Climate Change
The increased frequency, intensity and duration of heatwaves are clearly attributed to climate change.
Updated 18 Jun, 2022 09:17am
Women in southern Pakistan and millions like them around the world are at the searing edge of climate change.
Published 14 Jun, 2022 12:34pm
UN climate change chief tells negotiators from around 200 countries that talks must be expedited as "the world expects it".
Updated 07 Jun, 2022 08:29am
Sherry Rehman says the country experienced the longest heatwave in its history.
Updated 06 Jun, 2022 09:41am
Report predicts by 2040, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will become water-stressed.
Updated 03 Jun, 2022 08:15am
The blaze has gulped down 40pc of the trees in the Koh-e-Sulaiman Range; experts blame extreme temperatures, human interference.
Updated 03 Jun, 2022 09:59am
The use of the term emergency is a way of signalling the need to go beyond reform as usual, PM Bob Loughman says.
Updated 29 May, 2022 08:38am
Majority of wealthy countries is creating unhealthy, dangerous and noxious conditions for children across the world, says Unicef
Updated 25 May, 2022 08:25am
The main risks to sea turtles in Tunisia are linked to fisheries, since they become entangled in nets.
Updated 23 May, 2022 07:44am
Pakistan among nations affected by drought; extreme weather led to economic losses worth billions of dollars, report says.
Updated 20 May, 2022 08:22am
MNA Nawab Talpur writes letter to premier, asks him to intervene in water distribution among provinces.
Updated 20 May, 2022 09:24am
Climate change also threatening biodiversity in both countries.
Updated 19 May, 2022 04:30pm
One of the world's largest rivers, the Brahmaputra, which flows into India and Bangladesh, burst its banks in Assam.
Updated 18 May, 2022 06:10pm
Says Pakistan lacks resources to create nationwide sustained response to crisis.
Updated 18 May, 2022 09:35am
This year the heat came early in what many experts say is more proof of climate change.
Updated 18 May, 2022 07:51am
It has become increasingly difficult to find cover — natural or synthetic — in the concrete jungle of Karachi.
Updated 29 May, 2022 03:14pm
Summer heatwaves are projected to increase at a rate of 0.71 day per decade in the country, says Global Food Policy Report 2022.
Updated 17 May, 2022 08:05am
PM sets up task force on climate change to develop strategy to mitigate effects of climate change and Glof.
Published 17 May, 2022 07:14am
On the front line of climate change, Jacobabad is one of world's hottest cities, and peaked at 51 degrees Celsius at the weekend.
Published 16 May, 2022 05:08pm
Major cities in Pakistan record temperatures in excess of 40 degrees, Jacobabad touches 50.
Updated 14 May, 2022 10:14am
Heatwaves, changes in precipitation and hydrological imbalances will be the new normal.
Updated 12 May, 2022 08:50am
Heatwave that scorched India and Pakistan last month still under review, but larger picture frighteningly clear, says a scientist.
Updated 12 May, 2022 09:37am
Devastating hot spell will have knock-on effect on air quality, power and water shortages, agri-outputs.
Updated 07 May, 2022 08:34am
In efforts to make Karachi a "smart city", officials often gloss over uneven terrains of liveability.
Updated 10 May, 2022 02:46am
Pakistan among four nations exposed to wildfires, floods, storms and water shortages.
Updated 28 Apr, 2022 09:00am
Environmental groups have vowed their “April Rebellion” will cause more significant disruption in the capital next week.
Updated 09 Apr, 2022 09:04am
Scientist Rebellion targets universities and research institutes forcing them to speak out on the threat of global warming.
Updated 04 Apr, 2022 09:12am
The hellish March to October months are when heat and humidity suffocate Karachi, making life more unbearable each passing year.
Updated 21 Mar, 2022 04:45pm
Will the new project, to cost a whopping Rs27.5 billion, solve Karachi’s traffic issues or simply lead to environmental disaster?
Updated 18 Mar, 2022 12:32pm
Some $844bn annually is needed to address the loss of biodiversity and nature, they say.
Updated 02 Mar, 2022 10:01am
