Climate Change

APP Lahore: Punjab's Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has declared smog a national disaster, highlighting its severe impact across the province. Addressing a press conference, she outlined measures under a 10-year anti-smog plan…

APP Peshawar: Environmentalists and forestry experts are urging the preservation and planting of canopy trees in urban centers like Peshawar to combat rising air pollution and smog. Highlighting the dangers of PM 2.5 pollution, Gulzar…

APP Lahore: Smog has blanketed much of Pakistan, with Lahore once again ranking as the most polluted city in the world.  The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) reached a staggering 718, despite efforts such as mobile air quality…

News Desk Baku: At the 29th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, global experts emphasized the need for mobilizing international climate finance, with a focus on…

APP Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan’s constitutional bench, led by Justice Amin ud Din Khan, directed all provinces to submit reports regarding the measures taken to combat environmental pollution. The six-member bench, also…

APP Islamabad: Renowned meteorologist Anjum Nazir Zaigham has called for better planning and legislation to mitigate the effects of smog, which he described as the result of years of accumulated pollution. Zaigham explained that…

News Desk Mirpur: Leading environmental experts, Dr Abdul Rasheed, Patron Chief of the UK-based World Environment Organization (Work Against Single Use Of Plastic, WASUP), and Lubana Majid, Ambassador of the Azad Jammu Kashmir Chapter of…

AFP/APP Baku: Global leaders clashed over strategies to combat climate change at UN-led COP29 talks in Azerbaijan on Wednesday, amid stark warnings that the timeline to achieve carbon neutrality must accelerate significantly to curb…

APP Lahore: In response to the worsening smog crisis, the Punjab government has formed 41 emergency anti-smog squads to tackle the growing pollution levels across the province. Lahore, which remains the most polluted city in the…

News Desk Islamabad: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Professor Ahsan Iqbal, has raised alarm over the escalating environmental pollution and smog in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, urging immediate climate-focused…