Climate Change
KP govt to install air quality monitoring gadgets in major cities
Chief Minister said that the provincial government has already started efforts to combat challenges of air pollution and climate change through ‘KP Green Growth Initiative’ and BTTP.
Environmentalists, Media urged to project KP as `Green Destination’
CM Advisor also disclosed that the KP government has installed air monitoring equipment at the offices of Chief Secretary and Mayor Peshawar to check air quality.
‘People should migrate from area where there is no water’
Schoolteacher Gul Rehamn, hailing from erstwhile FR Peshawar was living in Karachi and he came back to his native village Fridi after his transfer in 1987.
FAO reports call for urgent action to preserve forests
The reports were launched by Advisor to the PM on Climate Change, Malik Amin Aslam and FAO Representative in Pakistan, Minà Dowlatchahi in Islamabad.
Food security: Biodiversity hot spots under threat in Asia-Pacific
Agriculture and food systems in Asia and the Pacific must conserve and make sustainable use of natural resources to ensure food security and nutrition.
Senate body on climate change expresses concern over forests fires
"The forest fires have affected 2,000 hectares of the total 91,000 hectares enclosures established under the billion Tree Tsunami Project of the province,” said KP forest department
Relief operations continue after glacial lack outburst in Chitral
The temperature in Chitral getting high which can enhance the melt rate of glaciers, triggering the probability of high flows in the rivers.
GCF approves major FAO climate change resilience project in Pakistan
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Sunday approved an FAO project designed to transform Pakistan’s Indus River Basin by improving agriculture.
Protracted conflicts and adverse weather conditions exacerbate food needs
41 countries including Pakistan are in need of external food assistance – African Swine Fever threatening food security of a large number of people
Need for accounting for water in Pakistan emphasised
The Food and Agriculture Organization of UN organized workshops on accounting for water: boundaries, methodologies, and results in both Lahore and Karachi.
By 2050, what if we can’t see the forests or the trees?
Most of us are familiar with the old saying that sometimes we ‘can’t see the forest for the trees.’
UNDP, GB govt join hands to mitigate the impact of GLOF in Northern Pakistan
To implement the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Reduction in Northern Pakistan Project (GLOF II), the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a Letter of Agreement (LoA) today
Govt to ban use of plastic bags in Islamabad from August 14
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan governments have already enforced a ban on plastic bags but so the order couldn’t be implemented.
Commissioner Malakand seals seven steel mills for violating environmental laws
The sealed mills also included the mill of senator Fida Muhammad Khan, says government officials.
‘Food Outlook report helps in evidence-based policymaking’
This first of its kind report for Kharif which has been prepared in response to a request from the Punjab government with the support of FAO and IFPRI.
‘Climate change a serious threat to food security’
KP Government is working on the policy under which all the pollution-emitting factories will be warned and if they don’t comply with the law they will be sealed.
Industrialists’ role vital in creating awareness on environment: Zartaj Gul
Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul Wazir Friday said the present government was giving priority to environment, health and education sectors.
Air quality monitoring gadget installed in Peshawar
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has installed the first Internet of Things (IoT) based air quality monitoring gadget in Peshawar.
Negative Impact: Unplanned housing schemes pose threats to agricultural land
The PDA says out of Peshawars' 74 housing schemes only 5 are registered. The Supreme Court was informed on Oct 2018 that there are 208 unregistered or illegal housing schemes in KP
Plastic bags continue to pollute environment despite ban
Plastic bags are cheap to produce, easy to carry and store that’s why the flimsy carrier bags have captured almost 100 per cent of KP markets.