2022 floods: $10.9bn aid received against $30bn losses ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said that the 2022 floods... Updated 10 Sep, 2024 08:48am
Pakistan Proparco, Karandaaz, PFSL collaborate to enhance gender & climate finance KARACHI: Proparco, Karandaaz Pakistan and Parwaaz Financial Services Limited (PFSL) have entered into a landmark... Published 28 Aug, 2024 08:14am
Pakistan Climate financing after IMF loan approval: Aurangzeb ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Tuesday that that climate financing will be taken up after ... Published 07 Aug, 2024 05:37am
Editorials Scrambling to handle climate change EDITORIAL: Once again the “net zero” lobby is bubbling with ambition ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference... Updated 29 Jul, 2024 07:08am
Pakistan Flood damaged houses in Sindh: ADB approves $400m concessional loan ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $400 million concessional loan to support the reconstruction... Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:16am
Print SC concerned at no budgetary allocation for climate fund ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court expressed concern that the federal and provincial governments have not allocated any... Updated 06 Jul, 2024 09:18am
Pakistan Budget 2024-25: a mixed bag for Pakistan’s climate change efforts Pakistan’s Finance Minister Mohammad Aurangzeb, in his budget 2024-25 speech, said Pakistan faces dangers due to the... Updated 27 Jun, 2024 09:59pm
Pakistan Climate activists demand G7 leaders to pay for climate finance LAHORE: Activists from Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee, Labour Education Committee and Crofter Foundation staged a... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Pakistan Devastating floods in 2022: Pakistan has received $2.8bn so far: minister ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has so far received $ 2.8 billion out of $ 10.987 billion pledges made at the International... Published 05 Jun, 2024 06:28am
World Rich nations met $100bn climate finance goal two years late: OECD PARIS: Wealthy countries met their target of providing $100 billion in annual climate aid to poorer countries for ... Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am
Perspectives 2024 may not serve the climate cause well If 2023 wasn’t a good year for climate change, 2024 may not be any better – for those who wanted to hear some good... Published 08 Mar, 2024 03:53pm
World World needs ‘trillions’ for climate action: COP28 PARIS: The world needs “trillions” of dollars to spur on the green transition and tackle global warming, the ... Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am
Business & Finance Big firms with $7trn exit climate investment pressure group NEW YORK: A pair of large investment companies with nearly $7 trillion in assets, said Thursday they exited a ... Published 17 Feb, 2024 05:51am
World World needs ‘torrents’ of cash for green transition: UN PARIS: The world needs to urgently start investing trillions of dollars in the green transition, the United Nations... Published 03 Feb, 2024 05:46am
Perspectives Unlocking climate funds: Pakistan faces several roadblocks Does Pakistan want to have its cake and eat it too, when it comes to unlocking climate actions funds? There are... Published 17 Dec, 2023 12:26pm
World Pressure grows for climate deal in Dubai DUBAI: The president of the UN’s COP28 climate talks urged negotiators to compromise on Sunday, warning “failure... Published 11 Dec, 2023 06:41am
Opinion COP28 and the need for climate action for Pakistan While the world leaders meet on the sidelines of the COP 28 summit to agree on a climate action plan, developing... Updated 11 Dec, 2023 07:06am
World Climate finance in the spotlight at COP28 climate talks DUBAI: Money pledges stacked up at COP28 in Dubai on Monday as delegates sought to address the huge gap between what... Published 05 Dec, 2023 03:01am
Pakistan Developing countries: Pakistan’s stance on climate finance acknowledged at COP28: PM DUBAI: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar Ul Haq Kakar has said that Pakistan had been a strong voice and a proactive... Published 04 Dec, 2023 05:35am
Pakistan Climate finance for poor nations demanded ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani has emphasised the need for provision of climate finance to... Published 03 Dec, 2023 02:59am
World COP28 opens with launch of loss and damage fund DUBAI: Nearly 200 nations agreed Thursday to launch a fund to support countries hit by global warming, in a... Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am
Opinion Alarming threat of global warming and lagging climate finance The progress made since the landmark Paris Agreement back in 2015 is seriously lagging as pointed out by a recently... Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am
World Rich nations ‘likely’ met $100bn climate finance goal: OECD PARIS: Wealthy nations likely met their goal of providing $100 billion in annual climate finance to poorer nations... Published 17 Nov, 2023 06:06am
Print 2022 Pakistan floods: Reconstruction aid lagging: UN chief UNITED NATIONS: A year after deadly floods inundated a third of Pakistan, the broken promises to rebuild the country... Updated 29 Sep, 2023 05:14pm
Pakistan Pakistan seeks disbursements on pledged flood-relief funds KARACHI: Pakistan is striving to get donors to release $10 billion in pledges to help it recover from devastating... Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am
Opinion Debt, weak multilateralism, and austerity The number of developing countries having high debt levels, that is having public debt more than 60 percent of their... Updated 04 Aug, 2023 06:53am
Opinion Climate change crisis and multilateralism ‘I played a key role as chair of the African Union during the Covid period. We felt like we were beggars when it... Updated 07 Jul, 2023 06:04am
World Rich nations pledge to unlock hundreds of billions of dollars for climate fight PARIS: Multilateral development banks like the World Bank are expected to find $200 billion in extra firepower for... Published 24 Jun, 2023 06:02am
World France’s Macron says leaders finalised accord on $100bn in climate finance PARIS: Wealthy nations finalised an overdue $100-billion climate finance pledge to developing countries on Friday... Published 23 Jun, 2023 02:40pm
Opinion Climate change, debt, and inflation “If you’ve been feeling confused and as though everything is impacting on you all at the same time, this is not ... Updated 09 Jun, 2023 07:10am
3 imported coal-based IPPs to Thar coal: PPIB seeks details of Chinese Ad hoc Working Group on conversion