Urgency of heatwave risk management
As climate change intensifies, the danger posed by heatwaves is increasing every year. In 2015, thousands were killed in India and Pakistan, and in 2022, the death toll reached tens of thousands in Europe.
As climate change intensifies, the danger posed by heatwaves is increasing every year. In 2015, thousands were killed in India and Pakistan, and in 2022, the death toll reached tens of thousands in Europe.
The state-owned financial institution Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (IDCOL) will provide financial aid to install one million new solar home systems and 20,000biogas plants across the country.
An exercise to evaluate the short to medium term effects of the foreign-funded Citizen Disaster Compensation Programme has been launched in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts affected by 2010 floods,
Sindh Taas Water Council (STWC) on Friday decided to launch a drive to protect Pakistani rivers from illegal Indian occupation, said Chairman STWC Zahoorul Hassan Dahar. Talking to the media, he said
Faulting the world for not doing enough to curb climate change, the United States on Thursday announced the formation of a six-nation coalition including Bangladesh to cut short-lived pollutants that speed up warming and harm health.
Low-cost solar panels and solar batteries will be provided to poor communities in 14 countries in Africa and Asia in the next four years, the UN Development Programme said Thursday. A total of 33 million
The Depart-ment of Forests, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has sown 9.820 million saplings of different species that would be planted during spring tree plantation campaign 2012 with special focus on Malakand, Hazara
Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) on Thursday signed an agreement worth rupees 611.5 million for preparation of detailed engineering design and tender documents of Munda Dam Multipurpose Project
The Sri Lankan government has decided to provide a kerosene subsidy to the low income households that do not have electricity. The Economic Development Ministry says that a kerosene subsidy of Rs. 200
Millions of families in Pakistan remain in a desperate need of support following devastating floods in September 2011, international and national aid agencies warned on Thursday. The representatives
The lifeline of Pakistan – renewable water resources – were decreasing toward a dangerous level that could go as low as 550 cubic metres per person by the end of 2025, said a UN report. According to