Climate Change
"Our duty to ensure that these rivers, lakes and aquifers ... must not be reduced to tales of the past,” he says; meets Saudi crown prince.
Updated 03 Dec, 2024 11:50pm
Punjab govt enforces curbs on vehicular, industrial emissions across province.
Updated 03 Dec, 2024 10:59am
PHA cites WHO report that finds Lahore deficient in tree cover by 71.2pc.
Updated 03 Dec, 2024 11:55am
Vanuatu’s representative says "future of planet is at stake".
Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:11am
“We participated in the conference this year so that we could raise the voice of the nation about the issues we are facing," says Afghan environment official.
Published 01 Dec, 2024 08:01pm
Forecast urges fishing crews to stay off water, predicts surging waves posing flood risk to low-lying coastal areas.
Published 30 Nov, 2024 12:09pm
The company will be coming on board as a research partner, providing different findings and data.
Updated 30 Nov, 2024 02:35pm
As Punjab eases restrictions, the lingering health crisis and calls for real environmental action expose a battle far from over.
Published 29 Nov, 2024 01:11pm
Activists hope legal opinion from the ICJ judges will have far-reaching consequences in fight against climate change.
Updated 29 Nov, 2024 01:42pm
NGO coalition calls for cutting plastic production at least 75pc by 2040.
Updated 29 Nov, 2024 09:47am
Many counties are calling out the hypocrisy of a system no longer fit for purpose.
Updated 29 Nov, 2024 09:37am
Lancet study on "landscape fires” says over 90pc of deaths in low and middle-income countries.
Published 29 Nov, 2024 07:37am
Data across all 4 provinces, ICT shows daily lives of one-third people affected by smog.
Published 29 Nov, 2024 12:11am
Interior minister meets with World Bank chief to discuss anti-smog strategy, improving sanitation, among other matters.
Published 28 Nov, 2024 03:41pm
The actor urged the government to "wake up and take responsibility for the welfare and security of its people".
Published 28 Nov, 2024 12:52pm
Babayev regrets "wealthy historical emitters" were unyielding until late in talks.
Updated 27 Nov, 2024 11:02am
Talks focus on chemicals after petrochemical-producing nations such as Saudi Arabia and China strongly oppose efforts.
Published 26 Nov, 2024 08:07am
Eases curb on heavy vehicles, allows construction activity.
Updated 26 Nov, 2024 02:58pm
Islamabad’s "corner plot" presence at Baku summit impresses observers.
Updated 04 Dec, 2024 11:23pm
Goal doesn’t match needs of developing world, PM’s aide Romina Alam says.
Updated 25 Nov, 2024 12:05pm
Deal boosts rich countries’ previous pledge to provide $100bn annually, lays groundwork for next year’s summit in Amazon rainforest.
Published 24 Nov, 2024 11:15pm
Of 4,500 patients in Lahore, 3,690 complain of respiratory issues.
Updated 24 Nov, 2024 03:15pm
It is not clear if the wealthy countries’ revised position has been formally communicated to developing countries at COP29.
Published 23 Nov, 2024 05:44pm
Air quality reaches alarming levels following govt's decision to reopen schools, markets.
Updated 23 Nov, 2024 11:44am
Justice Shahid Karim warns schools that don't comply with order would be sealed.
Updated 22 Nov, 2024 05:30pm
ISLAMABAD: A new report from the Asian Development Bank has stressed the need for adapting schools to the impacts of climate change since extreme weather is significantly increasing school closures and affecting learning outcomes and household incomes over the long-term.
Updated 17 Dec, 2024 01:09pm
BUSAN: As delegates from 175 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday for the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution, lingering divisions cast doubts on whether a final agreement is in sight.
Updated 11 Dec, 2024 11:29am
Journalist Shahzeb Jillani sits down with two seventh graders, Amaya and Hana, to explore the pressing issue of climate change and its impact on water. Together, they discuss the importance of water conservation, how climate change disrupts water cycles, and the role young people can play in building a sustainable future.
Updated 17 Dec, 2024 01:01pm
Lahore's deadly air could soon rival London's Great Smog — unless Pakistan follows the hard-earned lessons of the past.
Updated 12 Dec, 2024 01:50am
The problem of pollution has not emerged suddenly, nor can it be resolved quickly.
Updated 21 Nov, 2024 09:23am
