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Syed Muhammad Abubakar

s.m.abubakar@hotmail.com

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contributed to D+C/E+Z in summer of 2020 as environmental journalist based in Pakistan.
 

All articles of Syed Muhammad Abubakar

SDGs
Syed Muhammad Abubakar

No reason to sit back and relax

Pakistan has met SDG 13 on climate action but must continue its efforts

Fruit industry
Syed Muhammad Abubakar

Multiple adversities

Pakistan’s mango sector is hurt by environmental changes and slow exports

Climate crisis
Syed Muhammad Abubakar

Pakistan’s melting glaciers

In Pakistan, meltwater from glaciers is causing devastating flash floods, and the dwindling of ice-shields affects the entire nation

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Uninforced fishing ban on world’s second deepest lake
Improving services for persons with disabilities
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Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

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Overview gender equality
Digitalising bride price payments
Encouraging women to profit from e-commerce in Africa

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Why we believe in our Digital Monthly
Women give birth on the floor
Brain drain in Africa’s health-care sector
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AI sector worries about what it is doing

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

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Brain drain in Africa’s health-care sector
How Mexican landfills become ganglands
AI sector worries about what it is doing