COP28: Calls for more nuclear, less methane
DUBAI: The United States led calls at UN climate talks Saturday (2nd of Dec, 2023) for efforts to curb methane emissions but also pushed a deeply controversial drive to boost…
UN climate conference opens in UAE
DUBAI: The UN climate conference opened on Thursday (30th of Nov, 2023) with nations urged to make faster cuts to planet-warming emissions and phase out fossil fuels as the United…
Climate change impacts health
PARIS: Growing calls for the world to come to grips with the many ways that global warming affects human health have prompted the first day dedicated to the issue at…
Solar, Wind and Electric Vehicles
PARIS: While humanity's efforts to curb planet-warming emissions are nowhere near enough to avoid heating the world to catastrophic levels, tentative improvements show that progress is possible. The climate trajectory,…
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Fossil fuels in the crosshairs at pivotal COP28 talks
PARIS: World leaders will face a reckoning over humanity's failure to curb climate-heating emissions and polluting fossil fuels when they meet for UN climate talks next week, as the planet…
World Fisheries Day observed on 21st November
KARACHI/LAHORE: World Fisheries day is celebrated annually on the 21st day of November by fisher-folk communities all over the globe. In order to educate the masses about the significance of…
Climate: Earth to warm up to 2.9C
PARIS: Countries' greenhouse gas-cutting pledges put Earth on track for warming far beyond key limits, potentially up to a catastrophic 2.9 degrees Celsius this century, the UN said Monday, warning…
Smog will engulf Punjab and KP
ISLAMABAD: Smog will engulf plain areas of Punjab and KP in the morning hours during the next 24 hours, as per Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)’s forecast. Mainly dry weather is…
Fog and Smog to Engulf Punjab
ISLAMABAD: Fog with smog is likely to develop in plain areas of Punjab at morning hours during the next 24 hours as per the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecast on…
13th Pakistan Mountain Festival
ISLAMABAD: All set to kick off a 10-day long 13th edition of Pakistan Mountain Festival to mark the International Mountain Day with the Margalla Hills Trail-3 hiking, cleanup, and mountain…
Pakistan to engage Chinese experts to curb smog
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to hire services of Chinese experts to curb prevailing situation of smog across the province. Provincial Environment Minister Bilal Afzal met Chinese Consul General…
Smog: Artificial rain to be induced in Lahore
LAHORE: The Punjab government has planned to induce artificial rain in Lahore on 28th November amid deteriorating smog and air quality. The government took the decision to combat the increasing…
Preserving Tharparkar’s Ecosystem
ISLAMABAD: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN-Pakistan) in it's report on Tharparkar’s natural ecosystem underscored the need for the establishment of a conservation program for critically endangered plant…
World climate plan is severely off-track!
PARIS: World's Climate Plan is severely off track to limit warming to 1.5C and avoid catastrophic climate impacts, the UN warned Tue. (14 of Nov, 2023) as the latest assessment…
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1 in 3 children exposed to severe water scarcity
MANHATTAN: One in three children or 739 million worldwide already live in areas exposed to high or very high water scarcity, with climate change threatening to make this worse, according…
Smog intensifying again in Lahore
LAHORE: The blanket of the smog gets thick and deepened again in the provincial metropolis as the situation has started intensifying again after reducing the impact of rain again. The…
12K hospitalized due to smog in Lahore
LAHORE: At least 12,000 people fell sick due to toxic smog and reached emergencies of various hospitals here, during the last one month. The smog has become a real threat…
Extreme drought in Iraq, Iran and Syria
BAGHDAD: The "extreme" drought gripping Iraq, Syria and Iran would not have occurred without climate change caused primarily by burning fossil fuels, scientists said Wednesday, warning that punishing dry spells…
Nepal earthquake claims 143 lives
NEPALGUNJ (Nepal): At least 143 people were killed in an overnight earthquake that struck a remote pocket of Nepal, officials said Saturday, as security forces rushed to assist with rescue…
12 dead as Storm Ciaran batters W. Europe
MONTEMURLO (ITALY): At least 12 people were killed as Storm Ciaran battered Western Europe with record winds of up to 200 kilometres per hour, causing travel mayhem with closed ports…
Schools shut as toxic smog engulfs New Delhi
NEW DELHI: Schools were shut across India's capital on Friday (3rd of Nov, 2023) as a noxious grey smog engulfed the mega-city and made life a misery for its 30…
COP 28: Climate experts warn of fossil fuel tactics
CAIRO: Oil-rich Gulf states have positioned themselves as both champions of climate innovation and guardians of fossil fuel interests - a balancing act experts warn could derail action at COP28…
Climate funding fall shows action stalling
PARIS: Int'l funding for climate resilience in developing countries slumped in 2021 despite increasingly ferocious impacts, the UN said Thursday (2nd of Nov, 2023) as SG Antonio Guterres warned action…
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Impose Smog Emergency In Lahore: LHC
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday ordered relevant authorities to immediately impose a smog emergency in the provincial capital. Justice Shahid Karim passed the orders while hearing identical…
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