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COP31 BRIDGE initiative Pakistan pilot climate finance SURFF cities
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Pakistan among five pilots as COP31 Presidency rolls out BRIDGE and a new city resilience finance facility

The COP31 Presidency picked Pakistan among five BRIDGE pilot countries and launched the SURFF city resilience finance facility at New York Climate...

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UN Member States Back First Declaration on Sea-Level Rise, Affirming Statehood for Sinking Nations

The UN has adopted its first Declaration on Sea-Level Rise, affirming that sinking island nations keep their statehood, sovereignty and maritime zones...

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Singapore cooling assembly advances heat-resilience roadmap and Nature for Cooling Challenge

At the 17 September Global Cooling Pledge Assembly in Singapore, UNEP unveiled the inaugural Cool Leaders awards, a Global Roadmap on Heat...

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Aerial view of a parched river basin with cracked dry earth showing depleted global water resources
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WMO: 2025 among driest river years in 35 years as land water storage keeps falling

WMO's State of Global Water Resources report (17 September 2026) finds 2025 among the driest years for river discharge in 35 years,...

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Aerial view of a retreating Icelandic glacier with braided meltwater rivers and floating icebergs
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The Threat of Global Warming: How Melting Glaciers in Iceland Impact Sea Levels

Iceland's glaciers hold 3,400 km³ of ice — about 9 mm of potential sea-level rise — and have lost 540 gigatonnes since...

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