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Pakistan unveils plan to tackle looming water crisis

NEWS: As global warming, population growth and wastefulness strain water resources, Islamabad boosts reservoirs and irrigation

NEWS: Tharparkar opencast mine will produce 3.8 million tonnes of coal a year, under agreements signed in the past month

NEWS: Nawaz Sharif has draft plan, national media reports, but is dragging his feet on targets that would benefit Imran Khan’s fiefdom

NEWS: Farmer’s legal challenge makes history as judge tells government to get its act together on tackling global warming

NEWS: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, riven by the war on terror and extreme floods, has ambitious plans for hydropower and forests

NEWS: Talks to eliminate potent class of greenhouse gases last week failed to reach agreement, to the frustration of campaigners

NEWS: Study compiled by US, UK, China and India experts underlines migration threat from warming world

INTERVIEW: Influential politician tells RTCC country needs strategic approach to invest in green energy and prepare for extreme weather

COMMENT: There are clear links between government communication and fewer deaths from heat stroke. Ministers must do better.

NEWS: ‘Carbon Neutral Pakistan’ initiative seeks to generate domestic green technology industry, government minister tells RTCC

NEWS: Growing economic links with China are helping Pakistan tap into its enormous solar energy potential

INTERVIEW: Climate minister says country will submit strategy to UN by September, warns it faces increase in future weather extremes

NEWS: Environmental concerns, lack of infrastructure and foreign investment hold up 14GW of planned power plants

NEWS: Late rains were unusually heavy this year, say local farmers, affecting winter crops of wheat, oilseed and potato

NEWS: Government allocates $9.83 million for commandos to safeguard future of communities and timber

NEWS: Poor planning blamed again as thousands in India and Pakistan are forced out of homes by intense rainfall

NEWS: Ambitious plans to expand use of coal power threaten country’s long term economic outlook says UN official

NEWS: Evidence of shifting weather patterns has failed to stir the government into preparing for disaster management, say experts

NEWS: Governments in Islamabad and Delhi are not preparing for potential climate impacts, says new research

Asian Development Bank support critical for construction of new power station, raising questions over funder’s climate change strategy