Climate Change

Growing glaciers prove cold comfort for Pakistan’s Shimshal valley

ISLAMABAD: Climate change is causing glaciers around the world to melt, raising the risk of… Read More

‘Doomsday’ seed vault gets makeover as Arctic heats up

LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY: Designed to withstand a nuclear missile hit, the world's biggest seed vault, nestled… Read More

Antarctica: a laboratory for climate change

A decade ago, a thick layer of ice covered the Collins Glacier on Antarctica's King… Read More

Commemorative stamp issued on first anniversary of Green Pakistan program

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan on Monday launched Green Pakistan Program… Read More

Mammals and birds could have best shot at surviving climate change

A new research that analyzed more than 270 million years of data on animals shows… Read More

PM Abbasi says efforts afoot to tackle climate change

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Monday that Pakistan is committed to play… Read More

US absence at Paris summit a ‘disgrace’: Kerry

WASHINGTON: Former US secretary of state John Kerry blasted the absence of the American government… Read More

Macron seeks climate action after US withdrawal from Paris accord

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron is urging wealthy countries and global companies to commit more… Read More

To save climate, stop investing in fossil fuels: economists

PARIS: The development of oil, gas and coal energy must stop in order to avoid… Read More

UN climate envoys agree on way forward, despite Trump

BONN: Negotiations to bolster the climate-saving Paris Agreement, crafted over two decades, closed in Bonn… Read More

Science update on climate change: from bad to worse

PARIS: Scientists monitoring the Earth's climate and environment have delivered a cascade of grim news… Read More

SBP has introduced Green Banking, says minister for climate change

ISLAMABAD/ BONN: Federal Minister  for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan has said the State Bank… Read More

Trump pullout from climate pact means even hotter world: study

BONN: US President Donald Trump's pullout from the Paris Agreement will push up global temperatures… Read More

Climate change pushing Earth toward risky ‘tipping points’: report

BONN: As climate change drives up temperatures, Earth comes ever closer to dangerous 'tipping points'… Read More

Climate change imperils one in four natural heritage sites: report

BONN, Germany: Climate change imperils one in four natural World Heritage sites, including coral reefs,… Read More

Research sheds light on impact grass-fed animals have on climate change

A newly published report dissects claims made by different stakeholders in the debate about so-called… Read More

Syria to join Paris climate pact, isolating US

BONN: Syria told the UN climate talks in Bonn on Tuesday that it would join… Read More

Sea levels could rise to 11 FEET as Antarctica glacier is melting

AUSTIN: Totten Glacier, the largest glacier in East Antarctica, is being melted from below by warm… Read More

Climate change map reveals parts of New York that could be submerged by storms in 2100

PENNSYLVANIA: Rising sea levels caused by a warming climate threaten greater future storm damage to… Read More

Extreme weather caused $129 bn in economic losses last year: report

PARIS: Extreme weather caused some $129 billion (111 billion euros) in economic losses last year,… Read More