Climate Resilient Pakistan conference in Geneva calls for support amid post-flood challenges
The International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan, co-hosted by the Government of Pakistan and the United Nations in Geneva, Monday called for securing global support and forging long-term partnerships to help the country cope with the challenges of devastating floods of 2022. The conference brought together governments, leaders from the public and private sectors and…
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Deforestation: A major challenge to combat climate change
Smile is back on the face of 70 years-old Amanullah Khan after his ‘wood taals’ started roaring business in the wake of a significant decline in mercury level during the ongoing harsh cold weather that gripped the Peshawar valley. Busy like a honeybee in cutting timber of native and indigenous species with a big saw…
Battling Climate Change: Experts Highlight Key Interventions for a Sustainable future
A “Climate Change and Karachi – Building Coastal Resilience” Conference was held in Karachi, sponsored by TPL Properties, which highlighted the interventions needed to help the city in adapting to climate change impacts. The Conference focused on highlighting the impacts of Climate Change on Karachi and the measures that can be taken to mitigate the…
Climate change to cause dengue outbreaks in non-vulnerable high-altitude areas: Study
Pakistan after receiving massive manifestations of spiking up global warming, the environmental degradation and shift in monsoon weather pattern and increased temperatures would face spread of dengue outbreaks in non-vulnerable high-altitude areas. A study carried out by the scientists and experts from the Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), Health Services Academy (HSA) and National…
UK announces project for Pakistan’s climate finance accelerator initiative
The UK has announced that seven innovative low-carbon projects from across Pakistan will be part of the first cohort of projects for the Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA), Pakistan. The chosen projects, selected from over 50 applications, were from the energy, transportation, Agriculture, Forestry and other Land Uses (AFOLU), waste, e-mobility, and industrial and manufacturing sectors….
Pakistan witnesses 300% rise in GLOF, rising sea levels in one year
The Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change was briefed that the country witnessed a 300 percent increase in glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) incidents and rising sea levels threatening the existence of cities such as Thatta, Badin and Karachi in just one year. The meeting of the Senate Standing Committee was held under the chair…
InfraZamin Pakistan Webinar; Innovative Solutions for Adaption to Climate Change in Pakistan
Pakistan is the 5th most vulnerable country to climate change; therefore, it is critical to build awareness on this subject and more importantly find collective solutions on how to adapt to the impact of climate change. InfraZamin held its first of a series of webinars with the objective of understanding, working with and preparing for…
ADB to mobilize over $2 Billion to support Pakistan’s post-flood relief measures
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will approve funding of over US$2 billion to support Pakistan’s post-flood relief and resilience activities by end of current year, ADB Director General for Central and West Asia Eugene Zhukov told a virtual press conference from Manila on Thursday. Expressing sympathies and grief over the huge devastation caused by the…
Federal Finance Minister unveiled 4 point agenda to put Pakistan on path of prosperity
Leaders in Islamabad are instrumental in bringing new thoughts and significant perspectives always. They had invited Dr. Miftah Ismail Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue and Sherry Rehman Federal Minister for Climate Change as guests of honor for their 5th edition titled “Imagineering The Future.” The Summit is jointly hosted by Nutshell Group and Martin…
Climate Change Ministry gets Rs 9.6 billion budgetary allocations under PSPD 2022-23
The Federal Government has allocated Rs 9.6 billion under Public Service Development Programme (PSDP) for Climate Change Division in the fiscal year 2022-23. The allocated amount of billions of rupees in the Fiscal Year 2022-23 focused on climate change adaptation and mitigation endeavors to purge the country from adverse impacts of environmental degradation and global…