The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Pakistan Tuesday signed an agreement to invest US$ 73 million in rehabilitating Pakpattan Canal and Suleimanki Barrage in Pakistan's Punjab province. "The rehabilitation of Pakpattan and its linked cannels, and installation of new gates at Suleimanki barrage will reduce water losses …
The High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of Bagmati Civilisation, a government body formed to implement the Bagmati Action Plan (BAP), has formulated a new programme targeted at preserving environmental and ecological diversity of the Bagmati river. The plan to revive the dead river is being implemented with over Rs …
Bangladesh can slash greenhouse gas emissions by around 22 per cent by 2020 through introducing a variety of clean technologies that would cost less than $10 per tonne of carbon-dioxide equivalent, according to a study from the Asian Development Bank. ‘In Bangladesh, the sea level is predicted to rise 45 …
Dhaka Wasa plans to derive 70 percent of supply water from surface sources by 2020 via a sustainable and environment-friendly water management system to meet the city dwellers’ safe water demand and reduce dependence on groundwater. “We are trying to bring water from the Padma and Meghna rivers,” Dhaka Wasa …
Asian Development Bank (ADB) and European Development Bank (EDB) are ready to finance Tk8, 000 crore to reduce pollution and increasing capacity of power generation, transmission and sub-station building, planning commission sources said. ADB will finance Tk7, 500 crore and the rest Tk50 crore will come from EDB as grant …
The largely ADB-funded project will possibly be floated some time later this year Residents, living near the existing open-air sewage treatment ponds at Babesa, will have to wait another five years for the not so pleasant odour in the vicinity to go away. This is because the high tech sewage …
Sri Lanka could slash its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 19% of projected levels in 2020 at little or no long-term cost using an array of green power options, says a new study from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). "Sri Lanka has the potential to avoid emissions of over 5.6 …
