climate change

Preparing for the future

That Bangladesh would be among the worst hit countries in the world for climate change has been a severe cause for concern for environmentalists and policymakers in the country.
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM

The Climate Vulnerable Forum Has Come of Age

The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) just held its high officials' meeting in Manila under the chairmanship of the government of the Philippines...
17 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Society 'set for climate change woe'

Human societies will soon start to experience adverse effects from manmade climate change, a prominent economist has warned.
16 November 2015, 05:02 AM

'Dramatic retreat' seen in Greenland glacier

A major glacier in northeastern Greenland is rapidly crumbling into the Atlantic Ocean and experts warned on Thursday the breakup will likely raise global sea level by 18 inches (a half meter).
13 November 2015, 03:12 AM

US President Obama joins Facebook, sends message on climate change

The White House launches a Facebook page for US President Barack Obama and used the social media platform to send a message on climate change.
10 November 2015, 05:37 AM

Megacities to be hit hard by surging sea levels

Large swathes of Shanghai, Mumbai, New York and other cities will slip under the waves even if an upcoming climate summit limits global warming to two degrees Celsius.
9 November 2015, 11:25 AM

Global warming can push 100m more into poverty: World Bank

Global warming could elevate disease, ravage crops and push 100 million more people into poverty without action to prevent it, the World Bank warned in a disturbing new report Sunday.
9 November 2015, 04:44 AM

Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline

US President Barack Obama rejects the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada in a victory for environmentalists who campaigned against the project for more than seven years.
7 November 2015, 05:08 AM

UN fund approves its first climate aid for poor nations

The UN's Green Climate Fund (GCF) says it approved its first financing of projects to help developing countries fight global warming, three weeks before a summit opens in Paris to ink a climate rescue pact.
6 November 2015, 15:33 PM

Did climate change jump-start human evolution in East Africa?

The significance of East Africa’s Turkana basin, which is called the cradle of humanity, in human history is still unclear. Now some ancient herbivore teeth are revealing the region’s special climate around the time our genus Homo first appeared.
5 November 2015, 05:21 AM

Can't we do at least this much?

The threat facing us all is very real, even if it is not as apparent to all of us as it is to the inhabitants of the small island states. There is a role for everyone in confronting it. The Paris conference must be a watershed moment, leading us into an era of green economic development and opportunity.
3 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Scientists reveal a bit of good news about Greenland’s great melt

Climate change is speeding up the melting of the great sheet of ice covering Greenland, a frozen mass the size of Alaska that holds an estimated 10 percent of the world’s ice and scientists are sure of it, reports news and lifestyle magazine TakePart.
1 November 2015, 05:47 AM

UN: Climate plans must go further to prevent dangerous warming

The UN says the current climate plans from 146 countries represent a significant advance-- but will not enough to prevent dangerous warming.
30 October 2015, 11:51 AM

Tackling climate change

Climate change is affecting Bangladesh severely. Bangladesh is suffering from untimely flood, drought, rise in temperature, etc.
27 October 2015, 18:00 PM

THE PARIS AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE - WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?

However, what is still to be agreed upon is how the $50 billion for adaptation is to be delivered with the GCF being unable to deliver any money yet, and in an even more troubling move, are offering loans instead of grants to vulnerable developing countries for adaptation projects.
27 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Hurricane Patricia: Risk of floods and landslides

Mexico's president warns that Hurricane Patricia still poses a threat of floods and landslides as it brings heavy rain to parts of the country.
24 October 2015, 11:33 AM

Philippines battered as Typhoon Koppu makes landfall

Homes have been flattened, power lines toppled, and thousands of people have fled their homes as Typhoon Koppu swept into the northern Philippines.
18 October 2015, 04:45 AM

Mahmood for shared responsibility to protect disaster-hit people

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali demands shared responsibility of all states to protect the climate and disaster-induced displaced people and mitigate their misery.
14 October 2015, 08:36 AM

Paris climate summit: UN negotiations 'need redesign'

The UN climate negotiations are heading for failure and need a major redesign if they are to succeed, scientists say.
12 October 2015, 07:43 AM

Canadian firm opens facility to pull carbon from air

A company with global plans to pull carbon from thin air to make fuel, while tackling climate change, opened a pilot plant in this remote western Canadian community.
12 October 2015, 04:01 AM