Climate Change

APP Faisalabad: Pakistan has achieved a wheat production of 28.98 million tons, securing the 7th position globally, as agricultural scientists of the Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI) have successfully developed 715 new…

News Desk  Lahore: The Punjab Education Department has announced emergency measures to protect students as smog continues to intensify across the province, suspending all outdoor activities in schools on smog-affected days. According…

News Desk  Rawalpindi: The Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Wednesday issued a weather alert, warning of heavy rains and thunderstorms in upper Punjab, particularly Rawalpindi, Gujranwala Division, and adjoining districts,…

News Desk  Islamabad: At least 1,006 people have lost their lives — including 275 children, 568 men and 163 women — in flood-hit regions across the country following relentless torrential rains and flash floods, the National Disaster…

APP Islamabad: Environmental expert Dr Zainab Naeem has warned that this year’s smog season will be more severe than in previous years, calling it a looming “silent disaster.” Speaking to a private news channel, she said Pakistan is…

APP Lahore: A new wave of environmental awareness is set to sweep through Punjab’s schools as the government rolls out an innovative “Smart Waste Management Process” featuring five-coloured garbage bins. The initiative, spearheaded…

News Desk Lahore: A new study by the Traffic Engineering and Planning Agency (TEPA) has uncovered 945 locations on 11 major highways across Lahore where faulty road design and infrastructure flaws are triggering urban flooding, exposing…

Andleeb Khan Islamabad: Deadly floods, earthquakes, and landslides continue to claim thousands of lives in Pakistan, but experts warn that emergency response alone is not enough. The country’s mounting disaster toll highlights one urgent…

AFP/APP Geneva: Climate change is spurring increasingly erratic and extreme swings between deluge and drought globally, with cascading repercussions for societies, the United Nations warned on Thursday. The UN’s World Meteorological…

AFP/APP Brussels, Belgium: EU countries will seek Thursday to settle on an emissions-cutting plan to present at a key UN climate conference in Brazil, as internal divisions threaten the bloc’s long-standing role as a global leader on…