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In Financial Crunch, Pakistan Asks IMF For $1 Billion, Seeks Additional Support

25 Oct 2024

Pakistan has officially requested $1 billion in funding from the International Monetary Fund’s facility designed to assist low- and middle-income countries in addressing climate risks, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced on Thursday (October 24). “We have formally requested to be considered for this facility,” Aurangzeb told Reuters during the IMF/World...

1 billion children at ‘extremely high risk’ on account of climate change: Report

19 Oct 2022

A rights group warned on Wednesday that one billion children are at "extremely high risk" as a result of climate change impacts, adding that youths' living standards have not improved in the last ten years. Approximately 820 million children worldwide, or more than one-third of all children, are currently exposed...