environment
AKAH Joins Hands With GB Govt To Design Water Supply Project For Central Hunza
Posted October 15th, 2020 by librarian-hdGILGIT, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Oct, 2020 ) :The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, Pakistan has joined hands with Government of Gilgit � Baltistan and District Administration Hunza, to design a major water supply project for central Hunza The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat Pakistan, signed a partnership agreement with Government of Gilgit-Baltistan to conduct a study for sustainable solution of drinking water supply for central Hunza sourced from Attabad lake.
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AKDN, Prince William to launch environmental prize
Posted October 11th, 2020 by librarian-hdLONDON: The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is partnering with Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, to launch the Earthshot Prize, which aims to incentivise environmental change while helping repair the planet over the next 10 years.
According to a press release, the prize also aims to find new solutions to environmental crises and the improvement of living standards, particularly for communities that are most at risk from climate change.
The Aga Khan Development Network is a Global Alliance Founding Partner.
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Aga Khan Development Network partners with HRH Prince William to launch prestigious Earthshot prize
Posted October 11th, 2020 by librarian-hdFive, one million-pound prizes to be awarded each year for the next 10 years, providing at least 50 solutions to the world’s greatest environmental problems by 2030
Five Earthshots – universal goals to repair our planet by 2030 – are announced in a new series of short films
Nominations to open on 1st November 2020 with an annual global awards ceremony to be held in a different city each year, starting with London in autumn 2021
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$4.2m GB project envisages massive tree plantation
Posted October 11th, 2020 by librarian-hdThe Newspaper's Correspondent
GILGIT: The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat Pakistan (AKAH-P) and the government of Gilgit-Baltistan have announced a US dollar 4.2 million project to plant 50 million trees across the region to reduce the climate-induced natural disasters.
The announcement was made at a function here on Friday.
The project will use tree plantation to absorb carbon and stabilise soil and slopes in hazard-prone areas, mitigating climate change and disaster risk, according to a press release issued here on Friday.
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SPEECH AT THE DINNER HOSTED IN HONOUR OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA
Posted March 3rd, 2019 by librarian-ldYour Excellency The President, Your Excellency the Vice-President, Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen
It is with great pleasure that I rise to welcome His Excellency President Daniel arap Moi this evening and to have the opportunity of returning his kind hospitality.
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Aga Khan demands urgent action to restore man-nature balance
Posted October 15th, 2017 by librarian-hdThe love and the sense of urgency to the environment around us is what shared the one who organized and participated in the first edition of the One Ocean Forum.
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