Global energy consumption is up — so are emissions
NEW DELHI, Apr 22 2019 (IPS) – Our acceptance of climate change doesn’t keep pace with…
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Pace of Bering Sea changes startles scientists
Anchorage, Apr 14 (AP/UNB) — The Yupik Eskimo village of Kotlik on Alaska’s northwest coast…
Cities around the world turn off lights to mark Earth Hour
Hong Kong, Mar 30 (AP/UNB) — Cities around the world were marking Earth Hour on…
New UN Climate report another strong wake-up call: Guterres
The increasing number of natural disasters and dangers linked to climate change, highlighted in a…
The unbearable unrealism of the present
by Paul Mason What characterises the present moment in history is a pervasive sense of…
Scientist who popularized term ‘global warming’ dies at 87
New York, Feb 19 (AP/UNB) — A scientist who raised early alarms about climate change…
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…
Climate change may destroy Sundarbans tigers in 50 years
Dhaka, Feb 14 (UNB) – A new study has warned that the Sundarbans’ famed ‘Royal…
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…
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…
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…
An optimist’s guide to climate change
by Lynn Scarlett Washington, DC – During a recent commute to work, as my car…
Climate change forces Central American farmers to migrate
As he milks his cow, Salvadoran Gilberto Gomez laments that poor harvests, due to excessive…
Climate Change on the Menu
By Riccardo Valentini Vitero, Itali – When we think about winning the fight against climate…
Looking beyond fossil fuels to reduce emissions
In midst of the 24th United Nations climate change conference (COP24), many are trying to…
Get ready for COP24: Transition to a sustainable future
By Manuela Matthess Berlin, Dec 3 2018 (IPS) – COP24 is the time for g…
Global warming increases frost damage on trees in Europe
Global warming increases frost damage on trees in large areas of Central Europe, according to…
World simply ‘not on track’ to slow climate change: WMO
The world is heading in the wrong direction to slow climate change after another year…
Australian students skip school for climate change protest
Thousands of Australian school students have urged greater action on climate change in protests across…
Rethinking animal agriculture
By Paul Gilding TASMANIA – In mid-July, as a brutal drought decimated crops, some European…
Climate change report warns of growing impact on US life
Unchecked climate change will cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars and damage human…
11 years after Cyclone Sidr: Victims still recall disaster
Eleven years after the devastating Cyclone Sidr, the survivors of Sharankhola upazila, the worst affected…
A radically realistic climate vision
By Barbara Unmüßig Berlin – According to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on…
The Green Lobby’s misdirected anger
By Yossi Sheffi Boston – In August, when US President Donald Trump proposed to freeze…
Is hothouse earth avoidable?
By Johan Rockström , Jørgen Randers, and Per Espen Stoknes Stockholm – Nearly 50 years…
Climate caused sea levels to force 200000 in BD migrate
Dhaka, Oct 23 – Increased soil salinity, due to climate change-induced rises in sea-levels, is…
Mitigating India’s climate-change misery
Gulrez Shah Azhar Santa Monica – The record-setting heat that blanketed the planet this summer…