Sustainability strategies – lessons learnt
by Jocelyn Ho Back in the 1970s Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman stated that the…
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Aquaculture main driver of mangrove losses
Jakarta – Expanding aquaculture in South-East Asia over the last two decades has been the…
Any way to help slow down climate change… individually?
By IPS World Desk Rome, June 27 (IPS) – It is no secret that the…
‘Global sea level rise accelerates since 1990′
The rise in global sea levels has accelerated since the 1990s amid rising temperatures, with…
Climate change more important than partisan politics: Schwarzenegger
Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger urged people from both ends of the political spectrum to…
The world is burning
By IPS World Desk Rome, June 23(IPS) – Record high temperatures are gripping much of…
UK rights offer not sufficient: Juncker
Efforts to reassure EU citizens in the UK about their future after Brexit are “a…
Concerted effort in global resilience to turn back desertification
As we mark World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought tomorrow, notable strides have been…
Bangladesh still hosts largest number of Myanmar refugees: Report
Dhaka – The number of refugees from Myanmar rose to 490,300 by the end of…
Germany: no punishment for UK, but EU exit good for no one
Berlin – A senior German official is stressing that the European Union doesn’t want to…
Conservationists: Imperiled Atlantic salmon decline worsens
Bangor – Fewer of North America’s Atlantic salmon are making it back to rivers to…
Bangladesh needs global support to tacle climate change
DHAKA, June 17, 2017 (BSS) – Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust (COAST) Bangladesh, at…
Climate change may trigger more landlsides: Experts
Md Rafiqul Islam, UNB staff writer Dhaka, Jun 16 – In the wake of recent…
Rescuers battle to reach victims of landslide in Bangladesh
Rescue workers battled on Wednesday to reach victims of landslides, described as the worst in…
Bodies of 3 more landslide victims recovered in Rangamati
The bodies of three more landslide vicitms, including a missing army man, were recovered from…
135 million people face displacement for land degradation
Bonn, Germany, Jun 14 (IPS) – We all have dreams. For most of us, those…
Firefighters battle massive blaze in London high-rise
London – Firefighters battled a massive fire in a 27-floor high-rise apartment building in west…
Heavy rainfall likely at Ctg
Dhaka – Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at places over Chittagong…
When women have land rights, the tide begins to turn
By Manipadma Jena New Delhi, June 12 (IPS) – In Meghalaya, India’s northeastern biodiversity hotspot,…
Deep depression swamps BD: Tide in 14 coastal villages
Dhaka -Incessant heavy downpour left Dhaka city life in disarray creating traffic chaos and water-logging…
‘Flash’ deep depression breaks up over Bangladesh
A prevailing low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal beat all forecasts to intensity with…
6 fishermen missing in Bangladesh coast boat capsize
Dhaka, Jun 11 – Six fishermen went missing as a fishing boat capsized near Domar…
G7 environment summit bears heat of Trump withdrawal
Bologna, June 11 (AP/UNB) – Top environment officials from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies…
US backs call to save oceans, no to climate action
The United States on Friday joined all 192 other UN member-states in releasing a “Call…
Germany: Climate will last longer than Trump presidency
San Francisco, Jun 10 (AP/UNB)- Threatened as it is, the Earth’s climate will survive longer…
‘US withdrawal exposes Paris pact’s flaws’
Statement of the March for Science Philippines on US’ withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord…
Will May allow ally DUP to weaken climate action?
Responding to Friday’s news of a hung UK parliament and that the Conservative Party may…
Climate decision could accelerate damage to Trump properties
Palm Beach – President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement…
US pullout from Paris deal: What it means
By withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement, President Donald Trump abdicated not only…
Bangladesh upset at US decision to dump climate deal
Bangladesh has expressed its disappointment over the United States’ decision of withdrawing from the Paris…