Pakistan has the potential to turn the tide. With smarter agriculture, technological adoption, community-driven conservation, and political will for infrastructure, the nation can secure water for future generations.
Officials from the Thromde and national agencies continue assessments, with calls for enhanced collaboration between government, development partners like ADB and UNDP, and local residents.
This 2026 event arrives after earlier haor region floods earlier in the year, underscoring recurring pressures. Migration to urban centres and climate adaptation efforts remain critical long-term challenges.
Bhutan, nestled in the eastern Himalayas, is confronting one of the most immediate and severe impacts of global warming: the rapid expansion and destabilization of glacial lakes.
Experts stress the need for sustained, multi-sectoral action: improved waste management, better urban infrastructure, public education, and research into vaccines or novel vector controls. Sri Lanka’s experience with malaria eradication shows what coordinated efforts can achieve.
As COP17 continues through its thematic days on finance, water, land and people, and food systems and soil health, the focus remains on moving from declarations to measurable action.
As COP17 continues through its thematic days on finance, water, land and people, and food systems and soil health, the focus remains on moving from declarations to measurable action.
The entire process – from pre-bid submissions to evaluations and the issuance of letters of award – is expected to follow a Build–Own–Operate (BOO) model over a 10-year term.
In the quiet classrooms of Pakistani universities, thousands of Afghan students – many in the last stretch of their advanced degrees – are living with an unrelenting countdown. On 31 August 2025, Pakistan’s government has ordered that all Afghan nationals must leave the country or face arrest and deportation.