Climate Change
The South Asian monsoon was not always something to be dreaded.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 09:19am
CM also approves action plan with mitigation, adaptation steps.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 12:01pm
Flooding has emerged as the worst type of climate-induced disaster for Pakistan, perhaps the deadliest.
Updated 25 Aug, 2022 08:52am
Activists hope that exclamation marks can spur greater efforts to cut the greenhouse gas emissions heating it up.
Updated 23 Aug, 2022 09:43am
The changing climate requires a bottom-up approach to adaptation if we want to survive.
Updated 22 Aug, 2022 08:31am
The demand for cooling technologies has opened up profit-making opportunities in Pakistan's largest metropolis.
Updated 18 Aug, 2022 06:09pm
Investment and economic planning processes need to account for climate-induced changes, says report.
Updated 16 Mar, 2023 01:12am
New UN report says Arctic is warming “by more than double the global average” due to a process known as Arctic amplification.
Updated 12 Aug, 2022 09:45am
Bill should provide launchpad for green investment and kickstart a transition towards renewable energy inworld’s largest emitter.
Updated 09 Aug, 2022 07:55am
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, during his visit to the affected areas, also expressed displeasure over inaction by the authorities.
Published 08 Aug, 2022 10:33am
For scientists looking to reconstruct the Earth’s climate in the distant past, such ice formations are a unique time capsule.
Updated 08 Aug, 2022 09:47am
Weather remains an essential component of physical experiences of the environment, as well as people’s expressions of emotions, in fact and in fiction.
Published 05 Aug, 2022 01:07pm
Losses propelled by storms and floods, Zurich-based group says.
Updated 03 Aug, 2022 08:03am
The growing frequency of wildfires undermines climate action.
Updated 02 Aug, 2022 09:40am
As citizens dispense updates on their own, official urges caution to avoid unnecessary panic.
Updated 01 Aug, 2022 08:25am
Pakistan alone needs $101bn for a smooth energy transition.
Updated 30 Jul, 2022 10:43am
Virtually all the contiguous United States experienced above normal temperatures in the past week.
Updated 25 Jul, 2022 09:21am
Official notes “individuals at either end of life’s spectrum, infants and older people, are at particular risk”.
Updated 23 Jul, 2022 11:22am
Climate hazards even threaten to destabilise powerful players such as China and Brazil.
Updated 22 Jul, 2022 09:54am
“There has been so much climate denialism internationally, with the big polluters not wanting to give up their bad habits or to pay the price for going green,” she said.
Published 20 Jul, 2022 02:00pm
“We must hope for a better future, but hope is not a plan. Global pledges must go further,” she says.
Updated 19 Jul, 2022 10:40am
"National emergency" alert in Britain as temperatures predicted to surpass the 38.7C.
Updated 19 Jul, 2022 10:06am
Leaders at Pacific Islands Forum summit bristle at Chinese attempt to split some nations off into a trade and security agreement.
Updated 18 Jul, 2022 11:11am
Large parts of the Iberian Peninsula have seen temperatures surpassing 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) this week.
Updated 14 Jul, 2022 10:58am
Throws out attempt to block law that has exposed deep rifts between countries over how to fight climate change.
Updated 07 Jul, 2022 10:30am
Pakistan will have the highest losses as percentage of GDP at 9.1pc.
Updated 30 Jun, 2022 09:18am
Notes oceans have softened the impact of climate change for life on land but at a terrible cost.
Updated 28 Jun, 2022 08:40am
Pakistan faces up to $3.79bn annually in climate-related losses and is ranked among countries most vulnerable to climate change.
Updated 23 Jun, 2022 08:25am
With the River Seine off limits to bathing, scorched Parisians take refuge in city’s fountains.
Updated 19 Jun, 2022 09:50am
Relentless downpours over past week have inundated vast stretches of Bangladesh; floods set to worsen over next 2 days.
Published 18 Jun, 2022 03:51pm
