Tag: Climate Change
Bali climate conference ends with watered-down declaration
Almost 200 countries agreed in Bali to launch negotiations towards an agreement in 2009 to address climate change on the basis of a watered-down declaration. But they failed to translate the findings or recommendations of the scientific community into a corresponding global political response. The decision – coming about 16 hours after the deadline had […]
Victory for the vulnerable with decision on climate-change adaptation fund
Bali, Indonesia: Years of tense climate-change talks ended last night with victory for the
Rickshaw: Environment Comrade Vehicle’s Departure
“I am pulling rickshaw for seven years. My house is in Rampur district. My Father-Mother, Sister-Brother lives in the village. I send them two thousand taka every month. I pass my life in Dhaka with rest money” – Md. Deloar Hossain said this with hesitation. This twenty seven years old rickshaw puller has not married […]
Global land temperatures for January and April likely warmest ever recorded : UN
Global land surface temperatures for January and April will likely be ranked as the warmest since records began in 1880, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported yesterday (7th Aug), adding that it is working with its partners to set up a multi-hazard early warning system to tackle the extremes brought on by climate […]
Practical Action is helping people in Gaibandha to cope with climate change
With the help of technology, relocated communities are changing the way they live. The new village of Amader Bandhan stands on a sandbar about 190 miles north-west of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka in the district of Gaibandha, and consists of 100 half-brick, half-tin homes. Its population is drawn from the ranks of the country’s climate change […]
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