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    How Asia Can Unlock $800 Billion of Climate Financing

    Asia-Pacific countries experienced, on average, six natural disasters a year over the past three decades – about twice as many as developing countries of...
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    Framework for Voluntary Carbon Market in Agriculture Sector Launched

    An accreditation protocol for agroforestry nurseries was also launched. Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda said that the focus will be on solutions as well...
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    Snow Tales: ‘Too Little, Too Late,’ Say Climate Experts

    Whether the late snow in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region is an anomaly or an indication of the impacts of climate change, which brings erratic and...
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    Climate change

    European Union to Provide Pakistan an Additional €100 Million to Enhance Post-Flood Resilience

    The package extends its impact by fortifying Pakistan’s long-term resilience through targeted investments in human rights, gender equality, and civil society. The European Union (EU)...
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    Agri-business

    Investment Forum for Advancing Climate Resilient Agrifood Systems in India Launched

    A joint initiative of NITI Aayog, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and FAO, the initiative aims to develop an investment and partnership strategy...
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    Agri-business

    Climate Change Is Taking a Major Toll on Agriculture. Here’s How to Support Farmers

    Smallholder farmers produce one-third of the world's food, and agriculture makes up every second livelihood in Bangladesh. But the country's agricultural sector has been...
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    Bangladesh

    Bangladeshi Fish Farms ‘Need Climate Data Support’

    Bangladesh is the fifth largest aquaculture producer in the world. But the country’s fish farmers are increasingly impacted by climate-driven events. The say climate...
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    Cooperative Farming Makes Bangladesh’s Coastal Women Farmers Climate-Resilient

    Bangladeshi women cooperative farmers underwent training and support on climate-tolerant agricultural practices, which helped them cope with the adverse consequences of extreme weather events...
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    ‘Pressure’ on Top Rights Body Alarms Pakistani Activists

    In a strongly worded statement issued on July 2, the Lahore-based HRCP warned that recent efforts by authorities to block its public events and intimidate staff represent an unprecedented assault on its mission since the organisation was founded in 1987.
    Civil society

    Wada Na Todo Abhiyan launches Promises and Reality 2025

    The report says that government estimates also tout India as a global economic powerhouse – leading in real-time digital transactions globally, improved in ease of doing business, and projected as the fastest-growing major economy.
    Bangladesh

    Trump Imposes 35 Per Cent Tariff on Bangladeshi Imports

    Trump’s message also came with a warning: any retaliatory tariff by Bangladesh would be matched with further US tariff increases. “Whatever the number you choose to raise them by will be added onto the 35 per cent that we charge,” he stated.

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    ‘Pressure’ on Top Rights Body Alarms Pakistani Activists

    In a strongly worded statement issued on July 2, the Lahore-based HRCP warned that recent efforts by authorities to block its public events and intimidate staff represent an unprecedented assault on its mission since the organisation was founded in 1987.
    Civil society

    Wada Na Todo Abhiyan launches Promises and Reality 2025

    The report says that government estimates also tout India as a global economic powerhouse – leading in real-time digital transactions globally, improved in ease of doing business, and projected as the fastest-growing major economy.
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    India’s Rooftop Solar Capacity Expected to Reach 25–30 GW by FY27, Says Report

    The report estimates an average annual growth rate of 33 per cent in rooftop solar installations over the next two fiscal years – driven by a combination of rising energy demands, falling technology costs, and supportive policy frameworks.
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    Wada Na Todo Abhiyan launches Promises and Reality 2025

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    Lawmakers in Maldives Pledge to Support Women Leaders

    Participants at the meeting recommitted themselves to working with all stakeholders to advance the ICPD PoA and achieve the 2030 Agenda and reaffirmed the 2024 Oslo Statement of Commitment.

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