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Japan has set an ambitious target for renewable energy in the nation’s electricity mix by 2030 as it aims to tackle climate change and achieve its 2050 carbon neutral goal. Under the plan, put forward in July and approved by Japan’s cabinet on Friday, renewables should account for 36-38% of power supplies in 2030, double 2019’s level and well above its previous 2030 target for 22-24%. In April, Japan raised its 2030 target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 46% from 26% on 2013 levels, responding to pressure from the…

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Every district headquarters hospital in Sindh should have the facility to diagnose and treat breast cancer as too few public sector health facilities offer treatment services against the most commonly occurring cancerous disease among the women of Pakistan. This was one of the main demands of the speakers of the seminar on breast cancer awareness organised by the National Forum for Environment & Health (NFEH) in collaboration with the Arts Council, Karachi.The speakers lamented that Karachi despite being the largest city in the country had only two public sector hospitals,…

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The A320 aircraft reached Islamabad airport from Paris. CEO PIA, Air Marshal Arshad Malik congratulated the airline officials on the induction of the aircraft. He said that new version of fuel efficient aircraft will further improve PIA service. He instructed the concerned departments to complete all necessary formalities as soon as possible to bring this aircraft in flight operation. CEO PIA thanked Aviation and Finance Ministies for their support. With the induction of this aircraft PIA now has eleven A320 aircraft in its fleet. The airline plans to induct more…

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A huge leak of documents seen by BBC News shows how countries are trying to change a crucial scientific report on how to tackle climate change. The leak reveals Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia are among countries asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels. It also shows some wealthy nations are questioning paying more to poorer states to move to greener technologies. This “lobbying” raises questions for the COP26 climate summit in November. The leak reveals countries pushing back on UN recommendations…

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Soaring prices and demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Asia have pushed spot LNG freight rates to over $200,000 per day as traders scramble to book vessels to ship the fuel to energy-starved markets in Asia. A vessel to carry LNG from Gladstone, Australia, to Tokyo is now assessed at a time charter rate of $262,215 per day by the Baltic Exchange, Lloyd’s List’s Michelle Wiese Bockmann writes in an analysis. The Pacific spot LNG freight rates have jumped this week to the highest premium on record over Atlantic…

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