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FM Bilawal calls for collective action to overcome economic, climate challenges

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister (FM) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday said the international community needed to work together to overcome challenges caused by the climate...
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International river’s day: Man, 70, on mission to save Malir River

Sitting crossed legged at a dhaba sifting through his document folder when a waiter brings him chai, Mohammad Siddiq Baloch lifts the cup, sips...

‘Revolutionary’ climate protestors clash with Swiss police

GENEVA: Hundreds of people taking part in an unauthorised climate demonstration in northern Switzerland on Saturday clashed with police, who used to tear gas...
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Over 23,000 Karachi trees threatened: Green cost of Red Line?

Turning to a bowl on her drawing room table, Amra Javed picks up the desiccated shrubs that by now had become ornaments, and passionately...

Pakistan deserves Int’l support for reconstruction of flood-hit areas: UNSG

UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres has said Pakistan deserves massive support directly from the international community for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of flood-affected areas. He...

COP27 puts climate compensation on agenda for first time

Delegates at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt agreed after late-night talks to put the delicate issue of whether rich nations should compensate poor...

Climate change: UNGA adopts resolution in support of Pakistan

NEW YORK: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Sunday adopted a resolution in support of Pakistan to combat climate catastrophe. This was stated by...
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Let’s Talk: can IMF loan save calamity-hit Pakistan?

Cataclysmic floods push Pakistan back by decades in terms of development, infrastructure and economic stability. Alhamdolillah the IMF Board has approved the revival of our...

Desultory efforts to stop flooding only torment Karachi poor

Taking pictures of poor kids as they smile, and then convincing the world that the reality is confined within the frame, is sheer dismissal...

Climate risks dwarf Europe’s energy crisis, space chief warns

The head of the European Space Agency (ESA) has warned economic damage from heatwaves and drought could dwarf Europe's energy crisis as he called...

Biden to announce climate action as heatwave hits Europe

US President Joe Biden will announce Wednesday a series of executive measures to combat climate change, in an effort to push forward an environmental...
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Meet Pakistan’s first environment friendly doll Fizza

The Global Climate Risk Index has ranked Pakistan as the eighth-highest country affected by climate change. The country is at risk to climate disasters...

Fossil fuel support ‘insanity’, #COP26 told

US climate envoy John Kerry told COP26 that fossil fuel subsidies were "insanity" Friday as countries laid out their red lines in the final...

G20 offers little new on climate, leaving uphill task for COP26

ROME: Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies agreed on a final statement on Sunday that urged "meaningful and effective" action to limit...

Climate, COVID and the economy top G20 agenda at Rome summit

The heads of the world's 20 biggest economies (G20) kicked off two days of talks on Saturday where they were set to acknowledge the...

Stopping Earth from heating up

The Earth is heating up to almost an unbearable degree giving rise to climatic problems bringing misery to human existence

Filmmakers, activists call for climate efforts in Cannes

CANNES: Documentary makers and environmental activists including British teenager Bella Lack on Sunday said they hoped to inspire more efforts on climate change, including...

US pledges to halve its emissions by 2030 in renewed climate fight

The Biden administration on Thursday pledged to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030, a new target

Earth is losing ice faster today than in the mid-1990s, study suggests

Altogether, an estimated 28 trillion metric tons of ice have melted away from the world’s sea ice, ice sheets and glaciers since the mid-1990s

2020 ties 2016 as hottest year on record

The six years since 2015 are the six warmest ever registered, as are 20 of the last 21, evidence of a persistent and deepening trend
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