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Afghanistan’s population is facing a growing array of environmental problems including unrelenting deforestation and land degradation, uncontrolled urbanization and solid waste disposal, worsening air and water pollution, depletion of groundwater,…
In winter, Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul, is not for the faint-hearted—below-zero temperatures are not uncommon and snowfalls are frequent and sometimes heavy. With an average temperature of -1°C, January is…
Afghanistan is home to a vast number of rugged, snow-capped mountain ranges. But instability and conflict still disrupt daily life, and the Taliban maintain their grip on at least 60 per cent of the country. …
Kabul, 12 December 2018 – With an urgent need to scale up disaster risk reduction across Afghanistan and to address humanitarian needs, UN Environment carried out a three-day interactive training course in Kabul…
Afghanistan's Second National Communication (SNC) under the UNFCCC (2015-2016) introduces the mainstreaming of climate change into national policies and planning for policy and decision makers. This report covers a wide area of climate actions and…
For years, the valleys and mountain slopes of Chapqulak Qabrizaghak village in Afghanistan’s Bamyan Province stood bare and exposed, at the mercy of the forces of nature – floods, avalanches, strong winds, dust…
Basmina.My name is Basmina and I’m a teacher in Haji Saheban village in Nangarhar province. Around here, our lives are pretty good. Unlike other parts of Nangarhar life is peaceful, we don’t have too many problems…
The National Environmental Protection Agency of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has prepared this National Implementation Plan (NIP) in partial fulfilment of its obligations under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs…
Global climate change will likely have severe impacts in Afghanistan. Due to the large gaps in the observation data of Afghanistan, the report analyzed data from different regions in Afghanistan from 1950 to 2010. The purpose of this report is to…
This report provides a broad overview of climate change governance in Afghanistan. The report identifies past achievements, current and future entry points enhance mainstreaming of climate change into the country’s national development framework. It…
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