Dhaka – A hot spell has been sweeping across the country, including capital Dhaka, over the last couple of days following the storms and rains caused by a nor’wester. The situation is worse in rural areas, particularly in the northern…
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Mild hot spell over parts of Bangladesh to remain 3 more days
The mild hot spell scorching Rajshahi and Khulna divisions may continue for three more days, the Met Office has forecast. Weathermen said on Friday rainstorm may take place in Mymensingh, Khulna and some places in Sylhet in this period. The…
Papua New Guinea 1st to have climate plan under Paris deal
By Eliza Northrop Washington DC – On March 29, Papua New Guinea became the first country to formally submit the final version of its national climate action plan (called a “Nationally Determined Contribution,” or NDC) under the Paris Agreement. The…
Climate change could cost global economy US$24 trillion
Jessica Cheam A new report by the London School of Economics and Political Science is the first comprehensive study to use an economic model to put a number on the “climate value at risk”. A new report published on Monday…
Parched fields force Thailand to look beyond rice
Thailand has long served as one of the globe’s main rice bowls, but chronic water shortages are pushing the country to move away from a grain that dominates its fields and has defined a way of life for generations. Laddawan…
Water reservoir can mitigate drought condition in Barind area
More water reservoirs in the drought-prone Barind area could be effective means of lessening its gradually mounting pressure on groundwater table coupled with mitigating its water-stress condition. Researchers and scientists concerned revealed this while talking to BSS,they said water reservoir…
Bangladesh char people being motivated to adapt with climate change
Dhaka – People in char areas in five unions of Jamal[ur district are being motivated to adapt with climate change. Due to climate change vulnerability in the char areas have already increased to a great extent and the char people…
Palau declares state of emergency over drought
Palau became the latest Pacific island nation to declare a state of emergency Wednesday, as the region struggles with an extreme drought that forecasters warn will not ease for months. President Tommy Remengesau said rainfall in the capital Koror over…
Northwesterly ‘Kalbaishakhi’ squalls, hailstorm forecast
Dhaka – River ports in several districts across the country have been asked to hoist ‘riverine warning signal no. 2’ amid forecast of temporary west or north-westerly squalls.
Australia invests $760 million in tech to fight climate change
AFP, Sydney – Australia will invest Aus$1 billion in clean energy technologies, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Wednesday, in a stark shift away from his predecessor’s climate change policies as an election looms. Turnbull, long known as a supporter of…
We’re changing climate at an unprecedented’ rate
By Elaisha Stokes Hardly a week goes by anymore without some scientific agency reporting that Earth has surpassed some sort of alarming threshold: biggest monthly temperature anomaly, lowest amount of sea ice in the Arctic, highest wind speeds of any…
Green Climate Fund adopts information disclosure policy
New Delhi (Indrajit Bose) — The Green Climate Fund’s Board adopted a comprehensive Information Disclosure Policy at the 12th Board meeting in Songdo, South Korea, held from 8-10 March. This included the decision to webcast live the Board’s meetings until…
Intense discussion over GCF project preparation facility
Kuala Lumpur (Hilary Chiew) – The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved its first grant of US$1.5million under its Project Preparation Facility (PPF) at its 12th meeting held in Songdo, South Korea from 8-10 March. The funding is…
Has air pollution made Kathmandu unliveable?
With smog five times worse than the levels which prompted Paris to ban cars, the capital of the supposedly pristine mountain nation of Nepal is choking. Hospital doctor Andrew Lodge reports jay’s 63-year-old frame strains with each breath. He is…
Warmer Water Leads To Respiratory Distress In Aquatic Animals
Until now, the link between rising water temperatures and higher mortality rates in aquatic animals was a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation.
Hail, thunderstorm across Bangladesh kills 10
Dhaka –A nor’wester accompanied by hailstorm and heavy rainfall swept many parts of the country on Wednesday noon, leaving two sisters dead in Narsingdi and around 30 injured in Barisal and Munshiganj. A trawler capsized in Dhaleshwari River in Naraynganj,…
Sea levels rising faster than in previous 2,700 years
Scientists have modeled a history of the planet’s sea levels spanning back 3,000 years, and concluded that the rate of increase last century “was extremely likely faster than during any of the 27 previous centuries.”
26 States fight Obama’s carbon emissions plan to curb global warming
The plan would establish the first-ever national standards to limit carbon pollution from power plants. A group of U.S. states led by coal producer West Virginia and oil producer Texas on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put a…
Cold wave sharply hits northern Bangladesh
The sweeping mild cold wave coupled with blowing cooler winds sharply deteriorated the weather condition disrupting public life in the northern districts today, official and local sources said.
Huge fight in Paris to ensure ‘contributions’ are not mitigation-centric
Penang (T Ajit) — A proposal by the Like-Minded Developing countries (LMDC), aimed at ensuring that nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement are comprehensive and not mitigation-centric, was a hard fought battle that eventually succeeded in being reflected…
Britain sends in more troops as York city flooded
York – British Prime Minister David Cameron was expected to visit flood-stricken parts of northern England on Monday, as troops helped tackle a deluge that has swamped the historic city of York. The government has dispatched hundreds of soldiers to…
Russia ‘warming 2.5 times quicker’ than global average
Moscow – Russia is warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the world, the environment ministry said Friday, sounding an alarm on the rise in floods and wildfires nationwide. A government report on environmental protection said temperatures…
Debate behind closed doors on temperature goal in Paris deal
21 December, Penang (T Ajit) — The long-term temperature goal and how to operationalize it was discussed at length among Parties before compromise was reached in the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The…
Paris Agreement adopted after last minute ‘technical corrections’
Geneva, 14 Dec (Meena Raman and Hilary Chiew)- The Paris Agreement, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was finally adopted evening of Saturday, 12 December, after four years since the launch of the process to develop…
Climate deal draft text ‘agreed’ in Paris for adoption
Organisers of the climate talks in Paris say a final draft text has been agreed after nearly two weeks of intensive negotiations. An official in the office of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told the AFP news agency the draft…
Call for party-driven, text-based talkss for Paris agreement
Paris, 8 December (T Ajit)— Many developing countries called for Party-driven, text-based negotiations in an open setting during the first meeting of the ‘Paris Committee’ held on Monday, 7 December. During the meeting which was held in the evening of…
Alternative Paris
by Sunita Narain I wrote last about what I expect will happen at the Paris climate change conference. But what should happen? First, the world must strongly underscore the need to keep the temperature rise below 2°C at the very…
US, EU want loss-damage as a toothless tiger in Paris deal
Ask vulnerable countries to explicitly give up the right to raise issues of compensation and liability in future Nitin Sethi Indian paper Business Standard accessed the proposal that the US put forth informally before other countries demanding that poor and…
Adaptation fund ‘in danger’, Kyoto Protocol in bleak state
Paris, 4 December (Marjorie Williams) – While attention at the ongoing climate talks is focused on a “new Paris agreement”, the state of the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is bleak. Parties at…
‘Developed and developing countries differentiation still relevant’
Paris, 4 December (T Ajit) — The world has not changed since 1992 and differentiation between developed and developing countries continues to be relevant through common but differentiated responsibilities, the bedrock of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…