India Water Tool 3.0
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched the third version of the India Water Tool (IWT), helping businesses and other water users understand their water risks and plan solutions
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Saving Dhaka's polluted rivers: Drawing on recent experiences
Greater Dhaka has been a major engine of growth and prosperity in Bangladesh, representing more than 40% of Bangladesh's national GDP. This rapidly growing city of 12 million inhabitants has also emerged as a major hub for over 7000 small and medium scale industries.
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Punjab has to use water resources more productively: study
Punjab has to use available water resources more productively under the motto 'more crop per drop', as the productivity of water used in agriculture has declined in the past three decades while it would not be easy to increase its supply through physical means.
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Bangladesh needs to create jobs to face recession: ILO
Experts of International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Monday said Bangladesh would not face any major crisis due to global recession in terms of job cut and GDP growth although the world is facing economic challenges due to global meltdown.
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Pakistan falls below international standards in childrens health
The recent health indicators for child and mental health mortality in Pakistan reveal that the country falls far below international standards, which require instant and careful consideration for effective long term planning, says a report by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC).
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Sindh facing major environmental disaster, say experts
Expressing grave concerns over the rampant environmental degradation in the country, environmental experts have said that Pakistan, especially Sindh, is facing an environmental disaster.
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Science and technology spending 0.13 percent of GDP
With the war over, a senior Minister said Sri Lanka must spend more on science and technology, particularly in research and development, if the country is to achieve higher levels of economic growth and eradicate poverty. Investing now...for our future... - File pic
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U.S. Envoy Sees Climate Partnership With China
The United States wants to forge a partnership with China, bringing the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases together to address global warming, Washington's top climate diplomat said on Wednesday.
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Mexico Sees Support For U.N. Climate Finance Plan
A Mexican proposal to raise billions of dollars to fight climate change is winning backing in talks on a new U.N. treaty, paradoxically because no one really likes it, a Mexican official said on Wednesday.
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'Environmental degradation likely to cause Rs 365 billion loss a year'
The environmental degradation is estimated to cause Pakistan economic losses to the tune of Rs 365 billion per year that amounted to six percent of the GDP, said Afsarullah Khan Wazir, Project Director Pakistan Forest Institute (PFI) Peshawar.
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Green Energy Goal To Boost EU Jobs, Economy: Study
The European Union will boost economies and create an additional 410,000 jobs if the bloc meets its target of getting one fifth of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, a new report shows. The 27-country bloc will boost gross domestic product (GDP) by a quarter of 1 percent in the process, the study prepared for the European Commission's energy department said.