ALTHOUGH the world’s attention is currently focused on the Covid-19 pandemic, climate crisis remains the planet’s greatest challenge. To strive to limit the global temperature to 1.5°C means halving the CO2 emissions by 2030 and reaching net zero by 2050. But these pledges have clearly fallen short. In fact, it took a pandemic and the resulting economic shutdown to bring global CO2 emission down by 4-8 per cent. The only way out of the conundrum is to decarbonise and to do it quickly. For Pakistan “the time to resist international…
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Pakistan: Climate Change, Environmental Problems And Pollution, A Rising Uncertainty
Reports claim that environmental dilapidation can cause a loss of PKR 365 billion every year and hence, it can even deteriorate the economy! Climate change primarily is global warming caused by emission of greenhouse gases via human activity and is responsible for the large-scale alterations in the weather pattern. Human activity burns fossil fuels to produce energy which releases carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This greenhouse gas traps heat energy from the sun causing a greenhouse effect. Climatic scientists highlight that Pakistan is particularly susceptible to climate change impacts because…
Read MoreRs108b savings expected from power shift to solar
The Punjab government has decided to shift government offices, schools, colleges, universities and health units across Punjab to solar power under the Green Energy Programme through which Rs108 billion will be saved annually. A comprehensive plan has been formulated to increase the use of solar energy in the light of the directives issued by Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar. In the first phase of the programme, government offices and educational institutions in Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan and Sahiwal will be shifted to solar power while in the second phase, government offices…
Read MoreTotal chief warns of renewable energy bubble
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Read MoreShell targets power trading and hydrogen in climate drive
Shell and its European rivals are seeking new business models to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels and appeal to investors concerned about the long-term outlook for an industry under intense pressure to slash greenhouse gas emissions. Shell will present its strategy on Feb. 11 and unlike Total and BP the company will focus more on becoming an intermediary between clean power producers and customers than investing billions in renewable projects, the sources said, giving previously unreported details of the plan. Shell announced in October it would increase its spending…
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