Noticias sobre Pakistan
New evidence highlights growing urban water crisis
New research has found that in 15 major cities in the global south, almost half of all households lack access to piped utility water, affecting more than 50 million people.
Water in Kathmandu: a crisis in an area of abundance
The abundance of water in Nepal, the second country in the world with more water resources, contrasts with the serious access problems of nine million people, a quarter of its population.
Pakistan could run out of water by 2025
A recent seminar on ‘Water trends, challenges and sustainable strategy for its security’ held at the US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water (USPCAS-W, at Mehran…
Bentley Systems Announces Finalists in the Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards Program
Winners to be selected and announced at Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference, October 21-24 in Singapore.
Facilitating countries in Africa and the Middle East for water-related sustainable development
Effective planning and policy implementation through strengthening and realigning enabling environments are critical to driving success in achieving SDG 6.
Green Climate Fund approves major FAO climate change resilience project in Pakistan
The project is worth over $47 million and stands to directly benefit 1.3 million people.
Protracted conflicts and adverse weather conditions exacerbate food needs
41 countries in need of food assistance – African Swine Fever threatening food security of a large number of people.
Temperature records fall in European heatwave
An unusually early and exceptionally intense heatwave has set new temperature records in Europe and ensuring that the month of June was the hottest on record for the continent, with the average temperature 2° Celsius above normal.
Urgency of climate action highlighted for U.N. summit preparatory meeting
Earth is set to experience its five warmest years on record from 2015-2019, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The water future of Earth’s ‘Third Pole’
This article is part of a series that explores NASA research into Earth's fresh water and surveys how those advances help people solve real world problems. Learn more.
Mott MacDonald appointed as lead consultant for Tarbela 5th Extension hydropower project
Mott MacDonald has been appointed as lead consultant for the Tarbela 5th Extension hydropower project.
Access to basic sanitation still lagging for millions in East and Southern Africa
Despite progress towards ensuring basic sanitation services for all, access still eludes many.
$4.2 trillion can be saved by investing in more resilient infrastructure, World Bank report finds
Investing in resilient infrastructure pays for itself four times over.
WMO verifies 3rd and 4th hottest temperature recorded on Earth
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has officially evaluated temperature record extremes of 54.0 °C at two locations, one in Mitribah, Kuwait, on 21 July 2016 and a second in Turbat, Pakistan, on 28 May 2017.
NASA explores our changing freshwater world
By Ellen Gray.
Pakistan’s most populous city needs desalination plant to meet water requirements
Last Sunday, Arif Alvi, President of Pakistan, said that to tackle the challenges of water scarcity in Karachi, capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh, it would be feasible to build a desalination plant with capacity to treat 1,100 to 1,400 million gallons of water per day.
Tractebel to lead JV for Harpo River hydro project, Pakistan
The town of Skardu and a whole host of villages in the mountain region of Gilgit-Baltistan are to benefit from a new hydropower project on the Harpo river.
Asia’s glaciers provide buffer against drought
A new study to assess the contribution that Asia’s high mountain glaciers make to relieving water stress in the region is published this week in the journal Nature.
Antibiotics found in world’s rivers exceed ‘safe’ levels, study finds
Concentrations of antibiotics found in some of the world’s rivers exceed ‘safe’ levels by up to 300 times, the first ever global study has discovered.
IHA releases 2019 Hydropower Status Report charting growth in renewable hydro
More than 21.8 gigawatts (GW) of renewable hydroelectric capacity was put into operation last year, according to the 2019 Hydropower Status Report which is published on the eve of the World Hydropower Congress in Paris.