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Investing in nature improves equity, can boost economy: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to a new study, current environmental degradation trends will result in large economic losses in the coming decades, disproportionately affecting the poorest countries. But there is some good news: investing in nature can turn those losses into profits.
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Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost USD4 trillion over last 50
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Over two million deaths and USD4.3 trillion in economic losses; that's the impact of a half-century of extreme weather events turbo-charged by man-made global warming, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.
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Pakistan Telecommunication Authority restores internet services across cou
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The PTA said in its statement that access to social media platforms Facebook, Twitter and YouTube was also being restored in the country.
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Benefits of global net-zero transition can be 5 times the costs in develop
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The benefits--including avoided economic losses from climate change, as well as improved health thanks to cleaner air--are achievable through targeted policy reforms, according to the Asian Development Outlook Thematic Report: Asia in the Global Transition to Net Zero, released today.
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China lost USD 18 billion in 2021 due to extreme weather: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The report highlighted how climate change impacts are wreaking an ever-increasing human, financial and environmental toll, worsening food insecurity and poverty and holding back sustainable development. The report also painted a worrying scenario for future water stress.
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Heat waves due to climate change have cost world economy trillions so far
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Massive economic losses due to sweltering temperatures brought on by human-caused climate change are not just a problem for the distant future.
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Nepal to sell 5 Chinese planes that are unfit to fly
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 7 (ANI): After facing heavy losses, Nepal Airlines has decided to sell five of its Chinese-made aircraft as nobody wants to lease them.
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Pakistan spends USD 450 million on F-16 package from US, amid USD 28 billi
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 27 (ANI): While Pakistan at UNGA recently urged the international communities to help it with economic losses amid the unprecedented flooding, which is estimated to be USD 28 billion, on the other hand, it recently received F-16-related equipment from the Unit
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Extreme heat reduces labor outputs by 25 per cent for outdoor workers in N
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 22 (ANI/PRNewswire): Today, the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at the Atlantic Council released "Hot Cities, Chilled Economies: Impacts of Extreme Heat on Global Cities," a new report detailing the social and economic effects of climate-dri
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Pakistan: Economic loss due to floods rises to around USD 18 billion
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): The estimated economic loss due to the unprecedented floods in Pakistan has neared around USD 18 billion, an increase from USD 12.5 billion estimated earlier, as calculated by the Centre and endorsed by the provinces.
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Floods in Pakistan cause economic loss to the tune of USD 12.5 billion
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 5 (ANI): The estimated economic loss to Pakistan from floods has increased from USD 10 billion to USD 12.5 billion.
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China's economic losses from natural disasters exceed 88 bln yuan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 21 (ANI): China's direct economic losses from natural disasters amounted to 88.81 billion yuan, about USD 13.13 billion, in the first half of 2022, the Ministry of Emergency Management said Thursday.
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