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Pakistan's govt approves climate, agricultural emergency amid ongoing floo
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif gave in-principle approval for the declaration of a climate and agricultural emergency in response to the devastating impact of monsoon rains and widespread flooding across Pakistan, as reported by The Express Tribune.
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French firefighters battle largest wildfire since 1949
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Firefighters in southern France are battling the country's largest wildfire since 1949, which has burned over 16,000 hectares, killed one person, and left three missing. The blaze remains out of control as officials warn of more heatwaves and worsening climate conditions.
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Extreme heatwave hits Europe
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Authorities across Europe are on alert as the first heatwave of the summer pushes temperatures up to 42C (107.6F), as the fastest-warming continent continues to suffer the effects of the climate emergency.
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Acharya Prashant honoured with 'Most Impactful Environmentalist' award on
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
On World Environment Day, June 5, the Green Society of India honoured world-renowned philosopher and author Acharya Prashant with the prestigious "Most Impactful Environmentalist " award.
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Operation 2030: Acharya Prashant sounds alarm on climate catastrophe, glo
Updated : 1 year ago IST
In a searing indictment of the global community's failure to confront the climate emergency, philosopher and author Acharya Prashant has warned that humanity has already crossed a critical threshold in global warming. Launching Operation 2030, he called for urgent public sensitisation, decla
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Pakistan: Climate march in Karachi urges for immediate environmental actio
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Pakistan Maholiati Tahaffuz Movement organized a climate march against the Pakistan government to highlight the issues of climate emergency, hunger, and poverty in Karachi on Sunday.
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'Don't Look Up' director Adam McKay pledges to donate USD 4M toward climat
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): Filmmaker Adam McKay, who directed the disaster-inspired apocalyptic political satire 'Don't Look Up' has taken another public step in the fight against climate change.
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Environmental education needs greater investment, innovation, say experts
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): Environmental education provision needs greater investment and innovation if future generations are to be able to respond fully to the climate emergency, experts have said.
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Greta Thunberg calls out three decades of 'blah, blah, blah' on climate ch
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Davos [Switzerland], January 26 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on world leaders and organisations over the issue of climate change, environmental activist Greta Thunberg on Monday said that world leaders speak of an existential climate emergency and yet instead of taking action, they set
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UN Secretary General urges leaders to declare 'state of climate emergency'
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday addressed the 2020 Climate Ambition Summit, calling on leaders to declare "a State of Climate Emergency" until they achieve carbon neutrality necessary to save the Earth for future generations.
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Indian students go online to join global relay strike demanding climate em
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): The COVID-imposed lockdown has failed to dampen the enthusiasm of children associated with various child rights movements and organisations across the country who have joined their counterparts aboard in a global relay climate strike to push governments to de
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Increase spending on managing COVID-19 pandemic, tackle climate emergency:
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], April 9 (ANI): The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is having far-reaching economic and social consequences for the Asia Pacific region with strong cross-border spillover effects through trade, tourism and financial linkages, according to a new report by the United N
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