Climate Change
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739Home to world’s 7,000 glaciers, Pakistan is facing growing threat of glacial melting
Pakistan is home to over 7,000 glaciers, more than anywhere else on Earth outside the poles and the increasing worldwide temperatures along...
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Four key climate change indicators set new records
Four fundamental climate change indicators, including greenhouse gas concentrations, ocean heat, ocean acidification, and sea-level rise, set new records in 2021, as...
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UN lists Pakistan among 23 countries facing drought emergencies
The United Nations has included Pakistan in the list of 23 countries that are facing drought emergencies. The report released by the...
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Pakistan pummelled by heatwave that hits 50°C in some parts
The current extreme heatwave all over the country refuses to end as five Pakistani cities have been ranked among the top ten...
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Forests are shrinking due to deforestation of 10 million hectares per year
Almost 47 million hectares of primary forests were lost between 2000 and 2020, said a report, ‘State of the World’s Forests 2022’. The...
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Climate change could sweep 4% of global GDP by 2050
Climate change could witness 4 percent of global annual economic output lost by 2050 and hit numerous poorer areas of the world...
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Heatwave to continue in Pakistan through at least April 8
The Pakistan Meteorological Department has warned that a heatwave is expected to grip the country in the coming 10 days, the public...
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Apple using world’s first low-carbon aluminium in the iPhone SE
Apple is proud of its expertise to recycle metal, and now it’s working to reduce the metal’s environmental impact. The current iPhone...
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Japan installs weather surveillance radar in Karachi to cover 450 km radius
An ultra-modern weather surveillance radar has been initiated in Karachi. The radar is funded by Japan, with the ability to cover the country’s southern...
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In a first, Pakistan elected to UN Environment Assembly
Malik Amin Aslam, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change, has been chosen as vice president of the UN Environment...
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750,000 boy scouts will join the drive to plant 540 million trees in spring
Around 750,000 scouts of Pakistan Boy Scouts Association will join the drive to achieve the target of planting 540 million trees this...
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Highest glacier on Mount Everest has lost 2,000 years of ice in 25 years
Even the glaciers on Mount Everest are not safe from climate change, new research suggests. The Himalayas have some of the world’s highest glaciers, yet...
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa allocates Rs 239 million to fix environmental problems
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government allotted Rs 239 million to resolve environmental problems in the province, containing Rs 70 million for the acquisition...
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UN confirms 2021 was among the seven hottest years on record
The past seven years have been the hottest on record, 2021 temperatures remained high despite the cooling effect of the La Nina...
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Earth headed towards sixth mass extinction? Here’s what we know so far
A new study confirms previous forecasts that the Earth’s species have been dying out at an accelerated rate in the last few...
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa notifies 11 new protected areas for wildlife conservation
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has notified 11 sites as ‘protected areas’ for wildlife conservation, including three national parks. According to an official...
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Five man-made artificial glaciers set up in Gilgit-Baltistan
The University of Gilgit-Baltistan, Karakoram International University Gilgit, and WAFA Foundation in partnership with the local residents have constructed five artificial glaciers...
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Pakistan, World Bank sign $124 million agreement to tackle climate change
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) to tackle climate change has been signed by the the Ministry of Climate Change and the World...
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UN climate summit declared Pakistan Forestry Champion
A big honor for the country- Pakistan will guide Asian countries regarding forestry and green initiatives to muddle through the effects of...
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Toyota will only sell zero-emission vehicles by 2035 in Europe
At a recent media event in Brussels, Toyota revealed a zero-emission green strategy aimed at reducing CO2 emissions by 100 percent in...
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Pakistan, UAE signs MoU for environment protection at COP26
Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) penned down a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the promotion of clean energy and nature-based solutions...
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Pakistan among first countries to meet International Bonn Challenge
Pakistan has become one of the first countries to meet the international ‘Bonn Challenge’ through the refurbishment of about 600,000 hectares of land...
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ADB to provide $300,000 to Pakistan to phase out coal plants
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated $300,000 in grant funds to Pakistan to help the country conduct a pre-feasibility study for...
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UK pledges over £55 million to Pakistan for fight against climate change
According to a statement released by the British High Commission (BHC) on Thursday, the United Kingdom (UK) has pledged over £55 million...
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President Biden thanks PM Imran for joining pact to cut methane emissions
On the sidelines of the COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin...
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Over 100 countries at COP26 pledge to end deforestation by 2030
On Monday, more than 100 world leaders at COP26 committed to preventing and reversing deforestation and land degradation by the end of...
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Karachi could completely sink into the ocean by 2060, warn experts
The experts cautioned Karachi could be totally flooded by 2060 if the existing trajectory of rising sea levels continues, said the British High...
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Pakistan requires up to $14 billion in climate adaptation costs
Prime Minister Imran Khan cautioned world leaders on Monday that if the globe does not take serious action on climate change, the...
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Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia targets net zero carbon emissions by 2060
Ahead of the international climate negotiations in Glasgow, Saudi Arabia has committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2060. One of the world’s...
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PM Imran voices support for Saudi Green & Middle East Green Initiatives
Prime Minister Imran Khan met on Monday with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the sidelines of the Middle East Green Initiative...
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Climate action at COP26 could save millions of lives, WHO says
At the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), the World Health Organization and around three-quarters of global health care workers have encouraged...
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Google, YouTube to stop serving ads on climate change misinformation
Google announced that it will no longer run advertising next to climate change misinformation on its search engine or on YouTube which is the...
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Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for making ‘guess’ about climate
Scientists working on models to anticipate global warming and the interplay of planetary systems received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2021. ...
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UK diplomat says Pakistan’s climate change action serves as model
Strategies to confront climate change being premeditated in Pakistan could serve as a framework for the rest of the world, stated the UK government’s...
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PMD warns of damage to vulnerable buildings due to cyclonic storm Shaheen
Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has notified of damage to vulnerable buildings and probed authorities to remain on high alert during the cyclonic...
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PM Imran Khan wants developed countries to raise climate ambitions
Prime Minister Imran Khan requested the developed countries of the world for observance of the covenants of the Paris Agreement on climate...
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PM Imran Khan to virtually address UN General Assembly today
Prime Minister Imran Khan will address the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday, whose main agenda items include...
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Climate change could force 216 million from their homes by 2050
According to the World Bank, by 2050, reduced agricultural production, water scarcity, rising sea levels, and other adverse effects of climate change...
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Residents of Kallar Syedan, Kotli Sattian, Kahuta, Murree to get stoves in winter
As the winter season is about to start, the government has officially approved a project to issue 300 environment-friendly stoves among families...
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Rain helps bring massive wildfire in southern Spain under control
Firefighters battling a “monster” wildfire in southern Spain, which killed a firefighter and caused the displacement of over 2,600 people, were given...
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Pakistan received 24 percent below-average rainfall from July to August
The Meteorological sector has freshly released data which presents that Pakistan has received 24 percent below average rainfall from July to August...
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Weather, climate disasters surged fivefold in 50 years, says UN
Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s,...
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Carbon emissions will change ocean surface climate by 2100 by 95 percent
Earth’s ocean surface is predicted to be changed by 95 percent by the end of the century unless humanity reins in its...
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Poor air quality poses health risk to 173 million people in Pakistan
At least 173 million people are exposed to medium and high levels of poor air quality in Pakistan, according to a new...
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23 national parks been developed in Pakistan to deal with climate change
At least 23 national parks have been established in Pakistan in addition to planting one billion trees to overcome climate change. On...
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Blue hydrogen could be 20% worse for the climate than natural gas
Considering “Blue Hydrogen” as environment friendly was a misunderstanding as according to the recent research, blue hydrogen could be 20% worse than burning natural...
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Earth is warmer than it’s been in 125,000 years: IPCC climate report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a major report warning governments that global warming was rapidly increasing and that the...
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Record-shattering heatwaves caused by pace of warming: study
Heatwaves that take out temperature level records as in western Canada last month as well as Siberia in 2015 are caused by the...
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Saudi Arabia invites PM Imran to Middle East climate summit
Saudi Arabia welcomed Prime Minister Imran Khan to the next Middle East Green Initiative Summit in October on Friday. The invitation was...
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UK to ban new petrol, diesel heavy goods vehicles from 2040
From 2040, new petrol and diesel heavy goods vehicles will be banned in UK as part of a bigger package of green...
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Sindh govt to spend over Rs 1 billion to address environmental issues
The Sindh government is going to address the growing challenge of environmental issues by spending a billion rupees for that purpose. Last...
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Environment friendly electric bike production launched by PM Khan
Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched Pakistan’s first ever locally manufactured environment friendly electric bike, Jolta Electric, calling it a “futuristic step”. ...
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Experts warn of a famine-like situation if water crisis continues
A famine-like situation may arise if the issue of water scarcity is not resolved in a timely fashion, warned experts. According to...
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UK to assist Pakistan in natural capital accounting for protection of biodiversity
UK and Pakistan have pledged to work together to introduce the concept of the natural capital accounting system and its implementation for...
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New projects on the cards to generate 200,000 green jobs
Green jobs have great potential but are not yet widespread in Pakistan, however, the present government is making efforts in this regard. The climate...
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Climate change to reshape life sooner than feared: UN
In the coming decades, climate change will deeply effect and reshape life on the planet even if humans can control planet-warming greenhouse...
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Climate change causing rise in sea level, frequent cyclones in Pakistan
During the last 20 years in Pakistan, the frequency of formation of tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea has increased 10 times,...
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Water scarcity, drought could be the next pandemic warns the UN
Water scarcity and drought can wreak havoc on a scale similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, according a UN report released yesterday. According to the...
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Moderate to heavy rainfall to hit several cities from Friday to Monday
The Pakistan Meteorological Department has warned of moderate to heavy rainfall in several cities in the East and Central parts of Pakistan from Friday and to Monday. According to...
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Students who plant trees will be given 20 marks extra: Zartaj Gul
Special legislation to grant an additional 20 marks to students who plant trees is underway to integrate young people into Prime Minister...
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Studies find more than 100,000 heat-related deaths annually due to climate change
Researchers have warned that the death toll has increased as global temperatures climbed and more than a third of summer heat-related deaths are due...
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ADB, World Bank estimates climate change to cost Pakistan $3.8 billion yearly
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank (WB) have estimated that climate change will cost Pakistan $3.8 billion yearly. Asian Development...
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Cyclone Tauktae leaves 27 dead, 100 missing in Covid-stricken India
The gigantic spinning system known as Cyclone Tauktae is the latest in a series of more violent storms in the Arabian Sea as climate...
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Pakistan will shift to 60 percent clean energy by 2030, world assured
On Thursday, Pakistan assured the international community that it would be shifting to 60 percent clean energy and 30 percent electric vehicle...
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Blue Nature Alliance aims to restore 18 million square kilometers of ocean in five years
Blue Nature Alliance, founded by a group of nonprofit organizations, is looking to protect 18 million square kilometers of the ocean over the...
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Biden pledges to halve its emissions by 2030 in renewed climate fight
The Biden administration announced on Thursday that by 2030, the United States would have reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to...
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After initial snub, United States invites Pakistan to climate summit
The United States has invited Pakistan to the ‘Virtual Leaders Summit on Climate’ to be convened by President Joe Biden on April...
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Pakistan likely to lose $60 million World Bank loan aimed to tackle climate change
Pakistan and World Bank had signed a programme to tackle climate changes and natural disasters. It was a $188 million concessional programme....
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Google Earth gets new 3D time-lapse feature that shows effect of climate change
Google Earth is ready to get a new 3D time-lapse feature which allows you to see how Earth has evolved from 1984 to...
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Pakistan improves on long term climate risk index 2021
Pakistan has successfully been able to reduce its vulnerability to climate change by three points according to the released report titled “Global...
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Karachi Students Gets 4th Place in the World Robot Olympiad
A robotic project developed by three students from Karachi has managed to secure the 4th position at the World Robot Olympiad held...
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Climate change could create millions of migrants in Pakistan by 2050: ActionAid
The prediction has been made by ActionAid under the view of the growing impacts of climate change that nearly 63 million people...
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Joe Biden appoints Pakistan-born Ali Zaidi as deputy national climate advisor
US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday announced the appointment of Gina McCarthy as his National Climate Advisor and Pakistani-American Ali Zaidi as...
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Recharge Pakistan program launched to enhance climate resilience, water security
Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC), the Federal Flood Commission (FFC) under the Ministry of Water Resources, and WWF-Pakistan have launched a programme...
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Aga Khan Agency for Habitat wins World Habitat Awards Gold Award
Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) won the World Habitat Awards 2020 Gold Award for the integration of indigenous knowledge and technologies...
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2020 on course to be one of three hottest years ever recorded: UN
The year 2020 has been declared one of the three hottest ever recorded, even could top the record set in 2016, the...
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Climate change in coastal areas impact women more: environmentalists
Environmental experts have highlighted that climate change has affected women living on the coastal areas of Indus Delta, particularly those working in...
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Pakistan can meet climate smart development goals
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan declared that Pakistan has tremendous potential to overcome the hurdles caused by climate change and...
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Donald Trump calls India ‘filthy’ at final US presidential debate
United States President Donald Trump called China, India and Russia “filthy” when speaking during the climate change segment during the Presidential debate...
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Climate change: the enemy No 1 for Pakistan
Pakistan is among those five countries which have badly affected by climate change in the world, as per the reported by Germanwatch,...
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Pakistan reduces import of Ozone depleting substances to 50pc
Pakistan achieved yet another landmark in its environment-friendly ambitions to protect the whole region from man-induced climate change and ecological degradation by...
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PM Imran Khan addresses Arnold Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative
At the invitation of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hollywood superstar and former governor, Prime Minister Imran Khan virtually addressed the 4th annual Austrian World...
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Climate change may unearth hidden virus and unleash new epidemics
Climate change due to global warming may drive infectious diseases like malaria, smallpox, and dengue, and zika virus and unleash new epidemics...
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Approval of EPA to be sought for every construction project: IHC
IHC has ordered that the approval of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be a must before launching any construction project. According...
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UK temperature pass 34C for six days in row for first time since 1961
The weather condition in the UK has turned drastically hot and recorded above 34C temperature for straight sixth day for the first...
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Coal-Fired Generation Rises to Record in Pakistan
Chinese funding increased the power generation through coal in Pakistan when other countries are avoiding coal-fired power due to its negative environmental...
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Govt to install 24 electric vehicle charging points across Pakistan
Federal Power Division Minister Omar Ayub revealed that government is planning to set up around 24 electric vehicle charging points all over...
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North Forest Division to plant 30,000 trees on Independence Day
Under the clean and green Pakistan project of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Forest Department, North Forest Division has announced to plant 30,000...
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South Asian monsoon becoming unpredictable, catastrophic: experts
South Asian monsoon is becoming alarmingly catastrophic and predicting it is becoming difficult. The Comsats Centre for Climate and Sustainability (CCCS) arranged...
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PM Imran launches tree plantation drive to address climate change challenges
On Sunday, Prime Minister Imran Khan launched a “record-breaking” tree plantation drive in Pakistan of planting 3.5 million saplings and said that...
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Pakistan achieves global climate change goal a decade ahead of deadline
Pakistan with its steadfast focus on the plantation, investment in clean energy and biodiversity conservation achieved Goal 13 of UN Climate Action...
