9th review struggle with IMF Published 21 May, 2023 04:00am Since November of last year, Pakistan is still waiting for the release of the next tranche of $1.1 billion from the...
OICCI launches ‘white paper’: ‘Synergizing the climate ambition...’ Published 24 Dec, 2022 05:50am KARACHI: Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), the collective body of over 200 foreign...
Climate-focused development banks neglect nature ahead of COP15 Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am The world’s development banks could play a major role in protecting nature, but are largely ignoring biodiversity...
Senate panel told: 152 big climatic events pushed up food insecurity in country Published 29 Oct, 2022 06:42am ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel was informed on Friday that the country witnessed 152 extreme climatic events – ...
Climate change crisis and COP27 Updated 28 Oct, 2022 06:35am COP27 – 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – which will be...
LNG procurement: global challenges Published 20 Jul, 2022 05:48am During the COP26 conference last November in Glasgow, LNG was identified as the transition fuel for migrating to the...
ICAP to review international sustainability reporting standards Published 22 Jun, 2022 06:45am KARACHI: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), under the Accounting Standards Board, has formed...
NDCs: OICCI holds discussion on climate actions Published 17 Jun, 2022 08:25am KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) organised the first of a series of Industry...
G7 nations vow to stop fossil-fuel financing abroad by end 2022 Published 28 May, 2022 05:11am BERLIN: Japan Friday for the first time joined fellow members of the Group of Seven industrialised nations in...
Tuvalu, sinking in the Pacific, fears becoming a superpower ‘pawn’ Published 13 May, 2022 11:53am SYDNEY: Tuvalu fears that climate change, an existential threat to the Pacific nation, is being forgotten and it...
UK oil capital tackles the energy transition… up to a point Published 13 May, 2022 05:59am In Aberdeen, northeast Scotland, offshore wind turbines, the extension to the city’s port, and hydrogen buses are...
Global economic crisis and Neoliberalism Published 25 Feb, 2022 06:19am ‘The global multilateral economic system has been stress tested twice this century. The first time was with the...
OICCI to hold ‘Pakistan Climate Conference 2022’ in March Published 09 Feb, 2022 05:46am KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), the collective voice of top foreign...
Net Zero Pakistan becomes official accelerator of ‘Race to Zero campaign’ Published 09 Feb, 2022 05:46am KARACHI: Net Zero Pakistan has been announced as an official Accelerator of the UN-backed Race to Zero campaign,...
Climate change 2021: There’s no turning back now Published 28 Dec, 2021 03:54am Across a quarter century of UN climate conferences tasked with saving humanity from itself, one was deemed a chaotic...
Climate change 2021: There's no turning back now Published 27 Dec, 2021 10:20am PARIS: Across a quarter century of UN climate conferences tasked with saving humanity from itself, one was deemed a...
‘Govt plans to inject 60pc renewables into energy mix by 2030’ Published 10 Dec, 2021 04:29am ISLAMABAD: Member Parliamentary Committee on Climate Senator Faisal Javed, on Thursday said, Pakistan, so far, has...
Climate getting coal feet Published 08 Dec, 2021 07:55am Net-zero carbon has many advocates in theory, but the commitment to objectively achieve that globally is missing all...
Oil CEOs raise alarm over market’s readiness to drop fossil fuels Published 08 Dec, 2021 06:22am HOUSTON: A coming transition from oil and gas to renewables will be “messy” for many years and lead to sharp...
Indus Basin’s ecological restoration: PM approves concept plan Updated 07 Dec, 2021 09:50am ISLAMABAD: The government has approved, in-principle, the concept plan of “Ecological Restoration of the Indus...
UNDP vows to support govt’s national climate response Published 06 Dec, 2021 06:19am ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Development Programme’s Pakistan office has said that the international body...
Rich countries’ approach to global climate crisis Published 02 Dec, 2021 03:57am Only recently, climate change activists, doctors and other medical personnel lied on floor outside JP Morgan’s...
Climate change 2021: There's no turning back now Updated 30 Nov, 2021 11:26am PARIS: Across a quarter century of UN climate conferences tasked with saving humanity from itself, one was deemed a...
Experts urge govt to firmly deal with ‘climate emergency’ Published 28 Nov, 2021 05:38am ISLAMABAD: Experts have urged the government to deal with ‘climate emergency’ in Pakistan, keeping in view the...
Seminar held on ‘financing climate actions’ Published 26 Nov, 2021 05:15am KARACHI: A seminar on “Financing climate actions: China initiatives and international cooperation” was held by...
Sixth review under $6bn EFF: IMF, govt reach staff-level agreement Published 23 Nov, 2021 03:54am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement on policies and...
When something is better than nothing Published 21 Nov, 2021 04:19am EDITORIAL: COP26 proved anti-climactic for Go Green campaigners gathered outside the venue who hoped their presence...
Nature-pact goal to protect 30pc of land and ocean hangs in balance Published 20 Nov, 2021 03:58am The central pledge of a planned new global nature pact - to protect 30% of the planet’s land and seas - is in...
Coal power stand at COP26 climate talks lends India time to transition Published 20 Nov, 2021 03:58am MUMBAI: Far from Glasgow, in the coal hub of Ranchi in eastern India, labour union leader D. D. Ramanandan followed...
COP26 left a lot to be desired Published 19 Nov, 2021 04:35am ‘Many people around the world already consider the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow a...