The much hyped about agreement between the US and China in Beijing towards the end of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit is frankly too little too late. Under the agreement, the world’s two biggest polluters, accounting for 42 percent of the carbon emissions in the atmosphere, will undertake to control/limit their emissions. China […]
ISLAMABAD: The agriculture sector of Pakistan has still the potential to push the economy upwards, said Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) founding chairman Dr Amir Muhammed who is also Rector of FAST. He was speaking as chief gust on the occasion of inaugural session of a seminar on “Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in […]
Karachi: Climate change is a reality in Pakistan and we cannot meet its challenges unless we understand and accept the challenge, Pakistan’s top climate change scientist Dr Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhary told The News on Wednesday. He said the government needed to appoint a federal secretary as well as a federal minister for climate change to lead […]
While the death toll has risen to 358, millions homeless, standing crops destroyed covering millions of acres of land, the floods continue to cause more losses. Though bad, the situation is not worse than that of the 2010 super flood when 20 million people were affected. When asked about flood warnings and preparedness measures, we […]
The earth’s climate has always been changing. The impacts of climate change include biodiversity losses, rise in sea levels, shifts in weather patterns, changes in freshwater supply and an increase in extreme weather events such as floods and droughts as well as glacial melting and various health impacts. Major concerns are the threats to food, […]
HYDERABAD: Climate change has the potential to destroy the planet and could lead to economic, social, development and security challenges. This was observed by speakers at a one-day seminar on the ‘Impacts of climate change and disasters on small farmers’ organised by the Laar Humanitarian and Development Programme (LHDP) in a local hotel on Saturday. […]
All biotic components are an integral part of a healthy environment. The wider picture of the environment becomes more engaging than repelling when all the integral parts are secure, safe and healthy, which is a beacon of prosperity and opportunities in the form of a green economy. A number of the environmental factors and indicators […]
Karachi: The Chair of the Least Developed Countries Group at the UN climate change negotiations says that the latest science tells us that we can limit global temperature increases to a level that will save the poorest countries in the world. “All that is required is the will to do it but if we don’t […]
World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5 across the globe. Primarily the objective is to create awareness in the masses over the key environmental issues that the entire world is facing currently. The UN General Assembly declared 2014 as the International Year of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). World Environment Day 2014 is […]
ISLAMABAD: The government has reduced funding for environmental projects to Rs25 million in the 2014-15 budget from Rs58m allocated for the previous financial year. It allocated Rs10m for the Multilateral Environment Agreement (MEA), for which the Climate Change Division (CCD) did not even make demands, keeping in view other important and necessary projects for improvement […]
KARACHI: The media should play a role in tackling climate change issues in country as the people rely on it to get their information, urged environmentalists. Speaking at a three-day training course on the ‘Basics of Climate Change for Coastal Areas of Pakistan’ organised by NGO LEAD Pakistan at Pearl Continental Hotel on Monday, former […]
KARACHI: Climate change is devastating all arid areas of Sindh including Chahcro, Kohistan, Kachho, Nara region, Achro Thar and Tharparkar and is causing reduction in rains, drinking water, grazing fields and livestock. Fluoride contamination of underground water sources in Chachro and other area of Thar desert has led to grave health problems, while drinking water […]
ISLAMABAD: The recent disasters were a warning from nature that there is an urgent need to adopt a mechanism to face the unpredictability of climate change. This was were general view of speakers at the launching ceremony of a book ‘Malevolent Floods of Pakistan 2010-2012’ organised by Sindh Graduate Association (SGA) on Sunday. The book’s […]
Karachi: “We should shun mediocrity and refrain from making attempts to break Guinness World Records by planting mangroves that disappear the next year,” said senior environmentalist Rahat Najam during an interview with The News on World Wetlands Day, which was observed across the globe on February 2. She talked about scarcity of agricultural water, fast […]
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