Climate Change
Still in their infancy and costly, carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects aim to capture and then trap CO2 in order to mitigate global warming.
Updated 09 Mar, 2023 09:33am
One Forest Summit is a brainchild of Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba and French President Macron, who will be joining the summit on Thursday.
Updated 02 Mar, 2023 10:40am
UNDP project under way in 16 valleys of GB and eight valleys of KP.
Published 19 Feb, 2023 07:46am
Naval chief Niazi says Aman-23 demonstrates Pakistan’s commitment to peace.
Published 12 Feb, 2023 06:41am
The behavior of winter storms is governed by complex atmospheric dynamics that are more difficult to study.
Updated 30 Dec, 2022 10:00am
Plans to promote monitoring of sinks, sources of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.
Updated 25 Dec, 2022 07:53am
Congo refuses to back deal, seeking greater funding for developing world.
Updated 20 Dec, 2022 08:39am
Conservationists hail amended draft that still needs to be agreed upon by 196 signatories to biodiversity convention.
Updated 19 Dec, 2022 08:30am
World needs to set aside a third of all land and sea territories to save them, UN experts say.
Updated 15 Dec, 2022 09:18am
Negotiators work to agree on conservation targets by the summit’s scheduled end on Dec 19.
Updated 13 Dec, 2022 09:50am
Report says Pakistan's emissions represent 0.7pc of global emissions, but livestock alone generates 36pc of this amount.
Updated 12 Dec, 2022 08:59am
Thunderstorms increased more than five times to 240.
Updated 08 Dec, 2022 10:02am
If wealthy countries fail to follow through on promises made in the past, such pledges will continue to remain only numbers on paper.
Published 02 Dec, 2022 01:58pm
Climate diplomacy is driven by faith in prolonged engagement in complex processes.
Updated 01 Dec, 2022 08:30am
Global failure to keep commitments would have devastating consequences, FM warns.
Updated 29 Nov, 2022 09:04am
The legal action comes as Sweden’s new right-wing government faces mounting criticism over lacklustre climate goals.
Updated 26 Nov, 2022 10:01am
The negotiated outcome reflects the paradoxical, turbulent yet powerful times we live in.
Updated 24 Nov, 2022 08:13am
Pakistan’s mission was spurred by devastation from unprecedented monsoon and extreme heatwaves this year.
Published 22 Nov, 2022 07:30am
District administration urges Unesco to engage consultants in carrying out study for launching storm water drainage schemes.
Updated 21 Nov, 2022 08:43am
“It is up to the transitional committee to build on the historic development," PM Shehbaz says; FO hails it as "momentous achievement".
Updated 20 Nov, 2022 04:47pm
Talks stalled over terms under which wealthy polluters provide “loss and damage” funding for countries wracked by disasters.
Updated 20 Nov, 2022 07:51am
US, EU had previously resisted the idea; senior Egyptian official thinks conditions unacceptable to some countries.
Published 18 Nov, 2022 06:33pm
"We also have to make sure that this call does not diminish the earlier agreements we had on phasing down coal," says EU official.
Updated 16 Nov, 2022 11:05am
Minister says COP27 must help unlock private, public financing for adaptation and mitigation.
Updated 14 Nov, 2022 09:38am
US climate envoy John Kerry says they have "heard the cries" of vulnerable countries like Pakistan.
Updated 13 Nov, 2022 09:00am
Climate activists are the only people left in the village of Luetzerath, Germany, which sits above a rich vein of coal.
Updated 13 Nov, 2022 09:09am
Says $125tr needed to reach net-zero by 2050.
Updated 12 Nov, 2022 09:09am
System will use data from global mapping satellites to detect methane “hot spots” and large plumes of the gas.
Updated 12 Nov, 2022 10:14am
Most of us have no idea that COP27 is even taking place.
Updated 11 Nov, 2022 07:59am
Calls on Islamabad to make its case for concessional international funds.
Updated 10 Nov, 2022 08:28am
