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Climate Change

Senator Sherry Rehman Calls for Urgent National Shift Toward Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Construction at Pakistan Sustainability Summit
3Dec By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Senator Sherry Rehman Calls for Urgent National Shift Toward Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Construction at Pakistan Sustainability Summit

Islamabad, 3 December 2025(Ghufran): Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change, Senator Sherry Rehman, has urged an immediate and nationwide transition toward sustainable, circular, and climate-resilient construction practices while addressing the Pakistan Sustainability Summit in Islamabad.Senator Rehman emphasized that the Summit’s core focus must remain on sustainable construction, stressing that Pakistan stands at a decisive moment in its climate and urbanization trajectory. “Pakistan already has Green Building Codes, but implementation is extremely low. According to the Climate Risk Index 2025, Pakistan is the most climate-impacted country in the world,” she stated.Highlighting the urgency of reform, she noted that the industrial sector contributes 38% of Pakist...
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Government Must Move BISP Support to Flood-Affected Families Without Delay: Senator Sherry Rehman
17Sep By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Government Must Move BISP Support to Flood-Affected Families Without Delay: Senator Sherry Rehman

Islamabad, September 17, 2025 (Kamran Raja):Chairing a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change, Senator Sherry Rehman strongly urged the government to immediately channel Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) funds to nearly three million flood-affected people across the country. She emphasized that this model had been successfully implemented in 2022 and should not face delays now when millions are in urgent need of relief.“People facing homelessness, food insecurity, and disease after the floods must be compensated without delay. Instead of considering mini budgets, the government should be mobilising available international support, just as it did in 2022, when timely BISP transfers provided critical relief,” Senator Rehman said. The Committee endorsed her call....
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موسمیاتی تبدیلی کی وجہ سے دنیا تیزی سے بدل رہی ہے اور پاکستان ان ممالک میں شامل ہے
11Sep By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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موسمیاتی تبدیلی کی وجہ سے دنیا تیزی سے بدل رہی ہے اور پاکستان ان ممالک میں شامل ہے

اسلام آباد 11 ستمبر2025 (کامران راجہ): وفاقی وزیر برائے توانائی و موسمیاتی تبدیلی ڈاکٹر مصدق ملک نے چیئرمین نیشنل ڈیزاسٹر مینجمنٹ اتھارٹی (این ڈی ایم اے) کے ہمراہ سیلاب کی صورتحال پر میڈیا کو بریفنگ دیتے ہوئے کہا کہ موسمیاتی تبدیلی کی وجہ سے دنیا تیزی سے بدل رہی ہے اور پاکستان ان ممالک میں شامل ہے جو اس کے سب سے زیادہ متاثرہ ہیں۔ انہوں نے بتایا کہ وزیرِ اعظم نے حالیہ چیلنجز سے نمٹنے کے لیے موسمیاتی ایمرجنسی نافذ کرنے کا اعلان کیا ہے تاکہ آئندہ خطرات کے پیش نظر پیشگی اقدامات کیے جا سکیں۔ ڈاکٹر مصدق ملک نے کہا کہ آئندہ مون سون کے لیے ابھی سے تیاریاں شروع کرنا ہوں گی تاکہ عوام کو جانی و مالی نقصان سے بچایا جا سکے۔ ان کا کہنا تھا کہ سیالکوٹ اور نارووال میں حالیہ بارشوں نے شدید تباہی مچائی جبکہ سندھ میں سیلاب سے نمٹنے کے لیے پیشگی انتظامات مکمل کر لیے گئے ہیں۔ وفاقی وزیر نے بتایا کہ پنجاب، خ...
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Pakistan Red Crescent Society Mobilizes Emergency Response Teams Amid Ongoing Monsoon Rains and Floods
19Aug By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Pakistan Red Crescent Society Mobilizes Emergency Response Teams Amid Ongoing Monsoon Rains and Floods

Islamabad, August 19, 2025(Kamran Raja): Under the leadership of the Chairperson Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Mrs. Farzhana Naek, PRCS emergency response teams are actively providing immediate relief and assistance to communities affected by the ongoing monsoon rains, floods, and landslides across various regions of Pakistan. Emphasizing PRCS’s humanitarian commitment, Mrs. Naek stated: “Our emergency response teams have swiftly mobilized to support communities impacted by the ongoing monsoon rains and landslides across the country. PRCS teams are working tirelessly in close coordination with the government and district administrations to ensure timely relief and support to the affected population. PRCS emergency response teams are also on alert in areas identified as disaster-pr...
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Senator Sherry Rehman Warns of Escalating Climate Catastrophe at National Climate Justice Youth Film Festival 2025
18Aug By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Senator Sherry Rehman Warns of Escalating Climate Catastrophe at National Climate Justice Youth Film Festival 2025

 Islamabad, August 18, 2025 (Kamran Raja): Senator Sherry Rehman delivered a powerful keynote address at the National Climate Justice Youth Film Festival 2025, cautioning that Pakistan faces an intensifying cycle of climate disasters without meaningful global support, while destructive domestic policies continue to erode the country’s natural defences.Opening her remarks, Senator Rehman said, This festival is not just about films. It is about lived experience. It is about the voices of young people who are showing the world how climate breakdown is already reshaping their lives, their futures, and their communities.Highlighting the scale of the current crisis, Senator Rehman revealed that 63 districts across Pakistan are flooded, with one-third of the country submerged, an...
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Banking industry’s role highlighted for fast-tracking EV transition in Pakistan
1Aug By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Banking industry’s role highlighted for fast-tracking EV transition in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, August 1, 2025 (Kamran Raja): Top key representatives of the State Bank of Pakistan and all commercial Banks operating in the country at a high-level consultative meeting mulled over viable consumer financing options and financial support mechanism for unfettered and rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs).This was stated by Media spokesperson for the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination in a press statement issued here on Friday.The spokesperson, Mohammad Saleem Shaikh, said that the representatives of the country’s banking sector at the meeting with the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination (MoCC&EC), pledged all-out measures to explore and introduce workable consumer financing facilities to support the present government’...
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بینکنگ سیکٹر کا پاکستان میں الیکٹرک وہیکل کے فروغ میں کردار ناگزیر ہے، سیکریٹری وزارت موسمیاتی تبدیلی و ہم آہنگی عائشہ ہمیرا موریانی۔
1Aug By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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بینکنگ سیکٹر کا پاکستان میں الیکٹرک وہیکل کے فروغ میں کردار ناگزیر ہے، سیکریٹری وزارت موسمیاتی تبدیلی و ہم آہنگی عائشہ ہمیرا موریانی۔

اسلام آباد، یکم اگست 2025 (کامران راجہ): موسمیاتی تبدیلی اور ماحولیاتی رابطہ کی وزارت نے بینکنگ سیکٹر سے مطالبہ کیا ہے کہ وہ پاکستان بھر میں الیکٹرک گاڑیوں کی منتقلی میں سہولت فراہم کرنے میں اہم کردار ادا کرے۔ سیکرٹری عائشہ حمیرا موریانی کی زیرصدارت ایک اعلیٰ سطحی مشاورتی اجلاس میں، اسٹیٹ بینک آف پاکستان، کمرشل بینکوں، ای وی مینوفیکچررز، اسمبلرز اور امپورٹرز کے اعلیٰ نمائندوں نے ای وی کو اپنانے میں تیزی لانے کے لیے عملی کنزیومر فنانسنگ آپشنز پر تبادلہ خیال کیا۔ وزارت کے ترجمان محمد سلیم شیخ کی طرف سے جاری کردہ ایک پریس بیان کے مطابق، شرکاء نے پاکستانی صارفین کے لیے ای وی کو ایک قابل عمل اور پرکشش آپشن بنانے کے لیے قابل رسائی اور سستی مالی معاونت کا طریقہ کار تیار کرنے کا عزم کیا۔ انہوں نے ایک ملٹی اسٹیک ہولڈر ورکنگ گروپ قائم کرنے پر اتفاق کیا جس میں بینکنگ حکام، ای وی انڈسٹری کے نمائندے، ...
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Capital’s vulnerability to climate shocks, ecosystem degradation alarming: Experts
21Apr By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Capital’s vulnerability to climate shocks, ecosystem degradation alarming: Experts

Islamabad, 21 April 2025(Kamran Raja)Climate experts, meteorologists, and policy specialists Monday called for a new climate-resilient master plan for Islamabad, improved implementation of emissions laws, and a shift in urban priorities. They raised alarms over the capital’s increasing vulnerability to climate shocks, urban heat islands, and the degradation of natural ecosystems due to unchecked urban sprawl.Speaking at Monday seminar of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) on “Abnormal Weather Patterns and Climate Change Impact on Islamabad”, Dr. Shafqat Munir, Deputy Executive Director of SDPI, emphasized the need for clearer and more effective early warning communication on weather extremes. “The early warning system is in place, but the language of early warning mess...
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Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Musadik Malik, met with Danish Ambassador to Pakistan, Jakob Linulf
24Mar By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Musadik Malik, met with Danish Ambassador to Pakistan, Jakob Linulf

Islamabad 24 March 2025( Kamran Raja): Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Musadik Malik, met with Danish Ambassador to Pakistan, Jakob Linulf, during his courtesy visit to the Ministry of Climate Change in Islamabad on Monday, March 24, 2025.Danish Ambassador to Pakistan, Jakob Linulf also met with the federal minister Musadik Malik on Monday, who discussed Pakistan’s climate vulnerability and join collaborative opportunities to build the country’s climate resilience.The Danish ambassador reiterated Danish government’s all-out support and commitment to assisting Pakistan in its efforts to address these challenges.He also emphasised Denmark’s readiness to provide support in climate change in mitigation and adaptation initiatives, recognising the ...
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24Mar By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Islamabad 24 March 2025( Kamran Raja): Ambassador of Turkiye to Pakistan, Irfan Neziroglu, held a call-on meeting with the Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Musadik Malik, here at the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination.Held here on Monday at the climate change and environmental coordination ministry, the meeting discussed at length on collaborative measures to strengthen bilateral cooperation further between Turkiye and Pakistan in the areas of forestry and climate change initiatives, with a particular emphasis on carbon credit projects.During the meeting, both sides also agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in carbon credit-related projects and boost investment in such initiatives in the country by exploring and tapping i...
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