Climate financing imperative for developing countries

Islamabad : Mujtaba Hussain, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Climate Change has said that while there lately had been several debates about the...

The CBD roadmap

THE Convention on Biological Diversity was opened for signature in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio, and came into force in December 1993. The CBD is...

Podcast: COPcast episode #9 – Aisha Khan on Pakistan's losses and damages

Pakistan was inundated with flooding over the summer — to the extent that a third of the country was submerged, according to officials. The...

Recurring disasters

THE recent disaster on Shisper Glacier in Hunza Valley should not have come as a shock to the Disaster Management Authority in...

Aisha Khan explains the importance of #climatechange education in schools.

Mountains & women

MOUNTAIN development has gained considerable attention globally in the development sphere after the needs of mountain communities were recognised...

Water challenges

WATER security has emerged as a sub-set of human security, raising serious concerns about peace, stability and moral and legal responsibility for...

#ClimateAmbitionSummit

#ClimateAmbitionSummit - “🇫🇷efforts in building support for the Agenda of Solutions ahead of COP 21 offered an opportunity for🇵🇰civil...

MoU between IRS & CSCCC

President IRS Ambassdor Nadeem Riyaz and Aisha Khan CE CSCCC sign MoU.  The agreement between the Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change and...

"GBV and climate" by Aisha Khan

THE Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was adopted by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in 1979 to pave the way...

Aisha Khan addresses the impacts of Climate Change for Food & Water Security

ISLAMABAD: “It is very important to respond to climate change because it affects availability of water and food security, which are essential for...

Aisha Khan CEO ,CSCCC delivering a series of lecture at FSA.

Fire at Plastics Plant Sends Toxic Smoke Over North Texas

A plastics plant near Dallas,Texas caught fire midnight Wednesday, sending a column of toxic smoke billowing over North Texas.The smoke...

Women in Leadership Roles

Aisha Khan is the Executive Director for Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change (CSCCC) and CEO of Mountain and Glacier Organization (MGPO). She...

Climate odyssey

THE Conference of Parties to the UN Treaty-COP26 has been rescheduled to take place in November 2021. The journey that started in 1992 in Rio de...

Millions of Americans Face Water Shutoffs During Pandemic

The Centers for Disease Control has emphasized that washing hands with soap and water is one of the most effective measures we can take in...

Lesson learn from COVID19 for managing a future climate emergency.

A fragile world

“THERE are decades when nothing happens and there are weeks where decades happen.” Vladimir Lenin did not have a health pandemic in mind but his...

Germany Exceeds 50% Renewable Energy Use Milestone

Germany's target for renewable energy sources to deliver 65% of its consumed electricity by 2030 seemed on track Wednesday, with 52% of...

Polar Ice Caps Melting Six Times Faster Than in the 1990s

The polar ice caps are melting six times faster than they were in the 1990s, the most comprehensive look at the data to date has found.That data,...

The World Is 'Way off Track' in Dealing With Climate Crisis, Says UN Head

The United Nations released a sobering report Tuesday showing that the climate crisis is accelerating global hunger and wreaking havoc on...

‘Fossil Fuel Companies Knew’: Honolulu Files Lawsuit Over Climate Impacts

By Dana DrugmandHawaii has officially joined the fight to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the climate crisis. On Monday the...

Amazon Ecosystem Could Collapse in Less Than 50 Years, Study Finds

Bigger ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest and the Caribbean coral reefs could be in danger of collapsing more rapidly than was previously assumed,...

Tough choices

A RAPIDLY changing climate is a burning subject being discussed by policymakers, activists, industry, academia, researchers and the media. At...

Climate & security

THE year 2020 marks the beginning of a decade witnessing the onset of many changes that will bring focus to the connection between climate change and...

Age of impunity

THE political disorder is witnessing a shift in the balance of power from liberal democracies to autocratic regimes. As the rule of law weakens and...

Climate Crisis Could Destroy Most Vineyards

A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Monday found that two degrees Celsius of global warming—a...

Nestlé to Invest $2 Billion for Recycled Plastic Packaging

Nestlé, the world's largest food company, said it will invest up to $2 billion to address the plastic waste crisis that it is...

Happy New Year

Happy New Year from CSCCC Team

Time for action

IT has taken the world 25 years of negotiations to reach the point where countries are now required to put words into actions. The Conference of...

How to fight smog, together

The moment I submitted my dissertation at Cardiff University, I packed my stuff and took my flight for home – Lahore. After spending a year in the...

Alarming numbers

‘FOOD, water and energy’ is a regular theme at conferences. The nexus is very important and needs to be highlighted but it is time now to also...

ورلڈ بینک پاکستان کے کنٹری ڈائریکٹر ایلانگو پاچا موتو نے پاکستان میں موسمیاتی تبدیلیوں پر بات کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ پاکستان کے کئی شہر فضائی آلودگی اور سموگ کے باعث شدید متاثر ہو رہے ہیں جب کہ کئی شہروں کو آبی آلودگی کا بھی سامنا ہے۔

ورلڈ بینک پاکستان کے کنٹری ڈائریکٹر ایلانگو پاچا موتو نے پاکستان میں...

Climate Conclave 2019: Coca-Cola Is Playing an Active Role in Providing Solutions for Climate Change Nov 30, 2019

In advance of the upcoming Climate Change Conference (COP25), public and private sector representatives met at Climate Conclave 2019 to discuss a...

Climate Conclave 2019 Building a Fair Future: Climate Change and Human Rights, Role of Private Sector, and Pakistan’s Agenda for COP 25

In advance of the upcoming Climate Change Conference (COP25), public and private sector representatives met to discuss a wide range of climate...

Gender in South Asia

WE are living in a divided and unequal world that is socially fractured and economically uneven. Hatred, hypocrisy, prejudice, conflict and war are...

Ten Billion Tree Tsunami

Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change (CSCCC) and other civil society actors attended the “Ten Billion Tree Tsunami” a tree plantation event...

Societal values and climate change

WE tend to always think of climate change in the context of food, water and energy security or natural disasters and health, livelihood and...

Stanford Law School Hosts Mountain Guardian and Bright Award Winner, Aisha Khan

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FO congratulates Aisha Khan over winning top environmental award

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal congratulated a Pakistani woman, Aisha Khan, over winning the top environmental award, 2019...

Aisha Khan, for Pakistan@100, talking about the participatory nature of governance and the need to adapt to climate change.

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Mountain guardian wins Stanford’s top environmental award

Aisha Khan, winner of the 2019 Stanford Bright Award, combats climate change while promoting economic resilience in the high-altitude mountain...

Compounding Vulnerabilities

CLIMATE change is often viewed through the lens of sectors most affected by global warming and changes in precipitation patterns. These include...

News coverage of CSCCC's 'Environmental Journalist Cohort'

News coverage of CSCCC's 'Environmental Journalist Cohort' from KP and merged districts to Muzaffarabad. This project is supported by SDC.Visit...

Arcadia Power

Arcadia Power wants to help you get access to clean power and savings opportunities, so they’ve created a special offer for EcoWatch...

Plastic, Insects, Salmon and Climate Change: The 13 Best Environmental Books of July

By John R. PlattSummer is officially upon us, which means it's time to pick the season's best beach reads. And there's no rule that says beach reads...

Power Wash for Your Insides

What if you could restore your gut health with one simple fix?

According to one doctor in California there may be a...

Apocalypse now

THROUGHOUT human history, religions have long predicted the end of the world. Global warming and the impacts of climate change also predict scenarios...

CEO, Aisha Khan at event Women & Climate Change

As a part of panel

Climate Change Blamed as Flooding Forces Thousands to Evacuate in Canada

Flooding in four Canadian provinces has forced thousands of people to evacuate, and leaders across the country are blaming climate...

Problems with plastic

by Shahzada Irfan Ahmed May 5, 2019
As the use of plastic products is on the rise in Pakistan, there seems to be a realisation among...

‘When the Glaciers Disappear, Those Species Will Go Extinct’

As glaciers shrink, the melting is disrupting habitats for everything from bacteria to fish. ...

WB Spring Meeting

As part of our Global Voices Interview Series, we are talking with Aisha Khan, Executive Director for Civil Society Coalition...

Tree Rings Reveal Climate Secrets of the Forest

By Marlene CimonsNeil Pederson's introduction to tree rings came from a "sweet and kindly" college instructor, who nevertheless was "one of the...

Underwater mudslides are the biggest threat to offshore drilling, and energy companies aren’t ready for them

Like generals planning for the last war, oil company managers and government inspectors tend to believe that because they survived the 2010 BP...

Inconsistent Water Testing Exposes U.S. Schoolchildren to High Levels of Lead

By Sam NickersonMillions of children across the U.S. have been exposed to high concentrations of lead through their school drinking water due to...

Application form for SDC

Please visit for Application Form: https://goo.gl/forms/MayMCcE3ignlS0RC2   (please copy and paste this link into your browser window and...

Pakistan – the 8th most affected country from climate change

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In the 20 year average, ‘The...

Provincial Water Dialogue

 Sub National Perspectives on National Water Policy event took place in Karachi . This event is co-hosted by CSCCC in collaboration with...

Reporting to Cop

Political leadership from different countries, scientists, environmentalists and civil society organisations will meet in Katowice, Poland next month...

'Everything Is Interconnected': Photo of Radiant Spider Web Wins EcoWatch Contest

EcoWatch is excited to announced the winner of our first-ever Gratitude Photo Contest. Participants sent us their best shots of what in nature...

Tropics Could Face Six Climate Disasters at Once by 2100

In a year that saw record-breaking heat waves, record-breaking hurricanes and record-breaking wildfires, it's hard to imagine how the future could...

Practicable Solution

Water is a capital asset that supports services that maintain the conditions of life. These include provisioning services that have direct inputs...

A short-sighted approach

THE Paris Agreement in 2015 at the 21st Conference of Parties, or COP21, was a watershed moment in global efforts to combat climate change. As...

Interview- Aisha Khan

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CSCCC at Open Government Partnership Asia Pacific Regional Meeting 2018 in Seoul, South Korea

Aisha khan with Sanjay Pradhan CEO IG OGP

Group Photo of OGP Asia-Pacific Regional meeting 2018

Senate Approves Trump Climate Skeptic to Run Environmental Enforcement at Justice Dep

A climate change skeptic who once labeled President Obama's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions a communist plot is now the nation's top ...

Climate Change, Inspired By Banksy

Banksy, who infamously shredded his "Girl With Balloon" painting at an auction on Friday, has inspired people to whip up their own versions of the...

Australia to 'Absolutely' Exploit and Use Coal Despite IPCC Warning

Australia's coal-loving lawmakers dismissed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) warning to phase out the polluting fossil fuel...

Science pronounces its verdict: World to be doomed at 2°C, less dangerous at 1.5°C

If climate efforts continue at current pace, global warming will breach 1.5°C limit between 2030 and 2052The impact of global warming is greater...

IPCC report on global warming of 1.5°C: Seven things that emerge from the first look

At current rate of emissions, the world is set to breach the global warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius between 2030 and 2052, reveals the IPCC...

The IPCC global warming report spares politicians the worst detail

The dangers if governments ignore efforts to limit warming to 1.5C are more grave than the summary makes outA report by the Intergovernmental Panel...

World's Largest River Floods Five Times More Often Than It Used to

Extreme floods have become more frequent in the Amazon Basin in just the last two to three decades, according to a new study. After analyzing...

In Pakistan, a high mountain water pipe brings a bonus: peace

When a pipeline was installed last year to bring spring water
and snowmelt to this village of 500 households in northern
Pakistan, it brought...

Siksa Valley: Turning Gilgit-Baltistan’s barren lands into green miracles

I had never been past Khaplu in the Ganche District of Baltistan, a lovely green valley encircled by towering mountains. I had stayed a few times at...

Pakistan's water woes: Assessing the national water policy

Three-hundred-and-ninety-nine children died in Mithi, Tharparkar, this year alone. According to the health department, every year 1,500 children die...

Notes from Pakistan: The mountains, and the water, offer echoes of home

Imagine a place that is mountainous to the west, with flat, dry almost desert-like conditions to the east.Water availability is largely dependent on...

Art for Climate Change

Report on the Practitioners’ Retreat 2018   Art for social change” is a...

Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change

The world has warmed more than one degree Celsius since the Industrial Revolution. The Paris climate agreement — the nonbinding, unenforceable and...

State of the Climate Report Confirms Planet Has Entered 'New Neighborhood' of Global Temperatures

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the results of what it calls the "annual checkup for the...

Trump Fuel Efficiency Proposal Is Attack on Global Climate and States' Rights, Critics Say

The Trump administration followed through on a move long dreaded by environmental groups and several states Thursday, publishing...

The Arctic is burning

There are currently 11 wildfires blazing in the Arctic circle, The Guardian reportedWednesday.While fires are also raging in...

Pakistan, Germany sign MoU on promotion of renewable energy

ISLAMABAD: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Renewable Energy has been signed between Pakistan and Germany.German Ambassador in Pakistan...

Temperature fluctuations to strike the poorest countries the most

Researchers are reporting that the poorest countries will be hit the hardest by larger and more frequent thermal fluctuations triggered...

Don't talk about the weather

Even trusting your local weather announcer is political these days. Take the battle in Congress over the...

More Than a Third of Schools Tested Have ‘Elevated Levels’ of Lead in Drinking Water

A troubling new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that more than a third of the nation's schools that tested...

How Coca-Cola and Climate Change Created a Public Health Crisis in a Mexican Town

A lack of drinking water and a surplus of Coca-Cola are causing a public health crisis in the Mexican town of San Cristóbal de las...

Prep for floods, Plant trees

By Henry Fountain As a reporter who sometimes writes about water, I’ve spent a lot of time in California,...

Community Stewardship and Water Replenishment Program

Two More Government Agencies Axed Climate Change Mentions From Reports and Websites

When the White House website removed all most all references to climate change within minutes of President Donald Trump's inauguration, it set the...

12-Year-Old Girl Invents Plastic-Detecting Robot to Save Our Oceans

For 12-year-old Anna Du a love of the ocean and marine animals inspired her to build a device that hunts for microplastics. These tiny plastic ...

Wineries Around the World Grapple With Climate Change

In our rapidly changing climate—where weather patterns are less predictable, and drought and heatwaves have become longer and more intense—the...

Derailed Train Spills 230,000 Gallons of Crude Into Flooded Iowa River

A train derailment spilled 230,000 gallons of crude oil into an already-flooded Iowa river Friday, endangering downstream drinking water, the Des...

Good News From Antarctica: Rising Bedrock Could Save Vulnerable Ice Sheet

After last week's disturbing news that ice melt in Antarctica has tripled in the last five years, another study published Thursday offers some...

Adorable and Feisty Humboldt Marten Faces Extinction From Pot Cultivation, Climate Change

The Humboldt marten—a rare, house cat-sized cousin to the weasel found in old-growth forests in northern California and Oregon—is being...

Taking Your First Steps Into Local Climate Action

Yes, yes—it can feel daunting. The climate crisis is more urgent than it's ever been. Some days we feel like we're making good progress,...

CSCCC Panel at the 5th International Climate Change Adaptation Conference at Cape Town, South Africa, 18-21 June 2018

Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change (CSCCC) organized a panel titled "Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction...

Urban Gardening 101: How to Deal With Contaminated Soil

Urban soils are particularly prone to contamination. Fifty years ago, your yard could have belonged to a farmer, who, perhaps not knowing any better,...

Building a Climate-Resilient South Asia

Ms. Aisha Khan, Executive Director for Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change (CSCCC) and CEO of Mountain and Glacier Organization (MGPO) in...

NASA Climate Scientist Warned Us About Warming 30 Years Ago

Climate science marks a troubling anniversary this week: in June of 1988, NASA scientist James Hansen told Congress that global...

India Suffers 'Worst Water Crisis in Its History'

ndia is facing its "worst-ever" water crisis, according to a report from a government think tank issued last week.Around 200,000 Indians...

Comprehensive Animal Protein Study Compares Environmental Impacts

Scientists behind a study published less than two weeks ago said that avoiding meat and dairy is probably the single best consumer choice...

How Climate Change Ignites Wildfires From California to South Africa

The link between climate change and more frequent, severe wildfires is well-known, but two new studies published in...

Emails Show EPA's Cozy Alliance With Major Climate Denial Group

Newly released emails show that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Scott Pruitt has routinely been in contact with one of...

New Oceans Study Could Alter Climate Predictions

A study published Monday in Nature Geoscience discovered a new factor that is lowering the rate at which oceans absorb carbon...

In Upstate New York, a Summer of Climate Change Art

On 500 acres of woodland and rolling hills in New York's Hudson Valley sits the Storm King Art Center. This site of former farmland and gravel...

China’s Global Infrastructure Initiative Could Bring Environmental Catastrophe

Humans are ravaging tropical forests by hunting, logging and building roads and the threats are mounting by the day.China is planning a series of...

Dr Tariq Banuri Is The New Chairman HEC

Congratulations to Dr Tariq Banuri on his appointment as Chairman of Higher Education Commission (HEC) from the CSCCC team.

110 Million Americans May Be Drinking PFAS-Contaminated Water

More than 1,500 drinking water systems across the country may be contaminated with the nonstick chemicals PFOA and PFOS, and similar...

17 Organizations Feeding and Healing the World Through Regenerative Agriculture

Transitioning to more sustainable forms of agriculture remains critical, as many current agriculture practices have serious consequences...

10 Families Bring First Ever 'People’s Climate Case' Against the EU

Ten families from Fiji, Kenya and countries across Europe who are already suffering the effects of climate change filed a case against the...

Climate Change Could Supercharge Threat of Antibiotic Resistance: Study

he World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have previously sounded alarms about the growing issue of...

Water management

The National Water Policy recognises the rapidly changing water demand patterns due to climate change and raises the right concerns and responses.The...

Teen Ordered to Pay $36.6 Million For Starting Oregon Wildfire

A teenager who admitted to starting the Eagle Creek Canyon wildfire in Oregon that singed approximately 48,000 acres of forest land in...

National Park Service Releases Climate Report That Officials Tried to Censor

The National Parks Service (NPS) quietly released a long-delayed report that mentions humanity's role inclimate change, which officials had removed...

110 Million Americans May Be Drinking PFAS-Contaminated Water

More than 1,500 drinking water systems across the country may be contaminated with the nonstick chemicals PFOA and PFOS, and similar...

Mumbai’s Glowing Waves a Sign of Climate Change

A recent study by Indian and U.S. scientists found that climate change might be the cause of an eerily beautiful phenomenon on...

Finally, a water policy

What is remarkable is that all four provincial governments have signed on the water policy, in spite of political differencesDaanish...

Pollen Explosion Video Goes Viral as Climate Change Lengthens Allergy Season

A video posted to Facebook on Monday, in which a tree tapped by a frontloader releases a massive cloud of pollen, has gone viral,...

Researchers Uncover 'New Phase of Globalization' With Major Climate Consequences

Research published Monday in Nature Communications raised concerns about how economic shifts in the developing world might impact global...

Tens of Thousands of Species at Risk if Warming Exceeds 1.5°C

Sticking to aggressive decarbonization targets laid out under the Paris agreement is crucial to saving thousands of species that form the...

New Pew Survey: Americans Are Noticing the Effects of Climate Change and They Want Action

Significant majorities of Americans are seeing the impacts of climate change on their communities and don't think that the U.S. government...

Farm Bill Would Allow Mass Killing of Endangered Species With Pesticides

The newest version of the 2018 Farm Bill, set for a vote on Friday, includes an unprecedented provision allowing the widespread killing...

Unprecedented Colorado River Water Shortage Could Be Declared in 2020

After years of unrelenting drought, federal forecasters reported there are better-than-even odds that the nation's largest reservoir...

California Tree Loss Could Have Implications for Forests Nationwide

Climate change puts forests at risk. A recent study found that a third of the conifers in the unique Klamath region in California and...

Alaska Defies Partisan Climate Divide With Forthcoming Action Plan

Alaska has voted for a Republican for president in every U.S. election since 1964, according to the Anchorage Daily News. Given the growing...

NASA Study of Increasingly Dire Global Water Shortages Finds 'Clear Human Fingerprints'

With a first-of-its-kind satellite study, NASA scientists have identified more than 30 parts of the globe where the depletion of freshwater has been...

A Clever Fix to the Biggest Climate Problem

Climate change is a big, unwieldy problem with no easy fix. To stem the rise in temperature, we need to transform how we power our homes, fuel...

Environmental Groups Vow to Block Tar Sands Oil Project: 'We Are Going to Not Allow Kinder Morgan to Finish This Pipeline'

As the clock ticks down until the May 31 deadline for the controversial Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline project, which will triple the amount...

Worst Case Climate Scenario Could Be Even Worse Than Thought

When scientists set out to model the impacts of climate change, they use four different Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs), which each...

1,400 Tons of Contaminated Soil Hauled From Montana Reservation Oil Spill Site

Trucks have removed more than 1,400 tons of contaminated soil following a large oil spill on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana, The...

How are the environmental changes forcing humans and all living creatures to adapt ?

The new season of Earth Focus will travel to far-flung parts of the globe as well as cities in the U.S. to explore how community planning is...

Students Offer Holistic Solutions to Bay Area Climate Change Challenges

On a sunny Wednesday morning, the main room of the Alumni House on the UC Berkeley Campus was filled with nervous and excited chatter and the rustle...

Tourism Responsible for 8% of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Study Finds

Worldwide tourism accounted for 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions from 2009 to 2013, new research finds, making the sector a bigger...

Poorer Countries Will See Greater Temperature Swings as Planet Warms

The countries that did the least to cause climate change are already projected to absorb the worst of its impacts, from sea level rise to...

Climate Skepticism Linked to Conservative Politics Predominantly in U.S.

A recent Gallup Poll found that the partisan divide on climate change is growing in the U.S., with a decreasing number of Republicans...

Utah High Schoolers Convinced State Lawmakers to Admit Climate Change Is Real

Utah's state lawmakers aren't exactly friendly to climate change legislation. Their Republican governor said in 2015 that man-made climate...

USDA Study Shows We’re Losing a Concerning Amount of Trees in Cities

A recent study from the USDA's Forest Service used aerial imagery to take a look at the change in tree cover in the U.S.'s cities and towns over...

To Fight Deadly Air Pollution, Indian Inventors Turn Diesel Soot Into Ink

India's struggles with air pollution are well-known. Just last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a...

What's missing? Experts analyse the National Water Policy

Water experts, academia and water rights activists have lauded the newly announced National Water Policy, 2018 and asked the Sindh government to...

Pakistan’s first national water policy – historic or mere electioneering?

A group of experts give their verdict on whether the long fought over policy will help tackle the country’s water crisisIn April, the chief...

Large Oil Spill Reported on Montana Reservation, Contaminating Pond

A well operated by Anadarko Minerals Inc. spilled a "substantial" amount of oil in the central region of the Fort Peck Reservation in northeast...

Study: Fracking Chemicals Alter Immune System in Mice

Researchers from the University of Rochester have found the first evidence that early life exposure to groundwater contaminated...

Air Pollution Kills 7 Million a Year, Mostly in Poorer Countries

The latest World Health Organization (WHO) air quality report revealed that air pollution is as much a global public health threat as ever,...

The Green Case for Celebrating Screen-Free Week

This week, from April 30 to May 6, communities around the world are celebrating Screen-Free Week. Screen-Free Week is an annual event in which...

Microplastics Pollute Rivers and Lakes, Too

When you think of microplastic pollution, plastic debris less than five millimeters in size, you likely envision the ocean—probably...

Climate Change Threatens Unique West Coast Forest Region

The Klamath is a unique region in Northern California and Southwest Oregon. In addition to being a haven for biodiversity— hosting plants that...

Exclusive New Video from Greenpeace Reveals Massive Deforestation in Indonesia

A palm oil supplier to Mars, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever is destroying rainforests in Papua, Indonesia, a new investigation by Greenpeace...

‘We are more than 20 years late in steps being taken for water conservation’

ISLAMABAD: We are more than 20 years late in the steps we are taking today to conserve water. Right now, the future does not look good at all unless...

Temperature fluctuations to strike the poorest countries the most

Researchers are reporting that the poorest countries will be hit the hardest by larger and more frequent thermal fluctuations triggered...

EU poised to fine Ireland £530M over climate change targets – and it’s going to get worse

THE EU is set to fine Ireland £530million (€600m) a year for not meetings its green energy targets – and tougher rules mean its punishments will...

California Set to Require Solar on Most New Homes

California could become the first state in the country to require solar panels on most new homes.The state's energy commission will vote on...

Climate Change Threatens Kelp Forests With Invasions of Weeds

The devastating consequences climate change is already having on coral reefs is well known, but now scientists have...

The Link Between Fossil Fuels, Single-Use Plastics and Climate Change

When we think of plastic pollution, we think of images of plastic bags on the beach, suffering marine life and the almost invisible smog of...

Tourism is eight times worse for the planet than previously believed

Going on vacation may be fun for you, but it’s not great for Earth. The carbon footprint of global tourism is about eight times larger than...

World's Largest Greenhouse Reopens to Safeguard Earth's Rarest and Most Threatened Plants

The world's largest Victorian greenhouse will reopen its doors Saturday after a five-year, £41 million ($55 million) restoration effort.The...

Satellite Reveals Troubling Retreat of Patagonian Glaciers

Researchers with the European Space Agency (ESA) have mapped in stunning detail the extensive retreat of South America's Patagonian ice...

Report Finds Global Climate Legislation Slowdown Since 2015 Paris Agreement

The place of global climate change legislation has "slowed significantly" since the Paris agreement was formulated in...

California Faces a Future of Extreme Weather

Life is about to become uncomfortable for 40 million people in turbulent California. The citizens of the golden state face a future of extremes,...

8 Ways to Protect Yourself From Lead-Contaminated Water

Health experts agree that there is no safe level of exposure to lead. Often making its way into our drinking watersupply after leaching...

Only 53pc to get safe drinking water till 2030: PCRWR

slamabad: Only 53 per cent of people would be able to get safe drinking water till 2030 if the pace of improvement of water resources remained same...

Climate Change, Entangled Whales and the Bundy Militia: 15 New Environmental Books for May

What do climate change, krill, energy development and public lands have in common? They're all among the topics of new environmental books...

Building a Climate-Resilient South Asia

                       A World Bank Spring Meetings panel discussed concrete climate...

European Union steps up its efforts to become the global leader on addressing climate-related security risks

On 26 February 2018 the European Union (EU) adopted its latest Council Conclusions on Climate Diplomacy following a Council Meeting of Foreign...

Comprehensive policy’ needed to tackle climate change

                     QUETTA: Balochistan Governor Muhammad Khan Achakzai said on Tuesday said...

Pakistan Climate Change Portal

                   “Pakistan Climate Change Portal”, an online repository of knowledge on the...

Brief Summary of Issues at Conferences of Parties COP23:

                        COP 23 marked the two years of negotiations since the Paris...

Avocado Wars: The Battle Over Water Rights In Chile

The popular demand for avocados, once considered an “exotic” item, is having a devastating impact on a drought-stricken community in Chile. Lying...

Nature positive

THE Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services was established in 2012 to perform regular and timely assessment...