Youth skills key to climate change plan: Ajay Banga | The Express Tribune
FUNAFUTI. World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Friday that young people in the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu need training to help them move and adapt to climate change as he visited the frontline of the battle against rising sea levels. On the first visit by a World Bank chief to Tuvalu, the impact […]
Govt pushes for climate financing at UN | The Express Tribune
LAHORE: Pakistan has underscored the critical importance of accelerating progress towards sustainable energy goals at a meeting of a United Nations-based panel on the subject. In his closing remarks at the meeting of ‘Group of Friends for Sustainable Energy,’ Ambassador Munir Akram also said that concessional climate financing was critical for developing countries’ transition away […]
Sleep walking into a climate apocalypse | The Express Tribune
KARACHI: Living in London, I got into the wonderful routine of going out for a daily run; a habit I decided to retain upon returning to Pakistan last year. However, I soon discovered that this was as hazardous as smoking several packs of cigarettes a day. Karachi’s roads – as with most of Pakistan – […]
Integrating climate into education | The Express Tribune
ISLAMABAD: Historically, climate education has often been sidelined, treated as a specialist subject, or relegated to extracurricular activities. However, COP28 underscored a vital aspect of our fight against climate change: integrating climate education into every facet of our learning systems, both formal and informal. President Dr Arif Alvi echoed the same sentiments while speaking at […]
COP28: climate finance needs | The Express Tribune
ISLAMABAD: COP28 climate talks have ended with so much discussion and debate and have some useful conclusions. But it all requires finance. Things do not work out by just words. I wish if the financial zeal to allocate and spend money had been as strong as the discussion has been. Unfortunately, this has not been […]
Hasbro lays off 1,100 workers amid difficult business climate
An image of Hasbro’s prominent toy collection. — Hasbro Hasbro, the world’s largest toymaker, is laying off 1,100 workers, after 800 layoffs were announced earlier this year, citing a difficult business climate that has been sluggish to recover, as per CEO Chris Cocks. That equates to around 20% of the company’s global workforce. “The market […]
Water: The liquid lifeline facing climate crisis | The Express Tribune
ISLAMABAD: Water has three forms: liquid, solid, and vapour, and it changes its form with temperature. The Earth’s surface possesses about 75% of liquid water and ice. As water constantly moves between the atmosphere, land, and ocean, it impacts climate and ecosystems. Water can absorb heat and exchange it among different parts of the Earth’s […]
Pakistan among four Asian countries to lose $65bn textile export earnings amid climate crisis
In this photograph taken on April 13, 2023, women work at a garment factory in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. — AFP Extreme heat and flooding are likely to wipe out $65 billion in garment export earnings from four Asian countries by 2030 as they endanger the employees’ health, as per new research. According […]
Isn’t climate change a matter of national security? | The Express Tribune
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is widely recognised as one of the country’s most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The nation is actively working to mitigate the effects of climate change on its food and water supply, healthcare system, forests, energy infrastructure, and other critical areas. However, the security implications of climate change are largely absent […]
Oil, gas industry urged to take on climate fight
Sultan Al Jaber, the president of this year’s UN climate talks. AFP HOUSTON: Sultan Al Jaber, the president of this year’s UN climate talks, on Monday said the oil and gas industry must lead the fight against climate change. Al Jaber is minister of industry for the United Arab Emirates and is also chief executive […]