Xi plants trees in Beijing, urging respect for nature
Beijing: President Xi Jinping on Friday joined Beijingers to plant trees and urged efforts to respect and protect nature and promote...
Environment
Xi inspects wetland conservation, urban management in Hangzhou
Hangzhou: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Tuesday inspected wetland conservation and technology-based urban...
GSP demands Rs 519 million to execute four projects in next PSDP
Islamabad: The Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) has demanded Rs 519.057 million to execute four projects under the Public Sector...
Regional Cooperation to counter Locust threat
Islamabad: A high-level ministerial meeting was organized by the FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in South West-Asia (SWAC)...
Pakistan gets China aid to fight locust
Karachi: China on Monday sent the first batch of aid fir Pakistan to fight the locust. Recently, the worst locust...
Italy: $4.4m hypercar “most powerful” ever – It’s electric
Rome: It is said to be the “ultimate design expression of the most powerful road-legal Italian car ever made”, and it...
Five years till Pakistan is water scarce: Sherry Rehman
Islamabad: “Pakistan will have absolute water scarcity by 2025, which will hit women and other marginalized groups disproportionately hard. Mainstream...
Wettest February on record in UK
London: The UK has weathered its wettest February on record after three successive storms brought heavy downpours and flooding. A UK...
Chinese team visits Tharparkar to help anti-locust drive
Karachi: A working group of Chinese experts surveyed Tharparkar in order to extend assistance to Pakistan to curb swarms of...
Around 45% UK consumers seek more eco-friendly products
London: Around 45% of UK shoppers are now actively interested in buying products that are better for the environment. According to...
Australia announces new agricultural research projects in Pakistan
Islamabad: Australia has announced new agricultural research projects in Pakistan during a visit by Professor Andrew Campbell, Chief Executive Officer...
UN Secretary General urges World to address challenges of climate change
Islamabad: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says addressing challenges and threats of climate change is a common responsibility of all...
China fulfills emission promises with actions, not slogans: FM
Berlin: China played an important role in facilitating the final signing of the Paris Agreement, and will "100 percent" fulfill its...
No more gas and diesel cars in UK by 2035
London: Britain announced Tuesday that it plans to ban the sale of new gas and diesel cars by 2035 —five...
Australian Smoke to make ‘full circuit’ around globe, Nasa
Smoke from the massive bushfires in Australia will soon circle the Earth back to the nation, says Nasa.Massive infernos have...
Clean energy heating project benefits over 310,000 Xinjiang households
Urumqi: A total of 316,000 households in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region benefited from the local coal-to-electricity conversion project...
Sindh CM orders hiring of aircrafts to kill locust swarm
Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed agriculture department to hire few latest aircraft to spray locust...
Australia after deadly bushfires bring ‘one of worst days ever’
Australia after deadly bushfires bring 'one of worst days ever' Skies turned blood red above parts of southeast Australia on...
Xi highlights Yellow River development
Beijing: Ecological protection a priority for basin; water should be a controlling resource President Xi Jinping on Friday underscored the...
The world’s largest flowers blooming in an Indonesian jungle
The rafflesia plant is often referred to as a "monster flower" for its parasitic properties and repugnant stench. Indonesian wildlife...
Water, water, everywhere
Jakarta: At least 16 people have died in flooding in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, after the city had its most...
Thousands flee to the sea as fires race to coast in Australia
Australia fires: Thousands flee to the sea as fires race to coast Thousands of people have fled to a beach...
Cold wave breaks 25-year-old record in Skardu
Lahore: The 25-year-old record on Sunday has been broken in Skardu as the cold wave continues to grip various parts...
Italy: Europe’s first plastic-free ski resort
Rome: An Italian ski resort is endeavouring to become the first in Europe to ban plastic after discovering that a...
Senate body asks IRSA to details on water distribution mechanism
Islamabad: Senate Standing Committee on Water Resources in its meeting directed IRSA and all provincial irrigation departments to bring all...
Raging forest fires engulf Valparaíso
At least 120 houses have been destroyed by fast moving forest fires in the Chilean city of Valparaíso, prompting a...
Australia endures hottest day on record
Australia has experienced its hottest day on record with the national average temperature reaching a high of 40.9C (105.6F).The Bureau...
Italy committed to climate change awareness: Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo
Islamabad: Italy ambassador to Pakistan Stefano Pontecorvo Sunday said that his country was committed to climate change awareness. The envoy...
Sydney shrouded in smoke on Tuesday
People in Sydney woke up to a city shrouded in smoke on Tuesday, as scores of bushfires rage across the...
Sherry Rehman dissatisfied with efforts to curb smog
Islamabad: Chairperson Climate Change Caucus, Senator Sherry Rehman, in a meeting on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of measures...
