The dwindling bee population over the last decade has slowly become a matter of concern, prompting conservation efforts across different cities around the world, including Delhi. At Sunder Nursery, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has set up 12 bee boxes along with Golden Hive Foundation.
Em Bombaim Sul, na Índia, a Urbanização Aga Hall - um futuro projeto de desenvolvimento de arranha-céus residenciais - é um dos primeiros e um dos maiores projetos da AKDN a obter a Certificação Avançada EDGE, o padrão de referência para a construção ecológica reconhecido mundialmente e criado pela International Finance Corporation.
Nas zonas montanhosas de Gilguite-Baltistão propensas a inundações, avalanches e quedas de rochas, a Agência Aga Khan para o Habitat está a formar as comunidades locais - mulheres e homens - para se tornarem socorristas capazes de realizar operações de salvamento, socorro e proteção durante situações de emergência.
A Rede Aga Khan para o Desenvolvimento, o Governo de Itália e a Mountain Partnership Secretariat coorganizaram um evento de um dia na Expo 2020 Dubai com o objetivo de lançar um urgente apelo à ação para o desenvolvimento sustentável e resiliente ao clima das regiões de montanha - destacando as melhores práticas que incluem a integração de medidas de redução do risco de desastres no planeamento urbanístico e a articulação entre as comunidades de montanha.
Worldwide three billion people lack adequate habitats. To address this need, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat works to ensure that people live in safe, sustainable and resilient habitats with the opportunity to thrive, whether in a remote mountain village, a town or a densely populated urban centre.
More than 90 percent of people living in mountain areas are in developing countries, including 634 million people living in rural areas. Without rural mountain planning, construction in these areas is often uncontrolled, unsafe and climatically unfit. The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat supports the resilience of mountain communities to plan for opportunity and create long-term value through a sustainable approach to habitat planning.
Pakistan is the eighth most vulnerable country to climate change in the world. Every year natural disasters and extreme weather affect almost three million people across the country. The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat is helping some of the most vulnerable communities manage these risks, prepare and respond in case disaster strikes, and plan for a more resilient future.
In Pakistan, two-thirds of the population lacks access to potable water and nearly half does not have access to basic sanitation. The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat is implementing a community-managed model to deliver sustainable, clean and safely managed water and sanitation services in homes in some of the most remote, mountain areas of the country.