#climateanxiety

News Desk  Hyderabad: Experts from national and international agricultural organizations have warned that climate change is accelerating the degradation of the country's soil health, posing serious threats to food security, agricultural…

AFP/APP Sibolga, Indonesia: Forecasts of fresh rain on Thursday raised fears of more damage in flood-hit Indonesia and Sri Lanka, after earlier deluges killed more than 1,500 people in four countries. In Indonesia, the meteorological…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan has renewed its call for urgent, predictable, and equitable climate finance, enhanced technology transfer, and stronger international cooperation to support climate-vulnerable countries, during a series of…

AFP/APP Belém, Brazil: A bitter standoff over whether to reference fossil fuels in the final agreement threatened to derail UN climate talks in Brazil on Friday, as time ran out on the scheduled last day of COP30. At stake is an…

AFP/APP Belém: More than 30 countries have co-signed a letter opposing Brazil’s draft proposal at the UN climate conference, arguing it fails to include a roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels, the Colombian delegation told AFP on…

Shah Khalid Shah Jee Bajaur: Jamal Khan (not his real name) is putting the finishing touches on his three-kanal, fort-like house in Khar tehsil, a sprawling structure rising on fertile agricultural land.  To him, it is the realization…

AFP/APP Paris: Tropical nations from Cameroon to Colombia could soon earn millions annually under a new plan to protect the world’s rainforests, to be launched at the COP30 summit in Brazil. The Tropical Forests Forever Facility…

News Desk Islamabad: A fresh spell of monsoon rains has entered Pakistan, prompting the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and provincial disaster management bodies to issue flood warnings for various regions across the…

Imama Riaz   Rawalpindi: The Internet is roaring with questions that demand answers amidst the peaceful holiday that turned into a heartbreak in Swat. A recent X (formerly Twitter) poll by The PenPK asked a simple but haunting question:…

AFP/APP Tehran: Authorities in Iran have ordered the closure of schools and government offices in at least 10 provinces on Sunday to conserve energy as a severe cold snap and heavy snowfall grip the country, state media reported.…