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Pedalling towards climate change action in Islamabad

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Dozens of diplomats and residents of the federal capital jumped on their bikes and cycled through the city to promote action on climate change. The third cycle rally, which has now become an annual feature in the federal capital, saw the European Delegation in the federal capital join hands with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Pakistan […]


Digital atlas of Islamabad prepared

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Islamabad: The Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency’s Geomatic Centre for Climate Change and Sustainable Development has developed a digital atlas of Islamabad indicating resource monitoring of the federal capital. According to the climate change ministry, the digital atlas has cartographical data including maps and documentation about Islamabad’s natural resources in context of its land and environment. […]


Next phase of ‘Plant for Pakistan’ campaign in January

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Islamabad: Having planted more than 2.5 million saplings across the country early September, the climate change ministry has decided to begin the next phase of the plantation campaign next January. “The initial response to our tree plantation drive, Plant for Pakistan, was phenomenal as people from all walks of life, especially youths, overwhelmingly participated in […]


Environmentalists criticise govt’s plan to suspend brick kilns in winter

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ISLAMABAD: Environmentalists within the Ministry of Climate Change have criticised the government’s plans to suspend brick kiln operations in Punjab and Islamabad as being a half-hearted effort to tackle smog, which becomes a grave environmental concern in the winter. The ministry and the Punjab government have asked brick kiln owners to suspect activities between Oct […]


Dams, social enterprises and climate change

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Chief Justice Saqib Nisar’s idea of raising money for the Diamer-Bhasha Dam by asking people for money has been questioned as ‘charity’ and later clarified as ‘self-help’. Self-help is the best form of sustainable development that the government can invest in at this very crucial time in the history of Pakistan. But apart from the dam, […]


ICIMOD to assist Pakistan in climate change adaptation

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Islamabad: The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal, has offered technical and professional backstopping to the Ministry of Climate Change (MOCC) for better climate change adaptation, particularly with reference to the mountainous region of Pakistan. An ICIMOD delegation that called on Adviser to the PM on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam here Thursday […]


Climate change a ‘threat multiplier’ for Pakistan, says researcher

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KARACHI: Research shows that multiple security risks emerge in places where there is a combination of weak governance unequal development, identity politics and climate change. For Pakistan, climate change is a ‘threat multiplier’, remarks a researcher during her presentation at a programme held here on Tuesday. Titled ‘Land Acquisitions and Media Reporting in Pakistan’, the […]


Seminar on climate change

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KARACHI – A research project investigating the energy-development nexus in Pakistan in the context of climate change was carried out from December 2016 to April 2018 in Punjab and Sindh, and has resulted in interesting findings that highlighted the fundamental connections between energy, climate change and land acquisition. The project findings show that even in the […]


Reactivation of forestry board ordered

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Islamabad: Adviser to the prime minister on climate change Malik Amin Aslam Khan on Monday ordered the early reactivation of the Federal Forestry Board and effective implementation of the National Forest Policy. The orders were issued during a meeting attended by Climate Change Secretary Khizar Hayat Khan and other senior officials from the forest department. […]


Govt urged to focus on climate change

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LAHORE – Karachi is facing severe change in weather patterns that caused inconsistent and asymmetrical amounts of rainfall in the city. The government authorities need to conduct in-depth study of the impact of climate change as the country does not have any reliable data. Pakistan has become vulnerable to the inevitable phenomenon of climate change. This was […]


‘Country lacks reliable data on impact of climate change’

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KARACHI: The country lacks reliable data on the impact of climate change and there is a need for an in-depth study on the subject. This issue was raised at a recent discussion held at the Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research that was attended, among others, by some foreign scientists. “Pakistan is ranked […]


First-ever National Wildlife policy to be approved soon

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Islamabad: Adviser to Prime Minister on climate change, Malik Amin Aslam said Monday first ever National Wildlife policy draft would be soon submitted to cabinet for approval. He said this in a meeting of Climate Change Caucus held here at Parliament House. The meeting was chaired by Chairperson of the Committee Senator Sherry Rahman and […]


The climate change divide

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What prevents cooperation on climate change? In my previous column, ‘Failure on climate change’ (Feb 21), I tried to address this question by highlighting that collective action problems frequently arise because the Westphalian state system is inherently not conducive to global cooperation. However, we cannot ignore global economic inequality and how it impedes international cooperation […]


‘Judicious use of natural resources can overcome environmental problems’

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Islamabad: Judicious use of natural resources including wildlife could do miracles to overcome environmental and climate change problems. The remarks were made by Ambassador of Republic of South Korea Dr Song Hong Hwan while addressing an event organised at Pakistan Museum of Natural History (PMNH) in connection with World Wildlife Day celebrations. PMNH in collaboration […]