Tag: Climate change

Highlighting the reality of climate change in India, the report stated that:Severe heat waves from April-June led to at least 110 deaths in the country.Even as rains in the summer-monsoon were below average in India, floods and storms from July-August “resulted in more than 600 reported deaths across India, ...

Restored mangroves earn Pakistan millions of dollars in global carbon credit markets. But political turmoil is keeping Pakistan from using the funds to strengthen its defense against climate change. VOA Pakistan Bureau Chief Sarah Zaman reports from deep in the Indus River delta. Source link

islamabad —  Authorities in Pakistan and Afghanistan said Tuesday that intense unseasonal rainfall, lightning and floods across both neighboring countries had killed at least 100 people over the past several days. A spokesman for the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority said floods had caused human and material losses in ...

While food waste is a global problem, it’s particularly of concern in Asia, which ironically is home to upwards of 370 million undernourished people – about half the world total. While not all of them are starving, the 2021 Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan —  Heavy rains killed eight people, mostly children, and injured 12 in Pakistan's northwest, an official said Saturday. Downpours in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province caused rooms to collapse, crushing the people inside, according to Anwar Shahzad, a spokesperson for the local disaster management authority. Shahzad ...

Three Chinese citizens were killed after their vehicle was attacked by terrorists in Pakistan’s northwestern area. A car loaded with explosives rammed into the vehicle near Besham northwest Kohistan region, said Irfanullah Khan, inspector at Shangla Police control room said by phone. Chinese nationals are known to work on ...

Just seven countries met World Health Organisation (WHO) standards on international air quality in 2023, according to a new report.Of 134 countries and regions surveyed, only Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland, Mauritius and New Zealand are meeting a WHO guideline limit for harmful fine-particle, or PM2.5, pollution – caused ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan —  Pakistani authorities said Sunday at least 29 people died and 50 others injured due to heavy rains that swept across the country in the past 48 hours, causing several houses to collapse and landslides to block roads, particularly in the northwest. This comes as Pakistan is ...

Reducing emissions is undeniably essential, but the pivotal question is whether the energy-secure Global North and energy-deficient South confront this challenge on equal grounds. Should countries with high emissions and those with negligible contributions be held to the same standard in cutting emissions? While every tonne of emission matters ...

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