Breaking Germany’s Coal Addiction
by Johan Rockström, Owen Gaffney Berlin – Germany is about to break its coal addiction.…
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Rain damages a huge quantity of Ekushey book fair books
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – An early morning shower on Sunday caught the book publishers…
Hasina wants richer sections all over to fight climate change
Munich, Feb 17 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has underscored the ‘will’ of the…
Geoengineering is a dangerous distraction
Carroll Muffett Washington, DC – As concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide surpass 400 parts per…
How devastating is climate change for world peace, security?
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 2019 (IPS) – When the Security Council, the most powerful body at…
Only immediate climate action can save the future
by John Scales Avery Only immediate climate action can save the future. If we don’t…
Climate change may destroy Sundarbans tigers in 50 years
Dhaka, Feb 14 (UNB) – A new study has warned that the Sundarbans’ famed ‘Royal…
Towards a common food policy for the EU
The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) has released a new report:…
Desertification: The right to life, liberty, and land
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 7 2019 (IPS) – Sustainable land management is becoming more important than ever…
Indian nationals warned of ‘fake embassy calls’
bahrain – February 06, 2019 Some recent incidents have come to the notice of the…
Transboundary climate adaptation with river basin orgs
Submitted by Christina Leb On Wed, 01/30/2019; co-authors: Sonja Köppel Water, climate, and finance know…
A-2oC temperature rise could melt half the Himalaya glaciers
Dhaka, Feb 04 – A Two-degree C temperature rise could melt half of the laciers…
Making communities drought resilient
GEORGETOWN, Feb 1 2019 (IPS) – The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD’s) Drought…
Bringing greener pastures back home
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 22 2019 (IPS) – One month on since the Global Compact for…
Heavy rain, flooding causes 12 deaths in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, Jan 31 (AP/UNB) — Saudi Arabia says 12 people have died and more…
10 Latin American city Mayors commit to share of Paris Deal
Cities will develop Climate Action Plans that deliver on the objectives of the Paris Agreement,…
Mild cold wave starts sweeping across Bangladesh
Dhaka, Jan 29 – The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Tuesday forecast mild cold wave…
Big emitters in Bd asked to go for rapid mitigation of GHGs
Dhaka, Jan 26 (UNB) – Bangladesh has said big emitters must go for rapid mitigation…
COP24: Sum and substance of climate diplomacy
NEW DELHI, Jan 23 2019 (IPS) – As I was attending the 24th Conference of…
Climate change as ‘threat multiplier’ – impacts peace
25 January 2019, Climate Change As climate change is increasingly recognized as a “threat multiplier”…
Davos, inequality & the climate emergency
Four of the top five most impactful threats in this year’s World Economic Forum´s Global…
Climate change worsen soil salinity across Bangladesh coasts
As a country with a large coastline, the adverse impacts of saltwater intrusion are significant…
Disrupting multilateral climate finance
by Håvard Halland, Justin Yifu Lin Beijing – A recent report by the United Nations…
An optimist’s guide to climate change
by Lynn Scarlett Washington, DC – During a recent commute to work, as my car…
Six Thakurgaon kids lose lives in cold-related ailments
Thakurgaon, Jan 12 – The sweeping cold wave has claimed the lives of at least…
Climate change: Complex challenges for agriculture
The unusually hot summer of 2018 showed that climate change affects a central part of…
Restore tank irrigation, strengthen rural climate resilience
As Indian farmers grapple with weakening and erratic monsoons over the recent years, combined with…
Signal 2 for BD maritime ports over cyclone Pabuk
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted…
Global Warming: Severe Consequences for Africa
Record global greenhouse gas emissions are putting the world on a path toward unacceptable warming,…
Variable weather changing Bangladesh’s agriculture calendar
Bangladesh, one of the most densely populated countries in the world, has long been witnessing…