A daylong workshop for media on “Climate Financing” held here on Saturday.
Category: Climate
Discussion meeting with media reps on climate refugees
Chittagong: The Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) organised a discussion meeting with leading media representatives from print, online and electronic for mass awareness on climate displacement issue at Pitstop restaurant of Chittagong on worst situation of climate displaced peoples…
Hollande, Obama make joint call for climate accord
French President Francois Hollande and US counterpart Barack Obama have issued a joint call for an “ambitious” global climate change agreement.
Evidence ‘suggests climate change link to storms’
Climate change is likely to be a factor in the extreme weather that has hit much of the UK in recent months, the Met Office’s chief scientist has said.
Alaska’s Arctic icy lakes lose thickness
The ubiquitous shallow icy lakes that dominate Alaska’s Arctic coastal plain have undergone a significant change in recent decades.
Coastal Kids art competition on climate displaced peoples held
Chittagong – Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) organised jointly with Willaim Carey Academy, Chittagong a “Coastal Kids Art Competition” with the support of Coastal Kids Project of Displacement Solutions on Wednesday. Students of class five and Six of William…
EU outlines 2030 climate goals
The European Commission has outlined its plans for climate and energy policy until 2030.
YPSA OrganizedAdvocacy Meeting on Climate Change at Mirsarai
Peoples of Mirsarai coastal area frequently suffered by river erosion, salinity intrusion, arsenic water contamination and strong tidal surges.
Seminar on Climate Change and Global Food Insecurity
Academic experts at a seminar arranged by International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) viewed that professional approach is necessary to resolve problems in broad spectrum of human society to facilitate socio-economic transformation leading to ensure higher growth and…
Foggy weather affects normal life in Joypurhat
Normal life and vehicular movements were badly affected for the third consecutive day today as a mild cold wave coupled with dense fog continued sweeping in the district.
Innovation of newer ways can ensure food security amid climate change
Innovation of newer ways, technologies and stress tolerant crop varieties through continuous research works can keep agro-productions increasing for ensuring food security amid adverse climate change impacts.
14 children die of cold
Fourteen children have died at the Rangpur Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) in the past 48 hours due to cold-related diseases, doctors say. Bangladesh’s northern districts are experiencing severe cold. The sun is hardly seen and people, particularly children are…
Fog hampers ferry service
Severe traffic congestion has developed on both sides of the Padma river at Mawa-Kewrakandi and Paturia-Doulatdia points, as ferry services remained suspended for several hours because of dense fog.
UK Met Office to offer daily space weather forecasts
The Met Office is to begin offering daily forecasts about the weather in space.
Tsunami threat to Sumatra continues
A great offshore earthquake, like the one that killed hundreds of thousands when it struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra coast in December 2004, would seem to offer a small measure of solace to survivors: The offshore tectonic fault that caused the…
Scientists still wait for clear signs of ozone hole healing
Earth’s upper atmosphere is still so saturated with ozone-eating chlorine that it will take about another decade for evidence that a nearly 25-year-old ban on such destructive chemicals is working, scientists said.
Savvy bar-tailed godwit equipped for climate challenge
The bird world’s long-distance champion is probably savvy enough to cope with climate change, researchers believe.
Snow falls in Cairo first time in over 100 years
Cairo has been transformed into a winter wonderland after a “historic” storm in the Middle East brought a rare treat to Egypt’s capital Friday: a blanket of powdery, white snow.
Weather ‘behind ozone hole changes’
Scientists have been puzzled why the hole, which forms each year over Antarctica, has been changing considerably in size from year to year.
Esa’s Cryosat mission detects continued West Antarctic ice loss
West Antarctica continues to lose ice to the ocean and this loss appears to be accelerating, according to new data from Europe’s Cryosat spacecraft.
Stifling heat, anarchy, refugees: welcome to a post climate change world
The mass exodus from low-lying Bangladesh and coastal cities of China, Indonesia and India poses perhaps the biggest challenge for Australia, which could face a wave of climate refugees. Image:
Climate change impact poses serious threat to indigenous fish species
Adverse impact of climate change has been posing a serious threat to the fish species, particularly the indigenous small ones, in vast Barind tact consisting the districts of Rajshahi, Naogaon and Chapainawabgonj.
Cyclone ‘Lehar’ brews in Bay
The very severe cyclonic storm, ‘Lehar’, over the southeast Bay and its adjoining areas moved northwestwards and now lies over the west central bay and adjoining southeast bay.
Climate change poses threat to livelihood in Barind tract
Adverse impact of climate change has started posing a serious threat to the farming sector alongside overall living and livelihood condition in vast barind tract consisting the districts of Rajshahi, Naogaon and Chapainawabgonj for the last couple of years.
Last-minute deal saves fractious UN climate talks
UN climate talks in Poland have ended with delegates reaching a compromise on how to fight global warming.
UN climate talks in Warsaw bogged down on key details
UN talks on climate change taking place in Warsaw have been extended as delegates remain deadlocked on key issues.
Cyclone ‘Helen’ crosses India’s Andhra coast
The severe cyclonic storm, ‘Helen’, over the west-central Bay and adjoining area moved westwards and crossed Andhra Pradesh coast near Machilipatnam of India at 3 pm on Friday.
Green groups walk out of UN climate talks
Environmental campaigners walked out en-masse from climate talks here in Warsaw saying they felt no progress was possible.
‘Cinderella’ gas a threat to climate and ozone layer
By Matt McGrath The United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) has issued a warning about the dangers posed by nitrous oxide, the so-called “laughing gas”.
Developing nations bear the brunt of extreme weather
Warsaw – Haiti, the Philippines and Pakistan were the countries that suffered the most due to extreme weather events in 2012, according to the Global Climate Risk Index released yesterday at the UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw, Poland.