Climate Change

News Desk Lahore: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab on Saturday issued a smog alert for the province, warning that its intensity is expected to increase from November until December 20. According to PTV News,…

News Desk Lahore: Punjab’s capital Lahore once again ranked as the world’s most polluted city on Saturday morning, as dense smog continued to blanket the metropolis and much of South Asia, severely reducing visibility and worsening…

Ali Nawaz Rahimoo Tharparkar: Water — the most essential ingredient of life — is under severe strain in Tharparkar, Sindh’s arid desert district. Already crippled by chronic scarcity, Thar now faces an even deadlier challenge: the…

Muhammad Hussain Quetta: As climate change intensifies across the globe, its harshest impact is being felt by those already on the margins — the mothers and children of Balochistan. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, recurring…

News Desk Rome: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Climate Change and Water Resources, Dr. Syed Tauqir Shah, has said that Pakistan remains on the frontline of the global climate and water crises, yet continues to face major hurdles in…

Abdul Samad Tariq Islamabad: The Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) has launched an ambitious Vehicular Emission Control Action Plan (VECAP) to combat rising air pollution and smog levels in the federal capital.  The…

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan achieved another milestone in its space journey with the successful launch of its first Hyperspectral Satellite (HS-1) from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre (JSLC), the Space and Upper Atmosphere…

APP Lahore: Lahore has once again earned the unwanted distinction of being the most polluted city in the world, as the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the provincial capital surged to an alarming level of 271 on Friday, according to the…

AFP Istanbul: A new study has warned that even if countries fully meet their Paris Agreement pledges, the planet is still on track to warm by 2.6°C (4.7°F) by the year 2100 — a rise that could bring 57 additional extremely hot days every…

AFP/APP United Nations: Nearly 80 percent of the world’s poorest population — about 900 million people — are directly exposed to climate hazards intensified by global warming, bearing what the United Nations has described as a “double…