Tag: Climate Action

ADB operations reach $23.6 bln in 2023, achieve record climate finance

ISLAMABAD, Apr 25 (APP):The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $23.6 billion from its own resources in 2023, including $9.8 billion for climate action, to help Asia and the Pacific progress on sustainable development. These figures are among the financial and operational results published on Thursday in ADB’s Annual Report 2023. The report summarizes how ADB… Continue reading ADB operations reach $23.6 bln in 2023, achieve record climate finance

World Meteorological Day marked

ISLAMABAD, Mar 23 (APP): World Meteorological Day was marked across the globe including Pakistan on March 23 (Saturday) to emphasize addressing the undeniable threats of climate change to our entire civilization. The day was marked under the theme “At the Frontline of Climate Action” highlighting the urgent need to combat climate change and its impacts… Continue reading World Meteorological Day marked

PM Kakar hails UAE-led fund to mitigate climate change as highly promising for Global South

ISLAMABAD, Dec 03 (APP): Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar while lauding the United Arab Emirates’ announcement of a $30 billion fund to channel investments to mitigate climate change, has said that the climate fund initiative by the UAE is promising and will be translated into tangible projects, especially in the Global South. However, at the… Continue reading PM Kakar hails UAE-led fund to mitigate climate change as highly promising for Global South

PM attends COP28 in Dubai as world leaders meet for climate action

DUBAI, Dec 01 (APP): Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Friday joined the world leaders at the high-level segment of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP 28) of the United Nations to discuss actions on climate change. The prime minister was received by President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al… Continue reading PM attends COP28 in Dubai as world leaders meet for climate action

Pakistan leading world on climate action with mega green initiatives: PM

ISLAMABAD, Oct 6 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday said that Pakistan was leading the world on climate action with achievement of the highest climate co-benefits (CCBs) during fiscal year 2021 through a number of mega green initiatives on ground. On his twitter handle, the prime minister said the World Bank endorsed Pakistan’s vision with… Continue reading Pakistan leading world on climate action with mega green initiatives: PM

Top UN official calls for climate action to deal with ‘season of fire and floods’ worldwide

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 06 (APP): With extreme weather events increasingly impacting countries across the world, the deputy UN chief on Monday underlined the importance of limiting temperature rise to the internationally agreed goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. “The entire planet is going through a season of fire and floods”, Amina Mohammed told… Continue reading Top UN official calls for climate action to deal with ‘season of fire and floods’ worldwide

Pakistan, due to its massive plantation drive, has achieved 9 percent decrease in the green house gas emissions as projected by the international studies and is well ahead of its global commitments made to fight climate change.The country despite having limited resources is playing a lead role in Climate Action and ensuring successful implementation of environment protecting initiatives that will benefit the entire region through absorption of carbon emissions resulting climatic changes. After successful plantation of one billion trees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under Billion Tree Afforestation Project (BTAP) and the launch of Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme (10BTTP), a scaled up version of the former, has helped in increasing carbon absorption or sequestration to a significant level, said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam told APP in his exclusive remarks. (Match the picture with story slugged “Massive plantation: Pakistan ahead of its commitment on green house gases emissions” already been released)

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