27 January 2014 2012
Karachi, 27 Jan: WWF-Pakistan’s Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) in collaboration of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation, Mumbai organized a workshop on rain water harvesting at a local hotel in Karachi. The workshop was well attended by government officials, NGO representatives, media persons and local community members. more
29 December 2012
KARACHI, Dec 29: As the Bay of Bengal is cooling down and the North Arabian Sea is warming up, the number of tropical cyclones has increased owing to the temperature shifting trend.Data collected from 56 meteorological stations in Pakistan shows a sharp rise in temperature during the first decade of the 21st century, except the year 2005, while a rise of four degrees centigrade is expected to occur within the century in the Indus delta region. Impacts included loss of vegetation, deforestation and irregular precipitation, says a study, part of the Synthesis Report 2012, which was released on Saturday. more
14 December 2012
KARACHI, Dec 14: Changes in weather conditions over the past two decades have aggravated the miseries of coastal communities living below the poverty line. Besides, the existing nexus between political and economic elites who tend to take undue privileges by controlling resources make matters even worse, says a report published by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P). more
21 November 2012
Thatta: World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan (WWF - P) under its Building Capacity on Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Areas of Pakistan (CCAP) project organized World Fisheries Day at Baghan Town near Keti Bunder district Thatta. The event was attended by creek communities, taluka government officials, NGOs’ representatives, civil society members and media persons of Keti Bunder, Baghan & Kharo Chan. .more
17 October 2012
Dhaka, 17 Oct 2012: In alignment with 2015 goal of regional transboundary cooperation, World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan (WWF –P) conducted a 2-day regional conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 16 and 17 October 2012. The event reunited the project associates from Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and Srilanka, as well as experts in fields of climate change and food security, environmental and resource economics; and practitioners and academics who have expertise on deltas in the region.more
18 September 2012
Thatta: World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan (WWF - P) under its Building Capacity on Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Areas of Pakistan (CCAP) project organized World Ozone Day at Makli gymkhana in Thatta. The event was attended by government officials, academia, NGOs’ representatives, civil society members, students and media persons.more
29 August 2012
Karachi-Cool breeze was blowing, light drizzling was damping the soil giving out fresh fragrance and people were dancing at hojamalo song. As the drizzling stopped, then after a short while moon peeped through clouds and looked at the people being amused on open ground of the village; such was a scene of folk musical night in Bughan village of Keti Bunder tehsil of Thatta district. Hundreds of people thronged to attend the event organised by World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan (WWF – P) under its Building Capacity on Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Areas of Pakistan (CCAP) project. more
Islamabad: The city of Karachi is at high risk from sea-level rise, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report titled 'Addressing Climate Change and Migration in Asia and the Pacific' warned. more
Islamabad: In the list of countries most vulnerable to disasters due to climate change, Pakistan’s ranking has been downgraded to 16 in 2010-2011 from its previous position at 29 a year earlier, more
Tribune Pak: Pakistan won the ‘Robin Hood’ award at the UN climate talks for proposing financial transaction tax (FTT) as an innovative source of financing the Green Climate Fund (GCF), on Saturday. more
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