Climate Change

Rising heatwaves, floods causing increase in snakebites across South Asia   ISLAMABAD:    Climate change is driving an increase in snakebites and envenomation deaths in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and beyond – and the…

Romina directs Core alliance for effective implementation single-use plastics prohibition ISLAMABAD:   Prime Minister’s Coordinator for Climate Change, Romina Khrushid Alam on Tuesday directed the members of Collect and Recycle Alliance…

'Planet Vs Plastics’: Earth Day Being Observed Today World earth day is being observed today to encourage and raise awareness of climate change and environment protection. The theme for earth day 2024 is “planet vs plastics” calling…

Europe is not prepared for rapidly grown Climate risks Europe is the fastest warming continent in the world, and climate risks are threatening its energy and food security, ecosystems, infrastructure, water resources, financial…

UNGA’s debate concludes, underscoring challenges of climate change, AI misuse The United Nations General Assembly’s annual high-level-debate concluded Tuesday, with global leaders, including Pakistan’s caretaker prime Minister…

US northeast, Atlantic Canada brace for Hurricane Lee The northwestern United States and Atlantic Canada are bracing for heavy rainfall, strong winds and 6-metre (20-foot) waves as Hurricane Lee churns over the Atlantic Ocean on…

UN weather agency warns climate inaction threatens lives UNITED NATIONS: The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has, in a report released on Thursday, warned that insufficient progress towards climate goals is slowing…

UN warns world will miss climate targets unless fossil fuels phased out UNITED NATIONS: The world is not on track to meet the long-term goals set out in the Paris Agreement for limiting global temperature rise, warned a major…

NDMA calls for elaborate preemptive measures amid heavy rainfall prediction The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday urged the relevant departments to ensure elaborate preemptive measures to manage land…

41 people dead in South Korea due to heavy rain At least 41 people died in South Korea as a result of heavy rain, which has caused thousands to evacuate their homes across the country, local media reported Monday. The new…