The true price of waste Published 02 Apr, 2026 06:03am EDITORIAL: The scale of food waste worldwide is staggering, yet it remains one of the least effectively confronted...
NBTs finalised as per global commitments Published 15 Mar, 2026 02:21am ISLAMABAD: Upon the conclusion of a two-day high-level meeting, Pakistan has announced to have finalised its...
Mercury and the challenge of regulating beauty sector in Pakistan Published 25 Dec, 2025 06:17am Walk into any cosmetic store across Pakistan you would be greeted with shelves filled with colorful promises of...
Clean energy share will be over 90% by 2035: Awais Updated 07 Dec, 2025 08:12am ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari Saturday said Pakistan is to increase its clean ...
World on track to dangerous warming as emissions hit record high: UN Published 05 Nov, 2025 05:48am PARIS: National commitments to slash heat-trapping pollution would limit global warming up to 2.5C this century —...
CBD Punjab participates in UNEP workshop in DUBAI Published 26 Jul, 2024 06:45am LAHORE: Punjab Central Business District Development Authority (PCBDDA) also known as Central Business District...
Waste sans frontiers Published 08 Mar, 2024 03:14am EDITORIAL: The United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP’s) latest Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 ...
World must act to stem surge of polluting trash, UN warns Published 29 Feb, 2024 04:41am PARIS: The world generated 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal waste last year and the pile of trash is set to grow...
Living Indus Initiative: UNEP, UN FAO to restore 25m acres of land by 2030 Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am ISLAMABAD: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)...
OICCI takes lead in shaping private sector climate action at COP28 Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) demonstrated its commitment to driving...
COP28 Pak Pavilion in Dubai: Sherry urges early action, accountability to address challenge of climate change Published 09 Dec, 2023 05:46am ISLAMABAD: Senator Sherry Rehman on Friday delivered an address at the COP28 Pakistan Pavilion in Dubai, urging...
HBL becomes first Capacity Building Alliance of Sustainable Investment member in Pakistan Published 06 Dec, 2023 04:27am KARACHI: HBL Tuesday, by invitation from the Institute of Finance & Sustainability, joined the Capacity Building...
Alarming threat of global warming and lagging climate finance Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am The progress made since the landmark Paris Agreement back in 2015 is seriously lagging as pointed out by a recently...
Our planet is choking on plastic Updated 26 Sep, 2023 07:16am According to the UNEP, 3.3 million tons of plastic waste is produced in Pakistan each year. 250 million tons of...
Combating plastic pollution Updated 07 Jun, 2023 06:27am EDITORIAL: This year’s theme for World Environment Day “Beat plastic pollution” calls for efforts to banish...
UN calls on nations to ‘urgently’ boost climate funds Published 04 Nov, 2022 05:56am PARIS: Climate change impacts battering vulnerable countries threaten to outstrip efforts to adapt to global ...
World Environment Day Published 05 Jun, 2022 07:35am TEXT: World Environment Day on 5 June is the biggest international day for the environment. Led by the United ...
World Environment Day: Conserving nature inspiring lives Published 05 Jun, 2022 07:35am (Ramish Sultan) TEXT: Climate change is arguably the biggest threat the world is facing right now and its effects...
OnlyOneEarth facts and figures Published 05 Jun, 2022 07:35am TEXT: The big picture - We are using the equivalent of 1.6 Earths to maintain our current way of life, and ...
World Environment Day urges all of us to protect our natural surroundings Published 05 Jun, 2022 07:35am TEXT: World Environment Day urges all of us to protect our natural surroundings. The stunning facts? An estimated 7...
We have only one earth Published 05 Jun, 2022 05:54am The state of perplexity of the contemporary times demands us to save our mother earth. From the primitive age to the...
Green finance versus conventional finance Published 27 Apr, 2022 05:19am Green finance aims to reduce greenhouse gases (mainly carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapour) emissions (GHG) in...
World must brace for more extreme wildfires: UN Published 23 Feb, 2022 11:23am PARIS: The number of major wildfires worldwide will rise sharply in coming decades due to global warming, and...
Kenya emerges as leader in fight against plastic pollution Published 14 Dec, 2021 06:40am TEXT: Kenya is emerging as a leader in the fight against plastic pollution and is among the first countries in East...
New emissions pledges barely affect global heating: UN Published 10 Nov, 2021 05:47am GLASGOW: New emissions-cutting pledges - including a vow during COP26 by India to be carbon neutral by 2070 - are...
Developing countries need 10 times more money to protect themselves from climate change effects: UN Published 05 Nov, 2021 04:39am GLASGOW: Developing countries need up to 10 times more funding to protect themselves from increasingly ferocious...
Is Asia and the Pacific ready for the global climate stage? Published 30 Oct, 2021 04:37am As the leaders of Asia and the Pacific prepare to head to Glasgow for the26th United Nations Climate Change...
Dirty air, foreign aid, and climate funds Published 10 Sep, 2021 04:41am Burning of fossil fuel has had a significant role in exacerbating climate change crisis, the tipping point of which...
How to empower women in power Published 01 Sep, 2021 03:59am For a field as crucial to the modern world as energy, and one which equally impacts all people, women’s...
Leaded petrol runs out of gas, century after first warnings: UN Published 31 Aug, 2021 05:32am NAIROBI: The use of leaded petrol has been eradicated from the globe, a milestone that will prevent more than 1.2...