Pakistan launches efforts to integrate disaster risk financing into its broader loss, damage efforts
BAKU, Nov 20 : Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, Romina Khurshid Alam said that the escalating adverse fallouts of climate change including extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and prolonged droughts have underlined the urgent need for climate-vulnerable developing countries to hammer out comprehensive strategies to address loss and damage in vulnerable […]
COP29 gets boost from Rio as G20 leaders back increasing climate finance from ‘billions to trillions’
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19 : The high-level diplomatic push for climate action shifted southward on Tuesday as G20 leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, sent a clear signal to negotiating teams at stalled UN climate talks in Baku on the need to rapidly and substantially ‘scale up climate finance from billions to trillions from […]
COP29 Opens Amid Concerns Over Trump’s Pledge to Exit Paris Climate Deal
Baku, Nov 11 – The COP29 climate talks commenced in Azerbaijan on Monday, shadowed by the impending return of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, jeopardizing global climate commitments. Nations gathered in Baku amid urgent warnings that 2024 could be the hottest year on record, […]
Islamabad Grapples with Waste Crisis: Community Leaders Rally for Collective Solutions
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31 : Islamabad faces a mounting waste crisis, with over 600 tons generated daily, 60% of which is either burned or left unmanaged, posing serious environmental and health risks. In response, the Institute of Urbanism (IoU), in partnership with Heinrich Boll Stiftung, convened a town hall titled “Empowered Communities: A Town Hall on […]
Papua New Guinea to Boycott ‘Waste of Time’ UN Climate Summit, Citing Inaction by Major Polluters
SYDNEY, Oct 31 : Papua New Guinea will boycott the upcoming United Nations climate summit, with its Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko calling the high-profile event “a total waste of time” due to perceived inaction by the world’s biggest polluters. Tkatchenko expressed frustration at the lack of tangible progress at the Conference of Parties (COP) in […]
ADB Warns Climate Change Could Slash Asia-Pacific GDP by 17% by 2070, Up to 41% by 2100
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31 : Climate change could slash up to 17% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in developing Asia and the Pacific by 2070, with losses potentially escalating to 41% by the end of the century under a high-emissions scenario, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report. The findings, published in the […]
Who Benefits from Nature’s Code? COP16 Debates Fair Share of Digital Genetic Wealth
Cali, Colombia, Oct 31 – Vanilla, the essence of ice cream and countless other treats, once harvested by Indigenous Mexican communities, now has its genetic essence freely accessible on public databases. This sequenced data has enabled the creation of synthetic vanilla, but the financial gains rarely reach the communities that first cultivated its flavor. At […]
Turning the Tide: Thai Start-Up Transforms Ocean Plastic into New Value
Koh Chang, Thailand, Oct 31 – On a tranquil morning off the southern Thai island of Koh Chang, a long-tail boat glides into a fishing village, not to haul in seafood but to collect a different bounty: ocean plastic. Here, villagers from the Moken community have set aside rice sacks filled with plastic bottles, fishing […]
“Goddess of Hinglaj: A Tale of Devotion and Interfaith Harmony in Pakistan’s Ancient Shakti Peeth”
Karachi- A well-researched 40-minute documentary, Goddess of Hinglaj – 51 Shakti Peeth, produced by Rava Documentary Films, was screened at Arena Cinema in Karachi on Friday. The film, which highlights the annual three-day festival at Hinglaj Mata Temple in Balochistan, draws attention to a pilgrimage that attracts Hindu devotees from across Pakistan and around the […]
Heavy Rainfall Expected in Northern Pakistan from October 5: PMD Issues Alert
Islamabad – The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has issued a weather advisory predicting heavy rainfall and thunderstorms across northern Pakistan, starting from October 5, 2024. Following days of hot and dry weather, a westerly wave is set to hit the upper regions, bringing much-needed rain but also the potential for hazardous conditions. The PMD forecasts […]