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Climate Change
Warming Planet Triggers Fiercer Storms Across South Asia: Report
AA/APPIstanbul: Extreme rainfall events are growing significantly more intense in Sri Lanka and across the Malacca Strait region due to global warming, according to a World Weather Attribution (WWA) report released Wednesday.The…
Pakistan Pressed to Act Before Climate Crisis Deepens
News Desk
Islamabad: Pakistan must “move beyond rhetoric” and urgently strengthen preparation, coordination, and institutional capacity ahead of the next UN climate summit, Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Finance and…
Climate Change Bites Into Soil Health
News Desk Hyderabad: Experts from national and international agricultural organizations have warned that climate change is accelerating the degradation of the country's soil health, posing serious threats to food security, agricultural…
COP30 Through the Eyes of a Young Pakistani Activist
Shah Khalid Shah Jee Bajaur: Sabir Ali, a young Pakistani social activist, Kofi Annan Foundation Fellow, and climate change advocate, recently attended the COP30 conference in Belém, Brazil, marking his first experience at this global…
Climate Experts Warn of Fast-Approaching Climate Breakdown
News Desk Islamabad: Climate experts on Friday sounded a grave warning that climate change has entered a dangerous acceleration phase, with rising temperatures and increasingly destructive weather events signalling that the planet is…
Air Pollution Costs Pakistan $22 Billion Annually: Senate Warns
News Desk
Islamabad: Pakistan is losing an estimated $22 billion every year—equivalent to 6.5% of its GDP—due to the severe impacts of air pollution, Senator Sherry Rehman revealed during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on…
Rain forecasts raise fears in flood-hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka
AFP/APPSibolga, Indonesia: Forecasts of fresh rain on Thursday raised fears of more damage in flood-hit Indonesia and Sri Lanka, after earlier deluges killed more than 1,500 people in four countries.In Indonesia, the meteorological…
Islamabad Expands Testing as Air Quality Drive Widens
News Desk Islamabad: Islamabad’s Vehicle Emission Testing System has added more inspection points to manage the growing number of vehicles requiring checks.According to officials, the increase in testing sites has reduced waiting…
Extreme weather ‘uprooting lives’ as cyclones batter Asia: UN
APPNew York: Across southeast Asia, record-breaking rains and flooding caused by back-to-back tropical storms have claimed hundreds of lives and brought devastation and displacement upon entire communities, UN agencies said on Tuesday.…
Asia floods death toll tops 1100 as troops aid survivors
AFP/APPPadang, Indonesia: The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,100 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors.Separate weather systems…