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The landmark Paris agreement on climate change will enter into force on November 4, after a coalition of the world’s largest polluters and small island nations threatened by rising seas pushed it past a key threshold on Wednesday.

It will address climate change impacts and Glacial Lake Outbursts Floods (GLOF) risks by preventing loss of lives and community infrastructure based on a holistic approach in all seven districts of Gilgit-Baltistan and five districts in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, thus, contributing to a climate-resilient sustainable development in the long-term.

Every spring in Spiti, shepherds pay villages a fee and have their flock graze in their pastures. This tradition is now under threat from climate change.

Higher temperatures and erratic weather patterns are undermining the health of soils, forests and oceans on which agricultural sectors and food security depend, the World Food and Agriculture Organization said Saturday.

More than 150 countries have reached a deal described as "monumental" to phase out gases that are making global warming worse.

The rapid transformation of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, such as adopting climate-smart practices, particularly to curb greenhouse gas emissions, is critical for hunger and poverty reduction, the United Nations agriculture agency said today in a new report.

This aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Environment and Climate Change. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Environment and Climate Change.

Call for Proposals: This is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in Climate Change and Humanity. Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 5th November 2016