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Japan-funded Project for Installation of Weather Surveillance Radar at Karachi inaugurated

Newswire Islamabad: An inauguration ceremony for “the Project for Installation of Weather Surveillance Radar at Karachi”, funded by Japan, was held this week with Mr. ISOMURA Toshikazu, Consul General, Japan Consulate office Karachi, Mr. FURUTA Shigeki, Chief Representative, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Pakistan Office, H.E Mr. Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Federal Minister for Aviation and […]

March 20, 2022March 20, 2022 by Covert

Denmark aims for all domestic flights to be green by 2030

Newswire Copenhagen: Denmark’s government has set an ambitious target of making all Danish domestic flights green by 2030, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. “Will it be difficult? Yes. Can it be done? Yes, I think so. We’re already on it. Talented researchers and businesses are working on solutions,” Frederiksen said in her New Year’s Day […]

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 by Covert

How droughts can change societies

Kerry Boyd Anderson Multiple droughts around the world today threaten significant political, social and economic impacts. Drought in Iran has forced internal migration and sparked protests. Parts of Brazil are experiencing the worst drought in decades, affecting its agricultural production and creating risks for the population, including in large cities. A historic drought in California […]

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 by Covert

Rome even more beautiful when it is raining: Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo

Newswire Rome: Senior Italian diplomat Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo said this week that Rome was even more beautiful when it is raining. “Rome under the rain has its charm,” he tweeted with a picture showing rain in the globally loved city. Rome is located in the central portion of the Italian peninsula, on the Tiber River […]

Beneath La Palma volcano, scientists collect lava ‘to learn’

El Paso: As soon as he heard that La Palma’s volcano had erupted, Australian geologist Matt Pankhurst loaded his microscope into his car and raced to catch a ferry to the Spanish island. Like other scientists around the world, he was eager to get a first-hand look at the rare and valuable data spilling out […]

In last 15 years, deforestation made outdoor work unsafe for millions

The tropics is becoming hotter due to a combination of warming associated with deforestation and climate change — and that can reduce the ability of outdoor workers to perform their jobs safely. Researchers reporting in the journal One Earth on December 17 estimate how many safe working hours people living in the tropics have lost […]

Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo appreciates Pakistan’s first plastic road

Newswire Rome: Senior Italian diplomat Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo this week appreciated Pakistan’s first plastic road. “What an excellent environment – friendly idea. I hope there will be a number of imitations,” he tweeted. In Islamabad, one kilometer stretch of Ataturk Avenue in Islamabad has been re-carpeted with tons of plastic bottles. A multinational soft drink […]

Green Line project: Chinese buses to start running on Karachi roads within days

Gwadar Pro Karachi: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar this week announced that the Chinese buses will start running on the roads under the Green Line project within a few days. Green Line project: Chinese buses to start running on Karachi roads within days “Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the […]

Pakistan and China committed to a clean and green vision of CPEC: FM

China Economic Net Islamabad: Pakistan said this week that Pakistan and China were committed to a clean and green vision of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Asim Iftikhar Ahmed noted that CPEC had put Pakistan into a stage of high-quality development. “This vision is being translated into reality through projects such as […]

Nature cannot wait. We must act now to save wildlife habitats

Andrea Meza Costa Rica is celebrating 200 years of independence this year. It is an opportunity to honor our ancestors and think about our descendants, and we invite the world to celebrate with us. Those who cannot visit in person should do so by protecting the Earth’s land and oceans, the source of all life. […]

COP 26 ends with global agreement to speed up action on climate change

Newswire Islamabad: The 26th global United Nations climate summit came to a successful end in the UK this week with a global agreement to accelerate action on climate change this decade. Nearly 200 countries agreed the “Glasgow Climate Pact” to keep 1.5C alive, but it will only be delivered with a huge global effort. Agreements […]

Climate crisis could give nuclear energy a second wind

For more than two decades, promoters and purveyors of nuclear energy felt shunned at UN climate change conferences. At the COP26 summit underway in Glasgow, however, they have been welcomed with open arms, the UN’s top nuclear regulator said. The spectre of Chernobyl and Fukushima, along with the enduring problem of nuclear waste, kept energy […]

COP 26: UK pledges over £55m to partner with Pakistan

Newswire Islamabad: The UK has announced more than £55m of support to help Pakistan tackle climate change as part of the COP26 global climate change summit this week. As global leaders come together for COP26, this is a critical time for Pakistan. It has been ranked the 8th most vulnerable country to climate change, and […]

Immediate change the only way to tackle climate crisis

Peter Harrison For as long as I can remember, there has been talk of saving the planet — it is nothing new. Now, in a cold, gray and rather damp Glasgow, the world’s leaders are yet again speaking about the same subject. So far, there have been pledges to end deforestation, reduce methane emissions and […]

COP 26: UK hosts ground-breaking summit on climate

London: The UK-hosted COP 26 climate change summit started this week – with the UK and Pakistan working closely on a greener future for the planet. It comes as the British High Commission’s #26For26 campaign continues to smash its target of having 26 Pakistani companies commit to halving emissions by 2030 and getting to net […]

UK’s Prince William says great minds should focus on saving Earth not space travel

Michael Holden London: Britain’s Prince William has taken a thinly veiled swipe at the billionaires embroiled in a space tourism race, saying the world’s greatest brains should instead be focused on solving the environmental problems facing the Earth. During a BBC interview, William appeared to criticise Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, Elon Musk and […]

UK sets out plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions

Roger Harrabin London: Another big push towards electric vehicles is being made in the UK government’s latest strategy to make the great shift to a virtually zero-carbon economy. Ministers are investing £620m in grants for electric vehicles and street charging points. Car makers will be mandated to sell a proportion of clean vehicles each year. […]

Tree plantation ceremony to mark 70 years of Pakistan-Argentina friendship

Islamabad: To commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Pakistan and Argentina, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Argentine Ambassador Leopoldo Francisco Sahores, planted 7 Friendship Trees in a Ceremony held at Argentina Park, Islamabad. On the occasion, Foreign Minister Qureshi stated that the two countries have developed a strong relationship […]

Australian wildfires triggered massive algal blooms in Southern Ocean

Clouds of smoke and ash from wildfires that ravaged Australia in 2019 and 2020 triggered widespread algal blooms in the Southern Ocean thousands of miles downwind to the east, a new Duke University-led study by an international team of scientists finds. The peer-reviewed study, published September 15 in Nature, is the first to conclusively link […]

Reforestation could help save coral reefs from catastrophe

Increasing reforestation efforts in coastal regions could substantially reduce the amount of sediment run-off reaching coral reefs and improve their resilience, a University of Queensland-led study has found. The study analysed more than 5,500 coastal areas from around the world and found that nearly 85 per cent of them leached sediment to coral reefs, the […]

Top Karachi universities to get Chinese hybrid buses

Gwadar Pro Karachi: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi said this week that Port Qasim will gift Chinese hybrid buses to the University of Karachi, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Sindh Medical College (SMC) and NED University. Speaking to journalists here, he remarked that the government wanted to facilitate the top educational […]

Pakistan’s leading companies contributing to 8-10% in exports make bold commitments to net zero emissions

Islamabad: A coalition for Pakistan’s private sector has been launched by the Pakistan Environment Trust, where leading companies have shown their climate stewardship to deliver net zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) at the corporate level – 10 companies across textile and FMCG sectors are the first to commit to this goal. The commitment to net […]

Italy to support ‘Glaciers and Students’ project in GB: Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese

Newswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that Italy will support ‘Glaciers and Students’ project in the Gilgit-Baltistan.He was speaking at Pre-COP26 Workshop at the Karakoram Int’l University (KIU) jointly organsied by EvK2CNR and KIU. The Ambassador, addressing the audience virtually, through Zoom, expressed his appreciation for organizing a workshop addressing […]

Australian High Commissioner for commercialization of technologies to ensure food security

Newswire Faisalabad: Australian High Commissioner Dr Geoffrey Shaw said this week that commercialization of technologies was imperative to give a quantum jump to agriculture yield and making Pakistan a self-reliant country in addition to ensuring food security.He was addressing a meeting here at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF). He appreciated the technologies of UAF […]

UNESCO and High Commission of Canada in Pakistan launch cohort4 climate conversations

Newswire Islamabad: UNESCO Islamabad in collaboration with the High Commission of Canada in Pakistan, recently concluded a series of sensitization and information sharing sessions to strengthen climate change reporting. These sessions culminated in the formulation of a Cohort4ClimateConversations forum, with the aim to strengthen climate change reporting in mainstream and digital media in Pakistan. Throughout […]

UK’s Rathlin Island aims to become carbon neutral by end of decade to help fight climate change

The very tiny Rathlin Island is off the coast of Northern Ireland and it is home to about 150 people. As record temperatures, massive wildfires, and annual storms of the century rock communities around the world, one small island is pledging to do its part to fight the climate crisis. Off the coast of Northern […]

Major Atlantic ocean current system might be approaching critical threshold

The major Atlantic ocean current, to which also the Gulf stream belongs, may have been losing stability in the course of the last century. This is shown in a new study published in Nature Climate Change. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, transports warm water masses from the tropics northward at the ocean surface […]

Aluminium cans to replace plastic bottles in Japan

Newswire Tokyo: A select number of Japanese brands now offer drinks packaged in aluminium cans instead of plastic bottles. The decision is framed as a counteractive measure in the fight against marine plastic pollution.According to the WWF, each year, 8 million tonnes of plastic are dumped in our oceans. 90% of seabirds have microplastics in […]

Climate change is the region’s ultimate enemy

Osama Al-Sharif For decades scientists have warned governments about the catastrophic effects of global warming — caused by greenhouse gas emissions — on climate change and called for drastic measures to reduce man-made CO2 emissions as the only way to prevent worldwide environmental disaster. But since the signing of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, only […]

Argentina to provide low-cost grain storage technology to Pakistan

Islamabad: Federal Minister for National Food and Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam met Ambassador of Argentina in Pakistan Leopold Francisco Sahores this week. They said Pakistan would import low cost grain storage technology from Argentina and enhance its technological outreach gradually.Fakhar Imam discussed agricultural trade between the two countries and said that Pakistan had […]

August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 by Covert

Bank of Japan going green is an economic game changer

William Pesek Tokyo: The Bank of Japan is turning heads as it joins peers in adding melting glaciers and environmental wokeness to the list of reasons to cut interest rates. To monetary purists, combating climate change is central bank mission creep run amok — this can only end badly. To others, it is wise recognition […]

July 11, 2021July 11, 2021 by Covert

How Japan is using digital farming make agriculture sustainable

Tokyo: Japan has one of the lowest food self-sufficiency rates out of all the major world economies. Caloric intake was 79% in 1960, but has fallen sharply, and currently stands at around 40%.The country’s goal is to reach 45% food self-sufficiency by 2030, but it faces many challenges. Two-thirds of the nation’s surfaces are mountainous, […]

July 4, 2021July 5, 2021 by Covert

Elephants teach us to live in harmony with nature

LI MIN/CHINA DAILY The herd of elephants moving north after leaving the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve in Yunnan province has drawn widespread public attention, with tens of millions of people following its movement on TV programs and social media platforms. But this is not the first time wild Asian Elephants have wandered away from their […]

June 20, 2021June 22, 2021 by Covert

Agricultural lands, forests should not be used for construction: PM

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan this week directed to make preparations for biggest plantation drive during this year’s monsoon season and said that agricultural lands as well as those reserved for forests should not be used for construction in any way.He gave this direction while presiding over a meeting of the National Coordination Committee for […]

June 20, 2021June 22, 2021 by Covert

PM Imran Khan lauds President Xi Jinping’s leadership, thanks him for strong Environment Day message

China Economic Net Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan this week lauded Chinese President Xi Jinping’s leadership and expressed gratitude for his strong message on the World Environment Day, hosted by Pakistan. In a tweet, PM Khan said: “I thank President Xi’s strong message on World Environment Day 2021 hosted by Pakistan reflecting our commitment […]

June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 by Covert

UK set to loosen rules for gene-edited crops and animals

Erik Stokstad When Boris Johnson became prime minister of the United Kingdom in 2019, he pledged to “liberate the U.K.’s extraordinary bioscience sector from anti–genetic modification rules.” The country had to hew to strict European biotech regulations until it finalized its divorce from the European Union in January. Next month, the government is widely expected […]

May 30, 2021June 1, 2021 by Covert

Moscow beats temperature record of late 19th century

Moscow: Outdoor temperatures climbed to 29.2 degrees Celsius in the area of Moscow’s main weather station at the all-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNKh) this week, setting the absolute record for May 18, the city weather bureau told Interfax.“Moscow has beaten the May 18 temperature record set in 1897 and 1898, which stood at 29.1 degrees,” a […]

May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 by Covert

China’s green development shows self-restraint

Wang Wen The Chinese government has pledged that China will hit peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and become carbon neutral before 2060. Very soon after this news, “emission peak” and “carbon neutrality” have become buzzwords in China’s financial, energy and industrial circles. Relevant seminars and forums are being held almost every day in big […]

May 16, 2021May 16, 2021 by Covert

The role of drought and water in conflict

Kerry Boyd Anderson The Middle East and many parts of Africa are arid regions with long experience of drought. However, anthropogenic climate change threatens to significantly exacerbate these challenges. In 2017, the World Bank noted that, “while population and economic growth will increase water demands, climate change will be the primary driver for the most […]

May 16, 2021May 16, 2021 by Covert

Green finance key to China-US collaboration

Wang Wen US President Joe Biden held a two-day virtual climate summit attended by 40 other world leaders with the aim to address the global climate crisis. China was one of the participants. Indeed, China and the US are jointly shouldering responsibilities as major powers for climate change, laying the foundation for cooperation in the […]

May 2, 2021May 2, 2021 by Covert

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