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A memorandum of understanding was signed between SSGC and SNGPL for jointly exploring opportunities for improving business sustainability, efficiency and productivity of Meter Manufacturing Plant (MMP) located in SSGC, Karachi. Ali J. Hamdani, MD SNGPL, and Imran Maniar, MD SSGC, inked the MoU at a simple ceremony held at the SSGC’s head office.https://www.facebook.com/v2.9/plugins/quote.php?app_id=106170627023&channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fx%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F%3Fversion%3D46%23cb%3Df1eff3afb6f3d4c%26domain%3Dnation.com.pk%26is_canvas%3Dfalse%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fnation.com.pk%252Ff2d8c1253dc02e4%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=779&href=https%3A%2F%2Fnation.com.pk%2F13-Nov-2021%2Fgas-utilities-sign-mou&locale=en_US&sdk=joey The MoU pledges for initiation of a detailed technical, financial, commercial, legal and regulatory due diligence of MMP owned by SSGC with the objective to take decision for the parties to enter into joint venture arrangement. Senior…

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lasgow hosted the 26th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to achieve an extremely ambitious yet simple agenda i.e. stabilising the climate by reducing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHG) in the Earth’s atmosphere. Before we discuss how far the 40,000 COP26 delegates – representing politicians, bureaucrats, thought leaders, business tycoons, academia and civil society – were successful in achieving this objective, let us recap how the climate got destabilised, and what is at risk? Today we know that…

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The 26th iteration of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held over the past two weeks in Glasgow. The primary purpose of the conference was to take stock of global commitments in light of the Paris Agreement (2015), which calls for restricting global temperature rise to 2 degree Celsius with the enhanced ambition of limiting it to 1.5 degree Celsius. Needless to say, as has usually been the case with such events, Glasgow, too, promised a lot but delivered little more than…

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The Glasgow Climate Pact, as it is being called, calls upon countries to accelerate the transition towards low emission energy systems including by rapidly scaling up deployment of clean power generation and including efforts to phase down coal power and inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. India pushed through a last minute intervention during the final plenary to weaken the language on coal from “phase out” to “phase down”. Despite protests from many countries the weaker text was officially adopted. Irfan Tariq, DG Environment from Ministry of Climate Change in Pakistan who attended…

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The Glasgow Climate Pact is the first ever climate deal to explicitly plan to reduce coal, the worst fossil fuel for greenhouse gases.The deal also presses for more urgent emission cuts and promises more money for developing countries – to help them adapt to climate impacts. But the pledges don’t go far enough to limit temperature rise to 1.5C. A commitment to phase out coal that was included in earlier negotiation drafts led to a dramatic finish after India and China led opposition to it.India’s climate minister Bhupender Yadav asked…

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