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Pakistan should not be left at mercy of climate change: PM Shahbaz Sharif
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the international community should not leave developing countries like Pakistan at the mercy of climate change.
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Living in timber cities could avoid more than 100 billion tons of CO2 emis
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Postdam [Germany], August 30 (ANI): New research by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany suggests that living in timber cities could avoid emissions.
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Rapid global turnarounds in energy, food and equity required for prosperou
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Postdam [Germany], August 30 (ANI): After the Club of Rome published its new report 'Earth4all', Co-author of the report and Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Johan Rockstrom said that climate change is a strong attribute of inequity and that countries who have c
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Scientists warn of frequent, intense heatwaves, drought in China due to cl
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 27 (ANI): Amid the severe heatwave and drought on the Chinese mainland, which has severely affected the agriculture sector putting the harvest under "severe threat," scientists have warned that more frequent and intense heatwaves may grip China due to climate change.
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Extreme weather in China highlights climate change impacts and need for ea
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 27 (ANI): Extreme weather - record-breaking heatwaves, severe drought, and deadly rainfall - have battered China since June.
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Greater Horn of Africa drought forecast to continue for fifth year: WMO
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 27 (ANI): Millions of people in the Greater Horn of Africa have already "suffered the longest drought in 40 years," and parts of the region are bracing for a fifth consecutive failed rainy season, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has reported.
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Pakistan to launch UN 'Flash Appeal' as floods rage across the country
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 27 (ANI): Pakistan is set to launch the UN 'Flash Appeal' for flood victims in Geneva and Islamabad on August 30 as unprecedented rains have caused devastating floods across the country.
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Climate change leading to frequency of fish mass extinctions
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Arkansas [US], August 27 (ANI): The frequency of fish die-offs, or mass mortality events, has increased as the planet's climate has warmed. These die-offs can have serious consequences for ecosystem function, endanger existing fish populations, and reduce global food supply. And the frequenc
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Pakistan: 33 million people affected by the worst flooding in a decade
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 26 (ANI): At least 33 million people have been severely affected in Pakistan which is witnessing the worst flooding in a decade due to heavy rainfall caused by climate change.
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Pakistan declares national emergency after floods kill over 900 people
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 26 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing devastation caused by heavy rains and floods in different parts of Pakistan, the government on Thursday officially declared a "national emergency".
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Government notifies Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India published the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022 on Wednesday.
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Floods killed over 900 including 326 children in Pakistan since June: Sher
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 24 (ANI): Pakistani Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman on Wednesday revealed that over 900 people were killed during monsoon rains across Pakistan since June this year, while 1,293 were left injured, media reports said.
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