In a world of higher electricity demand growth, clean electricity is stepping up to the challenge. Spearheaded by exponential solar expansion, clean power is set to grow faster than demand, marking the start of a permanent decline in fossil generation. 2024 both clarified and consolidated the shape of the global …
KARACHI: An interview-based survey whose findings were shared during the proceedings of a regional symposium on Tuesday showed a massive bycatch problem in Pakistan with the shrimp fishery and turtles getting incidentally caught and killed in huge numbers annually. Titled Sea Turtle Conservation in Asia, the two-day event was organised …
For decades, illegal loggers have been hacking away at the forests of Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan while facing few penalties. But that is now changing as local people, armed with new powers to confront and fine illegal loggers, and to oust problematic local officials, fight back. In Diamer, one of …
Private settlements, quarries, construction of roads, water contamination and introduction of exotic plant species are some of the factors affecting biodiversity in Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP). “Illegal construction and encroachments by individuals and private housing societies, quarries and cutting of trees are not only disturbing the ecological system, but …
GUJRAT: The Punjab government has approved a sum of Rs200 million for water supply and drainage scheme in Dinga city, the second major town of Kharian Tehsil. The initial fund of Rs50 million has also been released for early execution of the project. The scheme is mainly aimed at provision …
KARACHI: The Sindh government is extremely perturbed over the increase in polio cases from districts other than Karachi as the number was significantly smaller than that of the metropolis in the past two years, it emerged on Sunday. The provincial health authorities have already reported four polio cases from three …
Though some efforts are afoot at national level to conserve and add to existing forests, the situation in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) would suggest that the battle is being lost. Widespread deforestation and felling of trees has denuded large swathes of forest area in G-B. According to experts, the continuous illegal felling …
SENDAI, Japan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of people forced from their homes each year by disasters has quadrupled over the past four decades, and the risk of being displaced has doubled, said a Norwegian humanitarian group. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), part of the Norwegian Refugee Council, …
Presentation by Nivit Kumar Yadav of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
Presentation by Ellen Baum of Climate and Health Research Network at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
Presentation by J. S. Kamyotra, Central Pollution Control Board at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
Environment protection orders have been issued to 149 factories found using rubber tyres and coal as fuel, Akmal Saif Chatha, parliamentary secretary for Environment Protection Department, told the Punjab Assembly during the questions hour on Monday. He said cases against another 90 factories had been referred to the Environment Tribunal. …
ISLAMABAD: More than 40 million people in Pakistan do not have access to a toilet, forcing them to defecate in the open, which in turn is a major contributor to stunting in the country, a top Unicef official said. “There are 41 million people who do not have access to …
Gross domestic product at risk of flooding in India, the world’s second-most populous nation, may surge 10-fold by 2030 as cities expand and climate challenges worsen, according to the World Resources Institute. A new online global flood-analyzing tool developed by WRI and four Dutch research agencies showed India topped the …
Pakistan has wasted $3.7 million (2.4 million pounds) worth of vaccines donated to protect children from deadly diseases because officials failed to store them properly, a senior health official told Reuters on Monday. The scandal is the latest problem to be exposed in Pakistan's poorly run public health services. "We …
The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) met here on Monday, accorded approval to 13 projects submitted by various departments/ agencies of federal and provincial governments. Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired the meeting. ECNEC at the outset accorded approval for establishment of “National Endowment Scholarships for Talent” …
Environmental degradation costs Pakistan a staggering over Rs 356 billion annually and the government has been making "all-out endeavours" to control it, environment minister Mushahid Ullah Khan said today. The minister said inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene accounts for Rs 112 billion, agricultural soil degradation Rs 70 billion, indoor …
Most of tanneries discharge effluent into Nullah Aik which passes through the city and adjoining areas while tanneries located outside the municipal limits are discharging waste into Nullah Palkhu, turning the pure water of these seasonal nullahs contaminated and toxic which is used by the villagers for washing, irrigation purposes …
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahid Ullah Khan on Sunday said that his ministry is taking all-out efforts to control environmental degradation that costs more than Rs365 billion to national economy every year. “These efforts for the environmental conservation and protection are part of election manifesto of the …
Mithi- Three more children died of malnutrition in drought-hit Tharparkar district today, bringing the death toll to 120 in last two months. According to a news channel, the children died at Mithi, Chhachhro, Nagarparkar, Islamkot and other areas of the district. Civil surgeon Civil Hospital Mithi clarified that most of …
ISLAMABAD: A strong earthquake jolted northern parts of Pakistan including capital Islamabad early on Friday morning, Express News reported. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake measured 5.4 on the Richter scale and had an epicentre 100 kilometers north-north east of Islamabad and at a depth of 24.2 …
