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All eyes are on Egypt during COP27 as the world meets in Sharm El Sheikh. A year ago, at COP26, the World Bank Group launched the Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs), a new core diagnostic tool that seeks to align climate action with development priorities. In the four upcoming reports for the Middle East and North Africa region (Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Morocco), climate justice has been a critical and common focus.
UNITED NATIONS: The impact of climate change on health if carbon emissions remain high, could be up to twice as deadly as cancer in some parts of the world, including Pakistan, according to new data...
The study gives the example of Dhaka, Bangladesh, where under a scenario of very high emissions by 2100, additional deaths due to climate change could rise to nearly twice the country’s current annual death rate from all cancers, and 10 times its annual road traffic fatalities.
Data shows that climate change could increase mortality rates in Faisalabad by nearly 67 deaths per 100,000 population