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Why I Wrote the ‘Water Resources in a Vulnerable
World’ and What’s up with ‘Hydro-Hazardscapes’,
21 May, 2013
In this blog Daanish
Mustafa, who teaches at King's College London,
Department of Geography, shares his experience
of writing his book titled "Water Resources
Management in a Vulnerable World: Hydro-Hazardscapes
of Climate Change".
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US supports Nepalese system to detect forest fires,
20 May, 2013
LEAD Fellow Saleem
Sheikh writes about the catastrophic forest fire
that struck Seti Devi Village in Nepal in Mid April.
Besides thousands of decades-old pine trees,
precious medicinal herbs were also reduced to
cinders in just a few hours. However local residents
are now hopeful that Nepal’s new forest-fire
detection system will help avoid a repeat of the
recent catastrophe that struck their village.
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Feeding hunger, poverty: Addressing malnutrition is
one of the best investments Pakistan can make in its
future, 15 May, 2013
Pakistan is currently
dealing with multiple, complex challenges ranging
from low levels of economic growth, aggravated by a
major deficit in power generation and resulting low
productivity; to frequent large scale natural
disasters; high and rising levels of food insecurity
with evidence of a nutritional crisis. These
challenges are complicated by Pakistan’s position as
an epicentre of the war on terror with events
elsewhere in the region casting a shadow over much
of the country.
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Pakistan’s Coal Quandary: Energy, the Environment
and Hindu-Muslim Harmony, 02 May, 2013
In this guest-post,
Muhammad Makki, a doctoral candidate at the
University of Queensland, presents his reflections
on a field visit to the remote Tharparkar coal
region of Pakistan and the challenges of communal
harmony and a diversified approach to addressing
Pakistan’s energy crisis. Makki also presented his
project findings during a Roundtable Discussion that
was held in LEAD Pakistan on 11 April, 2013.
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CDKN launches new publication on climate resilience
and disaster risk management, 24 April, 2013
CDKN, in collaboration
with partners across Asia, Africa and Latin America,
is pleased to announce a new publication on Climate
resilience and disaster risk management. It presents
recent results from CDKN-supported projects to
assess vulnerability and mainstream climate
resilience into development planning.
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Unwanted rainfall lashes hopes for Pakistan's wheat
crop, 23 April, 2013
LEAD Fellow Saleem
Sheikh writes about the farmers who have been
effected by the unpredictable weather patterns and
variable rainfall, which scientists believe are
linked to climate change. Experts say that the
solution to such grim situations that are becoming
frequent lies in crop insurance which is currently
not available in Pakistan.
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