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AFP Islamabad: A recent report released by the Lancet Countdown highlights the growing threats climate change poses to human health, warning that "wasted time has been paid in lives." The report comes at a critical time, as extreme…

AFP/APP Geneva: Greenhouse gas levels reached unprecedented highs in 2023, reinforcing concerns over escalating global temperatures, the United Nations reported on Monday.  The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) revealed that…

AFP/APP Paris: While carbon dioxide (CO2) is widely recognized as the primary greenhouse gas, others, such as methane and nitrous oxide, are significantly impacting global warming and climate change. Methane CO2 contributes to…

AFP/APP Paris: As urgent environmental issues take center stage, the United Nations is set to host four significant conferences over the coming months, addressing pressing threats to the planet. These include global warming, biodiversity…

AFP/APP Texas : Prison cells in Texas have become so unbearably hot that inmates resort to splashing themselves with toilet water. Some jails are described as ovens where convicts are essentially "baked to death." An advocacy group is…

AFP/APP Brest, France: The rate at which oceans are warming has almost doubled since 2005 due to global temperature increases driven by human-caused climate change, according to a report released Monday by the EU's Copernicus Climate…

Ali Jabir Islamabad: As the world grapples with global warming and accelerated glacial melting, countries like Pakistan face severe risks from Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs). These floods pose significant threats to human lives…

News Desk Islamabad: Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and a member of the COP-29 Advisory Committee, has called on the global community to embrace the "COP-29 Truce" as a…

AFP/APP Paris: Global warming, disappearing plant and animal species, fertile land turning to desert, and plastic in the oceans, on land, and in the air we breathe—these urgent environmental challenges will be in the spotlight over the…

AFP/APP Paris: The prospect of Donald Trump returning as president is hanging over crucial UN-sponsored climate negotiations, with countries "holding back" their positions until they know who sits in the White House. Veteran observers…