Dhaka – The Department of Environment (DoE) on Tuesday fined four factories Tk 61.86 lakh for polluting the environment in Narayanganj.
Category: climate
Maritime ports asked to keep hoisted signal 3
Dhaka, July 22–Due to strong monsoon steep pressure gradient persisting over North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh squally weather may affect the maritime ports and coastal areas said special Met office bulletin on Saturday.
Climate vulnerable nations must get support: BD
UN, Jul 21 – Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the developed nations must support the climate vulnerable nations like Bangladesh, particularly in the forms of financing, innovative solutions and technology transfer, to combat the perils of climate change.
UK varsity event Thursday on how climate change taught in BD
A major international event aimed at transforming how environmental and conservation issues are tackled in Bangladesh will be held in the UK Thursday, July 20.
Water scarcity hotspots shifting
New York – Reservoirs, dams and irrigation systems have shifted global patterns of water scarcity over three decades, “causing a distinct pattern of beneficiaries and losers”, according to recent research.
India’s Northeast have floods disaster for man-made causes
Since May 2017, several flood related incidents have taken place in the North East showing how our shortsightedness in understanding the rivers, how our thoughtless construction along the rivers in the name of flood control and how our careless operation…
Building resilience amidst “imbalances” and “inequality”
Geneva (D. Ravi Kanth) – The leaders of the Group of 20 developed and developing countries on Saturday (8 July) delivered a blueprint for “Building Resilience” in the world, but without addressing the grave “imbalances” between capital surplus and deficit…
Trump hints at climate deal shift in Paris talks
Media captionToned-down Trump: What happened to the tough talk on Paris? French President Emmanuel Macron said he “respected” Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord but that France would remain committed. “On climate we know what…
Green Climate Fund Board adopts decisions on project approval
Delhi, 10 July (Indrajit Bose)- The Board of the UNFCCC’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) adopted a host of important decisions at its 17th meeting held in Songdo, South Korea, from 6-7 July. Of crucial importance were decisions related to policy…
G20 or G19+1: Trump hails talks as ‘success’ despite divisions
President Donald Trump has declared the G20 summit in Germany a “wonderful success”, despite the US’s isolated position on climate change.
Macron announces climate summit for December 12
Hamburg, July 8, – France’s President Emmanuel Macron announced Saturday a summit on climate change for December 12, two years after the landmark Paris accord.
Protesters ask: Why the G20 meeting?
The “Welcome to Hell” protest was over shortly after it began, following a day of suspense in Hamburg. Many people had stayed at home or left the city. But, as Jenny Witt reports, almost everyone had expected trouble. All day,…
€1.5 million for Cyclone Mora victims in BD and Myanmar
Dhaka, 6 July – The European Commission is providing € 1.5 million in humanitarian aid funding for emergency relief assistance to populations affected by Tropical Cyclone Mora, which ripped through parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar in late May. The aid…
Funding climate resilience benefits all nations
By Kenton X. Chance Kingstown, St. Vincent, Jul 4 (IPS) – A leading climate change mitigation and adaptation activist and former climate negotiator in the Caribbean says that the United States could protect its economic and political interest by helping…
Flood situation in Northeast BD deteriorates
Dhaka – The flood situation in northern and northestern districts has deteriorated due to incessant heavy rain and onrush of water from the bordering Assam and Meghalaya hills submerging many areas of north-eastern parts of the country.
Flood serves havoc to Sylhet: 250 thousand marooned
Sylhet, July 2 – The onrush of water from the upstream and heavy rainfall triggered by monsoon over the last one week inundated vast areas in six upazilas of the district, leaving about 2.5 lakh people marooned.
Iranian city soars to record 53.7°C: Near hottest on Earth
A city in southwest Iran posted the country’s hottest temperature ever recorded Thursday afternoon, and may have tied the world record for the most extreme high temperature.
‘Global sea level rise accelerates since 1990’
The rise in global sea levels has accelerated since the 1990s amid rising temperatures, with a thaw of Greenland’s ice sheet pouring ever more water into the oceans, scientists said on Monday.
The world is burning
By IPS World Desk Rome, June 23(IPS) – Record high temperatures are gripping much of the globe and more hot weather are to come. This implies more drought, more food insecurity, more famine and more massive human displacements. In fact,…
Concerted effort in global resilience to turn back desertification
As we mark World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought tomorrow, notable strides have been achieved in building resilience to these issues globally. From Africa to Asia, concerted effort has led to gains in development, and all regions are experiencing…
135 million people face displacement for land degradation
Bonn, Germany, Jun 14 (IPS) – We all have dreams. For most of us, those dreams are often quite simple. They are common to individuals and communities all around the world. People just want a place to settle down and…
Bangladesh landslides toll now 146
Bangladesh authorities Wednesday day launched a fresh rescue campaign as the death toll due to landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains climbed to 144 with over 100 of them reported in a remote hill district close to the Indian border.
More landslides in Ctg, Sylhet likely
Dhaka – Landslide is likely to hit the hilly regions of Sylhet and Chittagong divisions in the next 24 hours beginning from 5pm on Wednesday following heavy to very heavy rainfall. -UNB
Landslides triggered by heavy rains kill 18 in BD districts
Dhaka, Jun 13 – At least 18 people, including seven minors, were killed and a woman and her daughter went missing in separate incidents of hill-slides triggered by heavy rains in Bandarban, Chittagong and Rangamati districts early Tuesday.
Deep depression swamps BD: Tide in 14 coastal villages
Dhaka -Incessant heavy downpour left Dhaka city life in disarray creating traffic chaos and water-logging at many points on Monday. Dhaka saw 132mm (6.5 inches) rainfall in 24 hours till 6pm on Monday, said M Aftab Uddin, a meteorologist at…
Rain eases heat but causes traffic chaos
Dhaka – Though the rain brought some sort of relief after several days of sultry weather, it left the city life in disarray creating traffic chaos and water-logging at many points in the capital on Monday. -UNB
G7 environment summit bears heat of Trump withdrawal
Bologna, June 11 (AP/UNB) – Top environment officials from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies met Sunday in Italy amid ongoing differences between the U.S. and other members of the club over how to deal with climate change.
Germany: Climate will last longer than Trump presidency
San Francisco, Jun 10 (AP/UNB)- Threatened as it is, the Earth’s climate will survive longer than Donald Trump’s presidency, Germany’s environment minister said Friday.
193 nations urge action to protect oceans: US protests
United Nations, Jun 10 (AP/UNB)- The 193 U.N. member nations issued an urgent call for action Friday to reverse the decline in the health and productivity of the world’s oceans – with the United States backing the action plan but…
‘US withdrawal exposes Paris pact’s flaws’
Statement of the March for Science Philippines on US’ withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord ‘The March for Science Philippines strongly condemns the United States under the leadership of President Donald Trump after it pulled out of the Paris Climate…