Responding to Friday’s news of a hung UK parliament and that the Conservative Party may govern with the support of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), James Orr, Friends of the Earth Northern Ireland Director said: “Under the DUP leadership Northern…
Dhaka – The flood situation of three upazilas in Moulvibazar have remained unchanged as floodwater has been entering through some eleven points of the Manu River and the Dhalai River, marooning more than one lakh people of some one hundred villages…
By Martin Khor With President Trump pulling the United States from the Paris agreement, the US has lost not only leadership but membership of the community of nations that subscribe to humanity’s fight for survival against climate change So in…
Danielle Nierenberg The United Nations’ World Environment Day (WED) is a day dedicated to focusing attention and taking positive action on issues related to the environment. The theme is “Connecting People to Nature,” and is meant to encourage people around…
‘Connecting People to Nature’, the theme for World Environment Day 2017, implores us to get outdoors and into nature, to appreciate its beauty and its importance, and to take forward the call to protect the Earth that we share.
Dhaka – The Village Tiger Response Team (VTRT), a community volunteer group supported by local conservation organisation WildTeam, has been awarded the ‘Bangabandhu Award for Wildlife Conservation 2017’ for its outstanding contributions to protecting critically endangered Bengal tigers in the…
Berlin, Jun 2 (AP/UNB)- Top European leaders pledged Thursday to keep fighting against global warming as U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was pulling out of the Paris climate accord, but they rejected his suggestion that the deal could later…
London, UK (01 June) – Cities, businesses and urban citizens are today looking to the most comprehensive roadmap available on how they can deliver their part of the Paris Agreement and prevent catastrophic climate change. According to research by C40…
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Jun 1 (IPS) – The United States is expected to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate agreement, prompting mixed reactions from civil society and political representatives.
Kuala Lumpur, 30 May (Jade Chiang) – Following a rich discussion, Parties to the UNFCCC’s Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) agreed to the call for focused submissions and a round table to promote further understanding of…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said it is “absolutely essential” that the world unite to combat the threat from climate change.
Dhaka – The maritime ports of Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar have been advised to hoist great danger signal number 10 as cyclonic storm ‘Mora’ has intensified into severe a cyclonic storm and is approaching towards Bangladesh coast. UNB news reported
Dhaka —The maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist distant cautionary signal No-1 as a depression was marked over Southeast Bay and adjoining Central Bay on Sunday morning. UNB news reported
Gazipur – More than 50 employees of a garment factory fell sick due to scorching heat at Konabari in the city. UNB news reported
By Zofeen Ebrahim Berlin, May 22 (IPS) – In a last-ditch effort, Germany and China are trying to influence the United States not to walk away from the Paris climate change accord it signed along with 194 nations. In December…
New Delhi – Even as Odisha is experiencing an intense heat wave with temperatures touching 45 degree Celsius in some places, a man took to cooking an egg on the road to demonstrate just how bad the situation is! UNB…
By Thelma Mejía Balfate, Honduras, May 15 (IPS) – In Balfate, a rural municipality that includes fishing villages and small farms along Honduras’ Caribbean coast, the effects of climate change are already felt on its famous scenery and beaches. The…
Bogra – A man was killed as a nor’wester lashed several upazilas of the district on Monday. UNB news agency reported
By Dean Baker There are two enormous myths about global warming. One is that dealing with it is optional. The other is that the measures needed to slow the process will devastate the economy. Neither is true. On the first…
Dhaka – Bangladesh is for the first time on the brink of setting up nuclear power centre due to farsighted and time-befitting policy of the present government, said Science and Technology Minister Architect Yafesh Osman on Monday.
Bonn, 12 May (T Ajit)- The G77 and China said that developed countries are intending to reinterpret the Paris Agreement (PA) by their stance in the negotiations at the Bonn climate talks. At the contact group meeting of the UNFCCC’s…
Bonn, 9 May (T Ajit) -As climate change talks under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) convened in Bonn on 8 May, developing countries conveyed unequivocally that the Paris Agreement (PA) must not be renegotiated, nor its…
Dhaka – Speakers at a view exchange meeting on Sunday emphasised the need for taking coordinated efforts to ensure reaching of food and assistance to all the flood affected people in haor (depression) area until the next harvest. Speaking at…
Dhaka – BNP vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu on Saturday accused the government of maltreating with the flood-hit people of haor areas. Addressing a human chain on Saturday he said that troubles and miseries of the haor areas relected the failure of…
Fahad Ferdous, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Apr 29 – The government has planned to impose ‘carbon tax’ from the next fiscal year on the sectors that are polluting the environment, aiming to deal with the environmental concerns and improve the…
Dhaka – A light earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Sylhet region in Sylhet on Friday night.The earthquake was felt at 10:50pm, according to Met Office.The epicentre of the quake was along Indo-Bangla border, about 204km northeast from…
Gopal Krishna A vast river flowing from one Canada’s largest glaciers vanished in just four days last year, due to the glacier’s meltdown propelled by climate change.
Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Thursday claimed that the haor regions in different parts of the country, especially the northwest, have been submerged due to heavy rains, not for the damage to any dam. “Excessive rainfall is the…
Dhaka – To fight for climate solutions on April 22, 2017 Amari Dhaka has celebrated Earth day by taking some environment friendly measures. Earth Day is a global reminder of our responsibility to preserve our home for generations to come.…
Dhaka – The flood situation in Sunamganj and Habiganj has worsened as heavy rainfall and onrush of water from the upstream submerged new areas in the districts on Monday.In Sunamganj, the Urar Bondho dam in Pagnar haor in Jamalganj and…