A financing gap of $6 billion, the government reneged on the commitments of the Geneva Conference

A financing gap of $6 billion, the government reneged on the commitments of the Geneva Conference

The announcement of petroleum subsidy has created a new challenge. Photo: File Islamabad: To partially cover the gap of $6 billion in external payments, the government has relied on the $9.7 billion pledge made by the international community to help flood victims in January this year. The government of Pakistan is still busy settling the…

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UN’s nuclear agency and food and agriculture wing announce key commitments to tackle global water crisis

UN’s nuclear agency and food and agriculture wing announce key commitments to tackle global water crisis

A worldwide network of water analysis laboratories and a tool to foster collective national level action to improve coordination on water management, were among the commitments announced on Thursday by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the margins of the UN 2023 Conference, which has been…

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INTERVIEW: Turn the tide on water crisis with game-changing commitments, urge co-hosts of UN conference

INTERVIEW: Turn the tide on water crisis with game-changing commitments, urge co-hosts of UN conference

Bringing together Governments, institutions, banks, businesses, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), youth, women, indigenous peoples and many other stakeholders from around the world, the UN 2023 Water Conference (22 to 24 March) will seek to find game-changing solutions to the multifaceted global crisis of ‘too much water’, such as storms and floods; ‘too little water’, such as…

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