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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 Islamabad: A strategic partnership has been formed to strengthen regional cooperation and promote climate-resilient development across the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region. The collaboration was formalized through the…

APP Peshawar: At dawn in Mohib Banda, Nowshera, a 28-year-old beekeeper Malyar Khan woke up to a nightmare, more than half of his 500 bee boxes were already drenched in the floodwater from Kabul River. Malyar, with his brother Hussain…

APP Faisalabad: Agricultural experts have called for intensified efforts to promote climate-resilient agriculture as a critical strategy to combat the impacts of climate change and water scarcity, which continue to hinder Pakistan’s…

News Desk Geneva: The planet is fast approaching a critical climate threshold, with a 70 percent chance that average global temperatures between 2025 and 2029 will exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius benchmark set under the Paris Agreement,…

News Desk Islamabad: Director General of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab, Irfan Ali Kathiya, has said that Pakistan is increasingly experiencing severe and unpredictable weather patterns due to the intensifying…

News Desk Islamabad: The Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) confiscated over 15 kilograms of banned single-use plastics during an enforcement operation in Islamabad’s G-6 sector on Friday. The inspection team, led by…

News Desk Islamabad: The Senate Standing Committee on Housing and Works, held a meeting on Tuesday to examine the causes of delays in CDA and FGEHA projects and to address the unauthorized use of government accommodations by other…

Rashid Ali Panhwer Karachi: As Pakistan ranks among the most vulnerable countries to climate change, its impacts have permeated every aspect of life, most notably water resources and food production. Once considered a distant threat,…