Climate Change

Shah Khalid Shah Jee Bajaur: For years, 50-year-old Malik Sadaqat Khan from Hayati village in Utmankhel tehsil watched helplessly as floods from Bajaur’s main river washed into his fields, damaging his crops and eating away at his…

APP Mianwali: Once a shimmering jewel of the Salt Range, Namal Lake in Mianwali now faces an existential crisis. Decades of ecological degradation, changing weather patterns, and the construction of allegedly illegal mini dams in its…

AFP/APP Geneva: Kulsum Beghum sorts waste at a landfill in Dhaka. Her blood contains 650 microplastic particles per millilitre, according to an analysis funded by a waste pickers' union. "Plastic is not good for me," she told AFP…

News Desk Islamabad: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Monday issued multiple alerts warning of widespread flood risks amid an active monsoon spell expected to affect large parts of Pakistan in the coming days. The…

Xinhua/APP Sydney: Climate change-induced heat extremes have caused a 25–38 percent decline in tropical bird populations since 1950, according to a study involving Australian scientists. Researchers found that while changes in average…

AFP/APP Geneva:Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on what the proposed agreement should cover. The…

APP Islamabad: The global food crisis has reached alarming levels, with more than 2.3 billion people facing food insecurity and over 203 million undernourished in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states, the Coordinator…

AFP/APP Geneva: Negotiations on a global treaty to curb plastic pollution have hit a deadlock, with oil-producing countries resisting production limits and talks descending into what diplomats describe as a “dialogue of the deaf.” The…

WAM/APP Brussels: Last month was the third-warmest July ever recorded on Earth, featuring extreme weather events and setting a new national temperature record in Türkiye, according to climate scientists. Data released by the European…

News Desk Gilgit: In a bid to bolster disaster preparedness and mitigate the adverse effects of climate change, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has mandated the establishment of an advanced weather alert system for tourist destinations in…