Pakistan
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Climate Change
‘Third’ of Pakistan under water as flood aid efforts gather pace
Authorities and charities are struggling to accelerate aid delivery to more than 33 million people Displaced people are wandering what…
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Climate Change
At COP27 in Egypt, Pakistan-led negotiators adopt accord to set up ‘loss and damage’ fund
Minister Sherry Rehman seeks climate justice through early operationalization of the ‘loss and damages’ fund The development is viewed as…
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Climate Change
Flood victims: Bestway Group sends medicines to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Bestway Group is taking lead in providing humanitarian assistance to flood-afftected people in Pakistan as the Group has…
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Climate Change
#ClimateChange:Water Shortages in Agriculture Could Reduce Pakistan’s GDP by More Than 4.6%, Says World Bank
ISLAMABAD: Increasing #ClimateChange risks could contract #Pakistan’s annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rate significantly in the next 28 years, a…
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Islamabad’s recharge wells offer way forward for Pakistan’s groundwater
In Pakistan, more than 70% of domestic water needs are met by groundwater, a freshwater source literally under our feet. But groundwater…
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Climate Change
Sindh govt to launch WB-funded project for irrigation, farm sector reforms
HYDERABAD: World Bank’s (WB) regional director John Roome has said the Sindh government with the WB’s help is going to…
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Climate Change
At COP27, flood-battered Pakistan leads push to make polluting countries pay
DADU, Pakistan — Before the floods, Mazhar Hussain Birhamni dreamed of becoming a scholar. The 22-year-old wanted to pursue a…
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Climate Change
Pakistan will need $348bn for climate adaptation: Sherry
Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman has said that Pakistan will need $348bn for climate adaptation, and for initiating…
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Pakistan will be among first to receive G7 ‘Global Shield’ climate funding
SHARM EL-SHEIKH – Pakistan, Ghana and Bangladesh will be among the first recipients of funding from a G7 ‘Global Shield’…
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Climate Change
Climate change’s adverse impact on Pakistan to be highlighted at COP 27
ISLAMABAD: In the wake of this year’s monsoon flooding of Biblical proportions, due to which some districts of Sindh and…
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