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World

Climate change, farmers draining ancient Balkan lake

Warming temperatures have wreaked havoc on the annual snowfall

Published 22 Apr, 2023 09:48am

Business & Economy

World could face record temperatures in 2023 as El Nino returns

During El Nino, winds blowing west along the equator slow down

Published 20 Apr, 2023 01:20pm

World

EU Parliament to cast final vote on Europe’s biggest climate policy

It has slashed those sectors’ emissions by 43% since 2005

Published 18 Apr, 2023 12:17pm

World

G7 pledges to quit fossil fuels faster, but no new deadline

Group of Seven pledged to end new plastic pollution by 2040

Published 16 Apr, 2023 08:16pm

Technology

Unsound climate studies sneak into print: scientists

Biased authors are taking advantage of an overloaded assessment system

Published 14 Apr, 2023 08:38am

World

Bold talk, slow walk as Brazil’s Lula sets out to save Amazon

environmentalists say it is time for him to walk the walk

Published 06 Apr, 2023 11:41am

Life & Style

Italy’s ski industry fires cannon against climate change

a popular ski resort in Italy’s Apennine Mountains

Published 03 Apr, 2023 11:25am

World

UN considers ‘historic’ Vanuatu-led climate resolution

Pushed for years by Vanuatu and Pacific islander youth

Published 29 Mar, 2023 12:22pm

World

‘Uncharted territory’: South Sudan’s four years of flooding

Hundreds of thousands of people are trapped beneath the water line

Published 22 Mar, 2023 12:59pm

World

Millions of dead fish clog Australian river

'It's horrific really, there's dead fish as far as you can see,' says Menindee local Graeme McCrabb

Published 18 Mar, 2023 11:44am

Pakistan

New clean air policy aims to increase life expectancy by 2 years

Also hopes to decrease harmful emissions by 40% in 10 years

Published 09 Mar, 2023 08:35pm

Pakistan

Despite record-breaking rains, 2022 was fifth warmest year: PMD report

The 16-slide report also includes details of floods, snowfalls, and changes in temperatures

Published 08 Mar, 2023 03:39pm

Life & Style

Time’s Women of the Year 2023 include Pakistani activist Ayisha Siddiqa

‘I think we, collectively, have come to a point where we are ignoring the cries of earth mother,’ she says

Published 04 Mar, 2023 09:20am

Pakistan

India proposes rejigging water treaty, Pakistan says no

Tensions have been rising over the decades-old Indus Waters Treaty

Updated 23 Feb, 2023 10:46am

Pakistan

Sherry Rehman for joint efforts to deal with multifaceted impacts of climate change

Rehman urged investors to invest in climate resilience and development projects

Published 15 Feb, 2023 07:45pm

World

2022 one of the warmest years on record: UN weather agency

The year was marked by dramatic weather disasters linked to climate change

Published 13 Jan, 2023 11:19am

Pakistan

Court stops work on Lahore Master Plan 2050 in major setback to realtors

Lahore High Court seeks response from Punjab government

Published 10 Jan, 2023 02:15pm

Pakistan

Pakistan seeks help with $16b flood rebuilding at UN conference

UN chief, France's Macron set to participate; Pakistan's finances seen as increasingly fragile

Updated 08 Jan, 2023 02:11pm

World

India to host virtual summit of about 120 developing countries in January

Confirmed list of participating countries to be shared soon

Published 06 Jan, 2023 07:32pm

Life & Style

After year of climate disasters, world off-track to curb warming

Floods super-charged by climate change engulfed Pakistan, affecting 33 mln people & causing losses of $30 billion

Published 28 Dec, 2022 07:10pm

World

10 most expensive climate disasters of 2022

Yes, Pakistan is on the list

Published 27 Dec, 2022 03:46pm

Life & Style

A meeting with death: The Pakistani trucker who survived an American snowstorm

Naeem Khan was stranded in -45 degrees of cold, but lived to tell the tale

Published 25 Dec, 2022 03:45pm

Life & Style

Canadian polar bears disappearing fast: study

The sea ice has become less thick, is breaking up earlier and freezing later

Published 24 Dec, 2022 11:29am

Pakistan

UN chief says Pakistan’s post-flood reconstruction his ‘top priority’

Antonio Guterres meets foreign minister on the sidelines of G-77 in New York

Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:05pm

Pakistan

Fighting smog: Court orders Lahore markets to close early

Lahore was recently classified among the most polluted cities in the world

Published 14 Dec, 2022 03:07pm

Pakistan

Authorities scramble as Lahore’s smog reaches unprecedented levels

Sources say that Lahore is now the second most polluted city in the world

Published 06 Dec, 2022 05:16pm

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz urges world to take practical measures to cope with climate challenge

Premier says that “Loss and Damage" was like a sleeping beauty for the decade

Published 01 Dec, 2022 11:27pm

Pakistan

EXPLAINER-Who will pay for climate ‘loss and damage’?

The text of the agreement leaves open a number of crucial details to be worked out

Published 21 Nov, 2022 11:39am

World

UN climate summit adopts ‘loss and damage’ fund

But kicks many of 'most controversial decisions' on fund into next year; Pakistan hails the announcement

Updated 20 Nov, 2022 01:18pm

Pakistan

Pakistan at COP27 demands climate aid, says ‘dystopia’ already here

Minister says any money pledged needs to be followed up 'with speed and agility'

Published 11 Nov, 2022 02:06pm