World Bank adaptation funds slept through Pakistan’s record flooding

Pakistan's former Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail (2nd from L) holds a meeting with World Bank officials in Washington on April 23, 2022. (Photo courtesy: Ministry of Finance)

January 17: Luavut Zahid at Climate Home News reported, When it was announced, the World Bank’s Solid Waste Emergency and Efficiency Project (Sweep) was touted as one of the lifelines that would help Pakistan’s biggest city, Karachi, with its urban flooding nightmare. But that hasn’t happened. Read More I