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Roundtable: After COP27, what’s the path to climate resilience for Pakistan?

Experts and commentators react to developments at COP27 and what lessons can be drawn from this year’s devastating floods

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  1. COP27: Loss and damage fund sole success 
  2. ‘A waste of time and money’: Why are environmental assessments so ineffective in Nepal?
  3. Analysis: China’s shifting energy investments in Pakistan, from coal to renewables
  4. Experts welcome ‘futuristic’ initiative to restore Indus River in Pakistan
  5. Islamabad’s recharge wells offer way forward for Pakistan’s groundwater
  6. In cold, dry Mongolia floods are now common – with devastating urban impacts
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Experts welcome ‘futuristic’ initiative to restore Indus River in Pakistan

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