GLOF

News Desk  Islamabad: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) alert for the glaciated areas of Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.  They warn that rising temperatures and…

News Desk  Islamabad: Chief Executive of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), Anil Pokhrel, has called on the governments of Pakistan and Nepal to unite and advocate for effective climate action at…

News Desk Islamabad: The National Emergencies Operation Center of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has anticipated a minor Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) in Badswat Nullah. According to an NDMA news release on…

News Desk Peshawar: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Wednesday issued an alert of flash floods in Upper and Lower Chitral, Kohistan, Upper and Lower Dir, and Swat due to the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF).…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: The Climate Change Gender Action Plan is a pilot initiative, first it type aimed at engaging women's activism to drive responses to climate change. In its formulation, 300 women were directly engaged along with…

APP Peshawar: Driven by high population growth and climate change vulnerabilities, Pakistan is losing about 27,000 hectares of forest per year mostly in Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, making an adverse effect on the carbon…

APP Islamabad: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Wednesday said the country had received 87% above normal rainfall during the prevailing monsoon season, whereas the death toll due to heavy rains had surged to…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: The Climate Change Ministry has issued a GLOF sensitivity alert to the authorities in Gilgit-Baltistan and KP owing to the prevailing weather conditions triggered by global warming. The Upper Chitral GLOF event…

News Desk Islamabad: The Gilgit-Baltistan Disaster Management Authority (GBDMA) on Thursday confirmed that there was less impact of the prevailing heatwave on the melting Shishper Glacier, falling in the vicinity of Hassanabad village of…