FinMin says climate change, population growth blocking Pakistan from becoming $3trillion economy

🔊 Listen with AI Cancel Voice Updated On: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 01:38:49 PKT ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday sounded alarm at Pakistan’s rising population and the disastrous climate change effects being suffered...

Can we dim the sun to fight climate change? Not without risking weather patterns, scientists suggest

Some think it's a no brainer: Scattering microscopic particles of sulfur into Earth's atmosphere would reduce the amount of sunlight that reaches the ground, thereby cooling the planet. Indeed, this cooling might temporarily offset the progressing...

A progressive force in New York politics, Working Families Party wants a foothold in deep-blue Massachusetts

“Our primary goal is not to be a legal political party. It is to build political power for working people,” said Georgia Hollister Isman, the party’s New England regional director. One of the first steps, she said, is to help get its preferred...

Some stony corals could have a chance of surviving climate change

From: Springer Nature Ecology: How some stony corals could survive climate change Some ancient stony corals were able to survive extreme environmental changes, which suggests that some modern species could possess some resilience to the effects of...

Neal Milner: Democrats Like Josh Green Are Clueless About Fighting Trumpism

Hawaiʻiʻs governor would make a perfectly fine presidential candidate if we want to pretend this is still politics as usual. On a sweltering New Orleans evening in July, the final night of the 2028 Democratic National Convention, the party chair...

In Hawaii, new tourism tax aims to offset costs of climate change

Breadcrumb Trail Links Travel Travel USA Author of the article: Bloomberg News Gordy Megroz Published Aug 07, 2025 • Last updated Aug 07, 2025 • 5 minute read A beach in Maui. Photo by Mia Shimabuku /Bloomberg Article content Reviews and...

We’re poised to unlock full potential of nature-based solutions – Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability

The Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability, Seidu Issifu, has announced a major government initiative to unlock the full potential of Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) through strengthened collaboration across all sectors of society....

Beyond the noise: Why the Sharavathi Project could become India’s model for green storage

In the hills of Shivamogga, where mist drifts over the old Sharavathi river basin, a new debate is taking shape. One that goes far beyond local boundaries. At the heart of it lies the Sharavathi Pumped Storage Project (PSP), a 2,000-megawatt...

Global warming pushing planet to brink, UN chief warns

The United Nations Secretary General has warned that global warming is pushing the planet to the brink. Antonio Guterres urged countries to implement disaster warning systems to protect people against extreme weather. "Every one of the last ten...

Climate change, cost of living, emergency services on the minds of voters in Dawson City, Yukon

As in many Yukon communities, residents in Dawson City are dealing with some big issues: Lack of housing, climate change, limited access to health care services, and the rising cost of just about everything, to name a few. With the territorial...

Global warming is pushing the planet to the brink, says UN Secretary General

GENEVA - The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that global warming is pushing the planet to the brink and urged countries to implement disaster warning systems to protect people against extreme weather. "Every...

Mining can benefit from dialogue on climate change/carbon markets

The fact that climate change directly affects the carbon market makes it necessary to continue having conversations aimed at developing strategies to mitigate the onset of significant global warming by reducing greenhouse gas concentrations. Join...

A.M. ATL: Red light on green

News Plus: ‘Dirty soda,’ PSC arrest Morning, y’all! I’ve never met a small child who didn’t have sticky hands. They’re like salamanders. Did you know the younger the child, the germier they tend to be? If you have kids, you probably guessed that...

Global warming pushing planet to the brink: UN chief

"Every one of the last ten years has been the hottest in history. Ocean heat is breaking records while decimating ecosystems. And no country is safe from fires, floods, storms and heatwaves," he told delegates at the UN World Meteorological...

Global warming is pushing the planet to the brink, says UN Secretary General

Fight against Malaria undermined by climate change, rising population

The fight against malaria has stalled after two decades of progress, with climate change and population growth among factors threatening a resurgence of the potentially fatal disease, campaigners said Tuesday. Insufficient funding for increasingly...

Revisiting Climate Change gender policies a decade into the Paris Agreement

Audio By Vocalize The sharp rhythmic sound of a clock ticking is clearly sinking into the ears of climate change stakeholders; Belém, Brazil, is calling loudly for the November 2025 United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change...

GP who was jailed for climate change protest is suspended for 10 months

A GP given a 12 month jail sentence for causing criminal damage during a climate change protest has been suspended from the UK medical register for 10 months. During a Just Stop Oil protest in August 2022 Patrick Hart disabled 16 petrol pumps with...

Monsoon brings pollution and climate change is to blame

It might seem odd, but it’s true: heavy monsoon storms aren’t just about downpours and flooding any more. They may also be triggering sudden spikes in air pollution — and that’s something worth paying attention to here in India. UNEXPECTED LINK...

As climate change threatens subsistence, Savoonga is going from reindeer herding to a red meat industry

The Kookooligit Mountains, made of black volcanic rock, glistened behind Richmond Toolie as he rode his four-wheeler across the wet tundra outside of Savoonga. Ahead, the Bering Sea sparkled in the September sun. A third-generation chief reindeer...