Tag: Climate.

The costs of inaction on climate change will be “catastrophic”, according to US Secretary of State John Kerry. Mr Kerry was responding to a major report by the UN which described the impacts of global warming as “severe, pervasive and…

Negotiators worked through the night here in Yokohama in an effort to complete their review of a key report on the impacts of climate change.

There’s no mystery to the climate change crisis, as three news articles published this week make clear. Higher oceans threaten disaster, but greenhouse gas emissions continue, because they are lucrative.

When a powerful storm destroyed her riverside home in 2009, Jahanara Khatun lost more than the modest roof over her head. In the aftermath, her husband died and she became so destitute that she sold her son and daughter into…

Wetter winters in the future could increase agricultural pollution in Britain’s rivers, say scientists.

Oslo – A slowdown in the pace of global warming so far this century is likely to be only a pause in a longer-term trend of rising temperatures, the science academies of the United States and Britain said on Thursday.

From: Jan Steffen Despite international agreements on climate protection and political declarations of intent, global greenhouse gas emissions have not decreased. On the contrary, they continue to increase. With a growing world population and significant industrialization in emerging markets such…

Dhaka – Rights activists at a discussion on Monday urged the civil society members of the South Asian countries to get united to make the governments of Saarc nations to focus more on climate change issues. They said if the…

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…

The ubiquitous shallow icy lakes that dominate Alaska’s Arctic coastal plain have undergone a significant change in recent decades.

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…

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.

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.

By Matt McGrath The levels of gases in the atmosphere that drive global warming increased to a record high in 2012.

By John Upton World, don’t lose heart, but you really need to hustle. That’s the message from the United Nations as international climate delegates prepare to launch into a new round of negotiations next week aimed at cutting global greenhouse…

By Matt McGrath Global emissions of carbon dioxide may be showing the first signs of a “permanent slowdown” in the rate of increase. According to a new report, emissions in 2012 increased at less than half the average over the…

Sandip Das With the key rice-growing areas in the country receiving erratic rainfall in the last two decades, scientists have been working on techniques to minimise the adverse impact on foodgrain production. Trilochan Mohapatra, director, Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI),…

Cordis — Over the past century, the atmosphere and ocean have warmed, sea ice extent has reduced and greenhouse gases have increased. How future changes will evolve and how humankind can protect itself from possible calamities depends on the implementation…

New research suggests that extreme weather events will keep people poor in many parts of the world. The authors argue that where disasters like drought are prevalent, they can be the most important cause of poverty.

Assessing the effect of climate change on upwelling ecosystems is essential to be able to predict the future of marine resources. The zones concerned by this upwelling of cold deep water, which is very rich in nutrients, provide up to…

The German government has persuaded its EU partners to delay introducing new limits on CO2 emissions from cars.

By Matt McGrath Scientists say they are more certain than ever about the impact of global warming on a critical weather pattern.

From: Robin Blackstone, ENN The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the suspension of all operations “not essential to the human safety and preservation of the property”�.  This means that field and research activities will be wrapped up as the…

From: Edouard Stenger, Clean Techies

Governments forced to rescue the world’s banking system are being warned there will be no bailout if there is a crisis in the Earth’s climate system.

By Roger Harrabin

By Ria Novosti

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