Tag: environmental

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Earth’s warming weather and rising seas are getting worse and doing so faster than before, the World Meteorological Organization warned Sunday in a somber note as world leaders started gathering for international climate negotiations. “The latest State of the Global Climate report is a ...

Since late September, North Korea has launched a flurry of ballistic missile tests as part of what experts believe is a program to develop so-called tactical nuclear weapons. If the reclusive state moves beyond testing missiles to testing actual nuclear warheads, as some analysts are predicting, it would not only ...

ANKARA The world witnessed several unexpected environmental developments and disasters in August, including deadly floods and landslides in Pakistan; a hailstorm in Spain, torrential rains in northern Nigeria and wildfires in Russia, France and the US.Below is a timeline compiled by Anadolu Agency:Aug. 1:- A wildfire grows to become the ...

ANKARASeveral reports regarding climate change and its growing effects were released in August along with encouraging initiatives and pledges for environmental protection.Below is a list of environmental developments, reports and events compiled by Anadolu Agency.Aug. 2:- Climate financing in Africa needs to be a focus for implementing mitigation and ...

Humanity has clogged the atmosphere with so much heat-trapping gas that four critical measures of the health of the planet broke records last year, according to a report published Wednesday by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Razing forests and burning fossil fuels had already pushed the climate into a ...

Pakistan's Ravi River Urban Development Project (RRUDP) is envisioned by the current ruling government, Pakistan Tekreef-i-Insaf, as an innovative and efficient solution to the country's exponentially growing population in one its major urban center's ⁠— Lahore. However, the project has been met with criticism from environmentalists and activists as well as ...

The Government has cracked down on the stoves in recent years to try to tackle the emissions generated by the appliances. According to Government figures released in 2021, domestic wood burning alone was responsible for 38 per cent of all fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions - a pollutant that ...

London , December 16 (ANI): South Asian region is facing an environmental watershed from rising sea levels endangering the Maldives and melting of glaciers affecting Nepal and Afghanistan to overdevelopment that threatens Tibet's vital ecosystem and destabilisation caused by climate-induced migration, an expert panel discussion highlighted during a webinar ...

President Biden speaks at the virtual Summit for Democracy from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Dec. 9. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg News President Biden’s democracy summit failed before it even began. In virtual meetings on Thursday and Friday, activists and business groups and representatives from some 110 nations ...

J&K tops among UTs in environmental offences: NCRB report Jammu Tawi, Sept 23:  Among eight other Union Territories (UTs) of India, Jammu and Kashmir has recorded the highest number of environment-related offences in the year 2020, reveals National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) official data. According to the data revealed ...