climate change
Building climate resilient, migrant-friendly cities
A recent report from the World Bank has looked at the potential number of people who will be displaced and become climate migrants due to the adverse impacts of climate change around the world by 2050. The report estimated the number to be around 140 million across Asia and Africa, with 40 million in South Asia.
27 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Looking at climate change through culture and art
If you go to Cape Farewell's website, you will see written in large letters, against what seems to be a giant glacial art installation, the question: “What does Culture have to do with Climate Change?”
15 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Tapping the potential of our youth
Many oil-rich countries like Norway, United Arab Emirates and Brunei have put billions of US dollars into Sovereign Wealth Funds through which they invest in interest-bearing assets around the world, either enhancing the amount in the fund, or for subsidising costs of selected services for their own citizens.
13 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Govt study blames it on climate change
Last year's prolonged floods were a “classic example of climate change”, a government study claimed.
During the monsoon, floods are common but the floods in 2017 were distinct with its area covered an
27 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Seas to rise about a meter even if climate goals are met: Study
Sea levels will rise between 0.7 and 1.2 meters (27-47 inches) in the next two centuries even if governments end the fossil fuel era as promised under the Paris climate agreement, scientists say.
21 February 2018, 06:51 AM
Sea level rise is accelerating: Study
Sea level rise is accelerating and could reach 26 inches (66 centimeters) by century's end, in line with United Nations estimates and enough to cause significant problems for coastal cities, a study says.
13 February 2018, 07:33 AM
For global water crisis, climate may be the last straw
Before man-made climate change kicked in -- and well before “Day Zero” in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early May -- the global water crisis was upon us.
Freshwater resources were already badly stressed before heat-trapping carbon emissions from fossil fuels began to warm Earth’s surface and affect rainfall.
13 February 2018, 06:01 AM
Polar bears can't catch enough seals to stay fed: Study
Polar bears are struggling to find enough seals to eat, and the problem will get worse as the planet warms because their metabolisms are much faster than previously thought, researchers say.
2 February 2018, 05:56 AM
How financing to tackle climate change can be mobilised
At the recently concluded two-day international conference on climate finance in Dhaka, about a hundred national and 50 international experts, government officials, researchers and private sector representatives shared their experiences and knowledge about raising and spending money to tackle climate change around the world.
30 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Mammals more likely to survive climate change: Study
Mammals and birds stand the best chance of all animals of surviving Earth's rapidly changing climate, researchers say.
30 January 2018, 06:01 AM
2017 2nd hottest year after 2016
Last year was the second hottest worldwide on record, just behind a sweltering 2016, with signs of climate change ranging from wildfires to a thaw of Arctic ice, a European Union monitoring centre says.
5 January 2018, 07:02 AM
2017, the year of hurricanes, wildfires and floods
2017 has been the year of Climate Change impacts and its horrors making to the news on a daily basis. From hurricanes to wildfires, the previous year was a constant reminder that the planet is in the eye of the great climate change storm.
4 January 2018, 04:27 AM
Ctg on World Bank’s funding list for vulnerable cities
Bangladesh’s port city lying on the coastal belt, Chittagong is on the list of World Bank’s funding for cash-short cities with big plans for protection from damage of climate change.
15 December 2017, 15:58 PM
Two years of the Paris Agreement
On December 12, 2015 at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris, France, under the leadership of the then President Hollande, the historic Paris Agreement on climate change was adopted. It was a historic agreement for a number of important reasons.
11 December 2017, 18:00 PM
One Planet Summit: PM to leave for Paris tomorrow
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will travel to France tomorrow to attend the One Planet Summit, an event for discussing funding for the fight against climate change.
10 December 2017, 06:41 AM
Conflict of interest
A heated debate is currently ongoing about the necessity to prevent Business and Industry Non-Governmental Organisations (BINGOs) representing Big Oil from disproportionately and wrongly manipulating, slowing and watering down climate policy and negotiations.
30 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Easing the pressure on Dhaka
The second Annual National Conference on Urban Resilience was just held in Dhaka and in three days it brought together several hundred people from different sectors including the central government, local government, mayors and town planners, as well as researchers, academics, NGOs and private sector actors to discuss the future pathways to build urban resilience in Bangladesh.
28 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Fiji and Poland launch Talanoa Dialogue at COP23
The 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended in Bonn, Germany, on Saturday morning, as negotiations ran overtime by a day.
21 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Climate change imperils 1 in 4 natural heritage sites: Report
Climate change imperils one in four natural World Heritage sites, including coral reefs, glaciers, and wetlands -- nearly double the number from just three years ago, a report says.
13 November 2017, 12:06 PM
Climate target too low, progress too slow: Top scientist
The world must sharply draw down greenhouse gas emissions and suck billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air if today's youth are to be spared climate cataclysm, a top scientist warns.
11 November 2017, 04:37 AM