Sunamganj, Apr 4 – Four people went missing as a trawler, carrying around 50 people, capsized in Tanguar Haor under Tahirpur upazila on Tuesday morning.
Category: Climate
193 dead after rivers overflow, toppling homes in Colombia
Bogota, Apr 2 (AP/UNB) — An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers tore through a small city in Colombia while people slept, destroying homes, sweeping away cars and killing at least 193 unsuspecting residents. The incident triggered by a…
Costa Rican town fears the sea will steal its shiny new face
Cieneguita, Costa Rica, Mar 28 (IPS) – Two years have gone by since the new government initiative which subsidises community works changed the face with which the coastal town of Cienaguita, on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, looks out to the…
‘Monster’ storm Cyclone Debbie hits Australia
A powerful cyclone carrying winds of up to 263km/h (163 mph) has made landfall in Queensland, Australia. Cyclone Debbie, a category four storm, has left at least 45,000 homes without power and damaged buildings, although it is too early to…
Cyclone hits Australian islands lifting roofs, cutting power
Dhaka — A powerful cyclone lashed islands, damaged roofs and cut power on Tuesday as it edged toward Australia’s tropical northeast coast, officials said.Category 4 cyclone Debbie brought winds gusting to 250 kilometers per hour (155 miles per hour) and…
Cities and monuments switch off for Earth Hour
Washington, March 26 – The Empire State Building and United Nations headquarters in New York joined other iconic buildings and monuments around the world plunging into darkness for sixty minutes on Saturday to mark Earth Hour and draw attention to…
A carbon law to protect the climate
By Stephen Leahy Uxbridge, Canada, Mar 24 (IPS) – The Carbon Law says human carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions must be reduced by half each decade starting in 2020. By following this “law” humanity can achieve net-zero CO2 emissions by mid-century…
Eliminating energy-related carbon emissions possible: IRENA
Decarbonisation of global energy system, led by renewables and efficiency, would create economic gains Berlin, Germany, 20 March — Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions can be reduced by 70% by 2050 and completely phased-out by 2060 with a net…
Death toll rises to 72 in Peru rains, flooding, mudslides
Lima, Mar 19 (AP/UNB) — The intense rains, overflowing rivers, mudslides and flooding being experienced in the country are the worst seen in two decades, Peruvian authorities said Saturday, affecting more than half the nation as the death toll since…
Wintry breeze rules BD after winter officially ends
GW news desk with Abdur Rahman Jahangir, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Mar 19 – When the residents in the capital are feeling the pinch of summer heat and pleasant cold coming in a rotation for several weeks people in the…
Perils of climate change: Spring to recede from Pakistan
The meteorological department in Islamabad has announced that climate change will strongly impact spring in Pakistan. The highest temperature recorded in the capital in March was 25 degrees Celsius. It is expected that spring will cease to exist in the…
Mideast may become uninhabitable?
By Baher Kamal Rome, Mar (IPS) – New evidence is deepening scientific fears, advanced few years ago, that the Middle East and North Africa risk becoming uninhabitable in a few decades, as accessible fresh water has fallen by two-thirds over…
Leading women mayors in NY, commit to tackle climate change
The world’s leading women mayors convene in New York City to mobilize the next generation of climate leaders New York City, NY (15 March)— Today, women mayors from many the world’s greatest cities and women business leaders committed to use…
Flights scrapped, schools closed as strom hits New York
New York, Mar 14 (AP/UNB) — A powerful nor’easter is beginning to lash the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast prompting flight cancellations, school closures and warnings from New York city and state officials to stay off the roads.
The ocean is swallowing these two American towns
To stay or to go. It’s a wrenching question low-lying coastal communities around the world are beginning to reckon with as climate change starts to push up global sea levels. But it’s not just happening in far-away places like Bangladesh…
Tourists stranded at St. Martin’s Island: Signal 3 at maritime ports
Dhaka, Mar 10 – Thousands of tourists remained stranded at St. Martin’s Island a tourist attraction south of Teknaf, the southernmost area of Bangladesh on Friday Afternoon as the went rough due to inclement weather. The maritime ports of Chittagong,…
The geopolitics of environmental challenges
London – Much of the world seems to be on edge. The West’s relationship with Russia, the future of NATO, the Syrian civil war and refugees, rising right-wing populism, the impact of automation, and the United Kingdom’s impending departure from…
One in 10 people think air quality bad even at toxic levels
• 38 out of 43 air quality zones across the country are breaching legal limits for air pollution • Friends of the Earth launches nationwide citizen science air pollution experiment Friends of the Earth is calling on the UK public…
Powerful women mayors, business leaders meet in NY 15 March
Dhaka – On March 15, C40 Chair and Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo will join the mayors of Washington D.C., Cape Town, Mexico City and many others for the Women4Climate conference. This first-of-its-kind, half-day event will leverage the power of…
Earth-size worlds found orbiting star, could hold life
Cape Canaveral— For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a single nearby star — and these new worlds could hold life. This cluster of planets is less than 40 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, according…
Sindh people march to protect Indus River: SANDRP
Guest Blog by Muhammad Ali Shah, Dr. Aly Ercelan & Roshan Bhatti Sindh Peoples Caravan March 1-14, 2017 Protect Our Rivers and Delta Across the world the greed of capitalism has created water crises. Asia in general and South Asia…
How warming could turn many plants, animals into climate refugees
Finding the optimum environment and avoiding uninhabitable conditions has been a challenge faced by species throughout the history of life on Earth. But as the climate changes, many plants and animals are likely to find their favoured home much less…
UK gets “final warning” from EU for breaching air pollution limits
The UK government must introduce Clean Air Zones across the country and commit to cleaning up the UK’s air faster says Friends of the Earth, as the European Commission today (15 February) issues a “final warning” demanding that the UK…
Jordan resorts to cloud seeding tech for water
Environment-friendly technology set to narrow the gap between water demand and availability Experiments in six-month pilot increase rainfall, and government decides to extend the project Questions remain on the consistency of results and impact on neighboring countries Amman – The…
More whales stranded in New Zealand, bringing total to 650
Wellington, Feb 11 (AP/UNB) — A new pod of 240 whales swam aground at a remote New Zealand beach on Saturday just hours after weary volunteers managed to refloat a different group of whales following an earlier mass stranding. In…
Ambitious science based GHG emissions targets initiative
Husqvarna Group is the first Swedish listed company and the world’s first forest and garden company, to have its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative. The Science Based Target Initiative works with companies to…
2 magnitude 5.3 earthquakes jolt Turkey; minor damage caused
Dhaka — Two earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of 5.3 jolted Turkey’s northern Aegean coast on Monday, damaging dozens of homes in at least five villages and injuring at least five people.The first quake was centered beneath the Aegean off…
$448mn assistance to face climate change: Minister
Bangladesh has so far received US$ 448.65 million as assistance from different agencies to face adverse impacts of climate changes, Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain Manju told Parliament on Sunday. Besides, Bangladesh got commitment of US$ 175 million from…
Seawater dents Bangladesh’s rice production: Reports
Urgent action is needed to prevent salt intrusion causing severe damage to rice production and loss of drinking water in Bangladesh and Vietnam, according to reports by the World Bank and the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO). The reports…
New FAO representative in B’desh joins office
Dhaka – Susan Lorraine Lautze has joined as the FAO Representative in Bangladesh. Lautze has already reached here and started work with FAO Dhaka office, Assistant FAO Representative (programme) Dr Nur Ahamed Khondaker told UNB on Monday.