UNOPS announced on January 29 a three-year Kabul water and climate-resilience programme funded by JICA with USD 9.3 million, targeting approximately 150,000 people.
Plans include check dams, reservoirs and irrigation canals for aquifer recharge and flood-risk reduction. These are proposed interventions; the beneficiary target is not a count of people already served.
In an IEA scenario, electricity could cost-effectively supply 33 percent of final energy use by 2035; projected import savings are not realized outcomes.
The utility’s long-term plan projects lower emissions despite rising electricity demand; its solar, battery and reverse-osmosis targets are not completed outcomes.
Emirates News Agency (WAM), citing Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC)4 min read
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