Climate Change

ISLAMABAD: Climate change has significantly disrupted education worldwide, with students in Pakistan losing 97 school days — 54 per cent of a typical academic year — between 2023 and 2024. This alarming statistic was highlighted during a panel discussion titled, “Climate Education: Safeguarding and Empowering Children and Youth in a…

Climate change presents an unprecedented global challenge, mainly driven by increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Among these gases, carbon dioxide (CO₂) stands out as the most critical, primarily released by burning fossil fuels for industrial and energy production. Geological carbon sequestration (GCS) represents one of the most promising strategies for tackling…

PM Shehbaz says Pakistan’s climate story embodies “cruel paradox” in that its emissions are less than 1pc and yet it is one of the most climate-affected countries. Experts unanimously demanded collective action and coordinated efforts to tackle and mitigate the impact of the escalating environmental crisis on the conclusion of…

Amit Oberoi is executive chairman of the Considerate Constructors’ Scheme Climate change is the defining challenge of our generation, and it is obvious more needs to be done to mitigate its worst effects. Construction is uniquely placed to be a major part of the solution, not only in reducing its…

Rat infestations are increasing all around the world, and scientists suggest that climate change may be to blame. Publishing their results in a recent Science Advances article, a team of researchers analyzed rat populations in 16 cities from around the world, including New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. Their analysis…

January 2025 was the warmest January on record, surpassing the previous record set by January 2024, according to satellite data from the EU’s Copernicus program. The findings were unexpected as ongoing La Niña conditions in the Pacific typically cool down global temperatures. The global average surface air temperature for the…

Potential staffing changes for more than 1,100 Environmental Protection Agency employees are just one of the first dominoes to fall in the agency’s changes during the Trump Administration, activists say. Northwest Indiana activists say environmental and public health are on the line if significant staffing changes are made. More than…

Sound alarm on host of climate issues and challenges facing the world such as air pollution and glacial melting. A global climate conference under DawnMedia’s ‘Breathe Pakistan’ initiative on Thursday brought together experts and leaders to find solutions to climate change with them calling for urgent funding to power adaptation…

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In Southern California, the growing risk of landslides has put many communities on edge, demonstrated by radar data from NASA focused on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County. The peninsula, which sits south of Los Angeles and juts out into the Pacific Ocean, contains an ancient landslide complex…