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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the Revised National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) and the National Climate Change Programmes for Nigeria.
The president gave his assent to the new policy at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday.
The Revised National Climate Change Policy is expected to implement mitigation procedures already put in place in the country and promote the low-carbon, high-growth economic development plan for a sustainable climate.
The Minister of Environment, Dr Muhammad Mohammed Abubakar who disclosed the President’s approval said it captures emerging issues in the country’s climate change mitigation programme.
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A glacial disaster in the making
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at IT University, Pakistan.
On August 15, 2020, a teenage girl was killed in a remote village in Chitral as a glacial flood swept away six houses, partially damaging sixteen others and inundating standing crops of wheat and beans. Another 11 people were injured as the local police station and a post of Chitral Scouts were submerged. The glacial flood washed away a stretch of more than 500 meters of road to Baroghil valley as well.
Fast-forward to February 28, 2021 and the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) issues a GLOF (glacial lake outburst flood) warning on the Shishper-Muchuhur glaciers in Hunza. The situation is still developing and a potential GLOF event is expected in May-June 2021 which will put the population in the downstream community of Hassanabad village at risk of glacial flooding. The Shishper-Muchuhur glaciers have a history of flash flooding. The current surge of Shishper, a 25 sq kms glacier in size, has brought it
Islamabad : The climate change ministry would vigorously pursue a low carbon-growth pathway to improve air quality in major cities of Pakistan in next ten years.According to the details, the.