Climate Change

News Desk Islamabad: One in five people in South Asia are at risk of serious health risks due to a lack of access to cooling and safe indoor temperatures, and it is not a luxury but a necessity for development, according to a World Bank…

News Desk Islamabad: A research study found that the risk of dying from a heart attack may double on days with both extremely high temperatures and excessive levels of pollution from fine particulate matter. The study was published in…

Sadia Kayani Islamabad: The monsoon is the season of heavy rain, melting glaciers, cloudbursts, lightning, and GLOF (Glacial Lake Outburst Flood). The combination of these climatic factors compounds the risk of natural disasters.…

News Desk United Nations: A new United Nations report calls for a global trade, investment, and innovation ‘Blue Deal’ to sustainably use the ocean, which is home to 80 percent of all life. The United Nations Conference on Trade and…

News Desk Paris: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report lays out a three-pronged plan based on reuse, recycling and diversifying the materials used to help slash plastic pollution by 80 per cent by 2040 overall and cut…

AFP Islamabad: Environment ministers from G20 nations failed to agree on peaking global emissions by 2025 and other crucial issues to address the global climate crisis at their meeting in India on Friday, Frances representative said.…

News Desk Islamabad: Many of these glaciers are melting as a result of careless trekking because it is now a lucrative industry to take tourists up glaciers. Tourism must be eco-tourism if these glaciers are to survive as human progress…

News Desk United Nations: Extreme weather events, including large-scale floods, droughts and other effects of climate change, are on the rise throughout Asia and are likely to have an impact on food security and the continent’s…

News Desk Islamabad: A committee on the implementation of pollution control measures in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) resolved to strictly enforce the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) master plan against unplanned urbanisation…

APP Peshawar: Trash Bee is serving as an inspiring model for educating the young generation about crucial green skills required to drive environmental change in the country and create a sustainable world. Launched by a young engineer,…