KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan requires an annual investment of $40 billion to $50 billion until 2050 to meet its looming climate change challenges, a former head of the country’s central bank says. Former State Bank of Pakistan Governor Shamshad Akhtar said at a two-day international climate change conference, “Breathe Pa...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China wants a “consistent” approach to climate change as the US pulled out of the Paris agreement. The world “must follow a consistent approach in addressing climate change and improve the consistency of environmental and climate policies,” Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “C...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has announced that the 10 hottest years on record have all occurred within the past decade. “This is climate breakdown in real time,” Guterres said on X. “In 2025, countries must put the world on a safer path by dramatically slashing emissions & supporting th...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged the developed countries to fulfill their financial commitments made during the COP27 and COP 28. Addressing the UN Climate Change Conference COP29 in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, Sharif said that financial support should be grant based for developing countries. “I str...
ISTANBUL (AA) – COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev has said that the UN’s environmental program shows that current policies implemented across the globe will result in global warming of 3 degrees Celsius. “We must be totally honest. The UN Environment Program shows that current policies are leading us to 3 degrees Celsius of warming,” Babay...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN has called on global leaders to prioritize climate action and financial reform, emphasizing the economic and human cost of inaction. “An ambitious climate finance goal is not charity—it’s self-interest for every nation,” Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – With the US presidential race in its final stretch, European Greens have issued a public appeal to the US Green Party candidate, urging her to withdraw from the race in favor of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. “Ahead of these pivotal elections, European Greens have called upon US Green Party candidate Jill Stein...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A study published on Wednesday reveals that Hurricane Helene, which devastated parts of the southeastern US in late September, was significantly intensified by climate change. The research conducted by World Weather Attribution (WWA) found that human-induced global warming increased the hurricane’s rainfall by appro...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz used the climate portion of Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate with Republican Sen. JD Vance to lambast GOP nominee Donald Trump’s pledge to give the oil and gas industry free rein in exchange for a billion dollars in campaign donations. That offer is the subject of an ongoing Senate investigation. Walz […]...
LONDON (AA) – Two climate activists who threw soup at Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting in 2022 have been jailed by a London court. Anna Holland, 22, and Phoebe Plummer, 23, have been jailed for their controversial protest to raise awareness about climate change at the National Gallery in October 2022. Holland and Plummer — [&...
