ISLAMABAD: At a time when nations have agreed to set a new path to low carbon emissions and climate resilient futures for their countries, Pakistan’s seriousness in tackling climate change can be gauged from the fact that many environment-related departments have been without permanent heads for years. Some crucial climate tasks of the Ministry of […]
KARACHI: The coastal communities will suffer the most, while people living in hilly areas and deserts will also be affected by the change in climate, said Ministry of Climate Change secretary Arif Ahmed Khan, referring to the changing patterns of climate. He said this while speaking at the closing ceremony of five-year-long project titled Building […]
KARACHI: Loggerhead turtle, a globally endangered marine species, has recently been found about 166 kilometres south-west of Karachi, officials of the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) reported on Friday. It’s the first authentic record of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) from Pakistani waters, they said. The specific turtle incidentally got entangled in fishing net on […]
KARACHI: Speakers at a programme held on Thursday called upon the government to introduce livelihood support models, especially in the highly vulnerable coastal areas, to help communities adapt to changing climate. It was also strongly recommended that the government allocate funds for districts yearly to tackle climate change that, the speakers pointed out, was a […]
Five people, including a secretary of the Regional Transport Authority and the officer in charge of the Liaquatpur Wildlife Department, were arrested in Cholistan on Sunday for poaching partridges. They were also fined Rs78,000. Wildlife Department Rahim Yar Khan District Officer Mujahid Kaleem told reporters that he had received a complaint that Bahawalpur RTA Secretary […]
KARACHI: World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)-Pakistan has initiated a programme to tackle the threat posed by ghost fishing considering it to be becoming a serious issue in Pakistan. It observed that various types of fishing gears were being used in Pakistan. Sometimes a part of the net is accidentally detached and continues to drift […]
KARACHI: Massive flooding displacing millions, prolonged heat waves with temperatures averaging above 38 degrees centigrade, ravaging hurricanes and deluges caused by excessive rainfall. I am not painting a doomsday scenario but all these are extreme weather events that have taken place in various parts of the world including Pakistan in 2015. These are not exceptional […]
ISLAMABAD: Three months since an independent commission recommended setting up multiple sewage treatment plants on the catchment areas of the Rawal Lake, action has yet to be taken. Despite the recommendations of the Islamabad High Court’s Environmental Commission, no progress has been made on the construction of five sewage treatment plants and a sewage network […]
Six years after failure of the Copenhagen summit, a climate deal was finally sealed here on Saturday by the nearly 200 countries of the world that are signatory to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. While some hailed the final draft as a landmark and historic agreement that marked a global shift towards a […]
As the final text for the Paris Agreement is pored over by the ministers in the high-level negotiation rooms, the side events are going strong with just two days remaining before the UN Climate Change Conference winds up. On Thursday evening, a non-governmental organisation called Ciqam from Chitral and Hunza gave a presentation on “Women […]
ISLAMABAD: Threat to vulnerable bird ‘houbara bustard’ from hunters, especially by foreign dignitaries, is serious enough for a larger bench of the Supreme Court to consider. On Thursday a three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Mian Saqib Nisar referred the review petitions by federal, the Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan governments and by a number […]
FAISALABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Sikander Hayat Khan Bosan on Wednesday said that climate changes and increasing population are posing a serious threat to food security. He was addressing 1st Pakistan Seed Congress themed Seed for Food Security arranged at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad. He stressed upon the researchers and […]
LAHORE: Tennis star Aisam Ul Haq on Tuesday became a goodwill ambassador of the WWF-P. The development was revealed at a media talk organised at the fund’s head office in the city. WWF-P director general Hammad Naqi Khan praised Haq for teaming up with the Fund. He also shed light on the similarities between Haq’s […]
As the Friday deadline for a climate agreement in Paris nears, the French hosts of the UN Climate Change conference are pushing countries hard to reach a deal by the end of this week, incorporating targets on global emissions and financial help for developing countries. Ministers from over 190 countries have now arrived at the […]
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