Lima early Sunday that sets the stage for a global pact in Paris next year, but rejected...
Open by 2050: Shipping lanes in North Pole
Climate change has got its upside if you happen to own a shipping company. Researchers say that by 2050, the Arctic ice sheet will...
US Report: Climate change already taking heavy toll
A federal advisory panel has delivered its assessment on climate change, and it’s not pretty. Expect hotter temperatures and more “extreme weather events” across...
UN climate talks go into overtime in Qatar
UN climate talks in Doha have been extended as delegates from rich and poor nations disagree on funding.
Talks scheduled to end on Friday spilled...
India fighting to salvage equity in Doha climate talks
India is fighting an increasingly difficult battle to prevent the principle of equity from being junked from the platform of negotiations at the crucial...
Hundreds join Qatar’s first legal protest march to demand action on...
Hundreds of people joined Qatar’s first legal protest march to demand action on climate change issues on Saturday in Doha, where representatives from nearly...
Qatar defends right to host climate talks
Qatar, the host of the 18th United Nations climate change conference, known as COP18, has defended its right to host the talks saying that...
United Nations climate summit opens in Qatar
The 18th United Nations climate change conference (COP18) has opened in the Qatari capital.
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, South African foreign minister, officially handed over on Monday...
Obama sees second-term focus on climate change
President Barack Obama said he plans to work with Congress in his second term to curb human-aggravated climate change, but not at the expense...
Researchers warn about worse climate change
It’s not easy to predict exactly how increased greenhouse gases in our atmosphere will affect global weather patterns, which is one of the main...
If world doesn’t act on climate, 100m will die by 2030:...
More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 if...
Global climate talks make headway: UN
The United Nations on Wednesday hailed “concrete progress” at week-long climate talks in Bangkok, but environmental campaigners warned much faster action was needed to...
Extreme weather linked to man-made climate change, claim scientists
The increasing frequency of extreme weather events has had meteorologists scratching their heads for a long time, unsure whether they could be firmly attributed...
59 Union Councils of Peshawar declared sensitive for danger of floods
Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa government has declared fifty nine union councils of Peshawar as sensitive areas which could face the threat of floods in the coming...
Climate change, adaptation must go side by side
Climate change mitigation and adaptation must go hand in hand with efforts to make development more inclusive and sustainable in Asia-Pacific countries, the top...
