Tag: #globalwarming
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Saving the planet is ‘saving ourselves’!
Millions of people across the globe are feeling the impact of a rapidly warming planet. We must do something about plastic pollution. Maybe have something installed to recycle plastic bottles or for that matter, other materials made up of polypropylene. We were geared up in Gujrat (Gt.) to have a compost plant put up through…
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Global Warming and Climate Change: a Myth or Reality?
This opinion article is by Ihsan Chaudhry. “When you get up above it, what you see is, it’s actually incredibly thin. It’s this tiny, little fragile thing, and as we move about the planet, we’re damaging it. That’s very profound — it’s one thing to recognize that intellectually. It’s another thing to actually see with…
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Unbearable increase in heat intensity due to global warming
This report is by Raeesa Riaz. Climate change and global warming have increased the intensity of heat in different parts of the world beyond human tolerance. A recent study by a British university has revealed that the temperature in the Pakistani city of Jacobabad and the state of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab…
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US returns to Paris climate accord, Biden vows to fight against global warming
Washington, Feb 19 (AFP/APP): The United States on Friday officially returned to the Paris climate accord, with President Joe Biden vowing to make the fight against global warming a top priority. A month after Biden took office, the world’s largest economy and second largest carbon emitter was formally back in the 2015 global agreement aimed at confronting the…
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Global warming likely to raise disease risk for animals
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP):Changes in climate can increase infectious disease risk in animals, with the possibility that these diseases could spread to humans, warn researchers. The study, published in the journal ‘Science’, supports a phenomenon known as “thermal mismatch hypothesis,” which is the idea that the greatest risk for infectious disease in cold climate-adapted animals…
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‘Two-headed beast’: China’s coal addiction erodes climate goals
Beijing, Sept 27 (AFP/APP):China’s surprise pledge to slash its carbon footprint to zero by 2060 was met with cautious applause, but fresh spending on coal to rev up a virus-hit economy threatens to nullify its audacious bid to lead the world into a low carbon future. The fossil fuel has powered China’s economic surge over…
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Climate emergency ‘a danger to peace’: top UN official
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 25 (APP):The climate emergency generated by global warming “is a danger to peace” as climate change exacerbates existing risks of conflict “and creates new ones,” a top United Nations official has said. Speaking in the United Nations Security Council on Friday, Miroslav Jenca, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and…
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PM’s vision to make Pakistan better, environmental-friendly place: Malik Amin Aslam
ISLAMABAD, Jul 19 (APP):Federal Minister and Adviser to Prime Minister of Pakistan for Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Sunday said that the Prime Minister Imran Khan has the vision to make Pakistan a better and environmental-friendly place. He said that the incumbent government has taken major initiatives to save our coming generation from pollution…
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New UN study Predicts Consistent Annual Increases in Global Temperature
A new UN study has predicted consistent annual increases in global temperature.
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India suffers hottest decade on record
New Delhi, Jan 7 (AFP/APP): The last decade was India’s hottest on record with the national weather office calling the impact of global warming “unmistakable” and extreme weather killing more than 1,500 people last year. India, home to 1.3 billion people, is at the forefront of climate change suffering devastating floods, dire water shortages and…