• November 16, 2015
• Environmental Journalism

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 […]

• November 14, 2015
• Environmental Journalism

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 […]

• July 10, 2015
• Environmental Journalism

ISLAMABAD: Despite being one of the most susceptible countries to climate change, Pakistan is behind some of the least developed countries in the world in the submission of proposals and grants received from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Countries such as Ethiopia, Mali, and Rwanda have received funds for multiple environmental projects, while Pakistan has […]

• January 19, 2014
• Environmental Journalism

We all know that forests act as carbon sinks; trees absorb carbon while they are growing, and store it while they are mature. They release it when they decay or are burnt. Hence the cutting of trees and the clearing of forests around the world are causing the emission of heat trapping carbon dioxide into […]