ISLAMABAD: The French government has initiated diplomatic offensive to make Paris Climate Conference, the COP21, a real success in the wake of tragedy of November 13, and for the purpose French envoys across the world have established hectic contacts with their host governments to ensure their participation in it. The summit will be held in […]
LAHORE: Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday directed the foreign ministry to apprise the court regarding Pakistan’s role in international conference on climate change slated to begin in Paris on November 30. The judge was hearing a petition seeking the implementation of the National Climate Change Policy 2012 and Framework […]
ISLAMABAD: Environmentalists have criticised the government’s plan to reduce carbon emissions as required under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), calling the plan ‘deficient’. Over 190 countries signatory to the UNFCCC are required to submit their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) on how they plan to reduce carbon emissions to bring down […]
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Climate Change has submitted a national plan to reduce carbon emissions with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). On Thursday, the prime minister approved the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC). Over 190 countries have signed the UNFCCC which has bound them to submit their action plans on how […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan finally submitted its action plan to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat on Thursday, after missing the October 1 deadline. In the Climate Action Plan, Pakistan did not make any specific commitments. It says the country would only be able to make specific commitments once reliable data on peak […]
WASHINGTON: Climate change could force an additional 100 million people around the world to live in extreme poverty by 2030, warns a new World Bank report. In Pakistan, climate change can reduce the income of the bottom 40 per cent by more than 8 per cent, the report warns. It shows how this change makes […]
ISLAMABAD: The government estimates that Pakistan has, collectively, suffered losses to the tune of $20 billion due to the adverse and increasing effects of climate change. In a detailed report submitted before the National Assembly on Friday, the government also accepted – in so many words – that “Pakistan is among the countries which are […]
Finance Minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Friday chaired a meeting to determine Pakistan’s strategy for coping with the challenge of climate change. Senior officials of the Ministry of Climate Change, Ministry of Planning and Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance and other related departments attended the meeting, said a statement. The Secretary Ministry […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will evolve a joint stance on the issue of climate change in the best interests of the country and to present it forcefully at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change being held in Paris from November 30 to December 11. This was agreed in a meeting held here to deliberate upon Pakistan’s […]
BADIN: Mir Muhammad’s family had reason to celebrate: after the harvest of their rice crop, they were planning to throw a wedding. But then flash floods hit their three-hectare farm, washing away the family’s sole source of income and their dreams of the big day. This was the scene played out on the makeshift stage […]
LAHORE: Experts, academics, government officials and civil society activists discussed Pakistan’s vulnerability to climate change on the second day of Pakistan sey Paris. The two major areas of concern discussed were the impact of climate change on the agriculture sector and water scarcity. “Earlier, the optimal season for growing wheat used to be October. Now […]
LAHORE: French ambassador to Pakistan Martine Dorance has said the French Embassy has been working in collaboration with the Pakistan government and the civil society to create COP21 momentum and raise awareness about climate change. Ms Dorance was addressing the inaugural ceremony of the two-day conference titled ‘Pakistan to Paris’ (On the Road to 2015 […]
GILGIT: Speakers at a conference on Friday declared glaciers in Gilgit-Baltistan as water bombs for communities of the mountainous region, saying deforestation in the region could trigger climate change, which in turn would affect crops, productivity and livelihoods besides creating water pollution and energy crisis. Local and foreign environmental experts explained how climate change was […]
LAHORE – Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday constituted a ‘Climate Change Commission’ for the implementation of National Climate Change policy to fight the climate change – the biggest emerging threat to the country’s environment. The commission would be headed by Advocate Dr Pervaiz Hasan and would start its […]
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