Speakers at a dialogue here on Saturday stressed going for a new holistic approach of building disaster resilience to tackle the increasingly overlapping shocks of natural disasters and economic crisis. They recommended appropriate macro-economic and disaster management policies at local…
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Global warming an extreme threat for Bangladesh: WB
Bangladesh will be one of the most-affected countries in South Asia by an expected 2°C rise in the world’s average temperatures in the next decades, according to a new scientific report released by the World Bank Group on Wednesday.
Environmental stress influence 30pc of migration
Although internal migration is a common phenomena in Bangladesh, about 30 percent decisions on migration are influenced by environmental stresses triggered by global climate change, according to a study. The study also reveals that about 42 percent of people do…
Cyclonic storm “Mahasen” moves northwestwards
The cyclonic storm “Mahasen” (with estimated central pressure of 998 hPa) over the Southeast Bay and adjoining area moved northwestwards over the same area.
Doha deal assures ‘damage aid’ to poor nations
EurActiv/ENN Poor countries have won historic recognition of the plight they face from the ravages of climate change, wringing a pledge from rich nations that they will receive funds to repair the “loss and damage” incurred.
Doha climate gateway: Universal agreement by 2015
Source, Unep Countries have successfully launched a new commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, agreed on a firm timetable to adopt a universal climate agreement by 2015 and agreed to a path to raise necessary ambition to respond to climate…