A double-whammy of El Niño and long-term climate change hit Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Drought, heat, wildfires,
President Mohamed Nasheed was chosen by TIME magazine for its Heroes of the Environment 2009 list. In this week
Addressing delegates at the opening of the Bangkok Climate Change Talks, Yvo de Boer stressed that the talks must end with an evident spirit of cooperation and with evident progress. The UNFCCC Executive Secretary anticipates that the pace of action in the negotiations can and will match an increasing pace of action currently observed at the highest level.
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni has said Bangladesh is a victim of the climate change though the country is not responsible for it. She said this while presenting the country's position at an event on 'Innovative Solutions Linking Climate Change and Food Security' organised by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in New York on Thursday.
THE diplomatic process leading up to the climate-change conference in Copenhagen in December is gathering speed. Preparatory meetings are flashing by: the Major Economies Forum last week, the UN climate-change summit and the G20 this week, pre-Copenhagen negotiations in Bangkok next week.
Bangladesh will seek developed country's support for capacity building of its people to tackle the adverse effects of climate change caused by global warming.
At the Group of 20 summit in April, climate change merited barely a passing reference - it was the 28th out of 29 points listed in the final communiqu
Bangladesh has sought $5 billion from the developed countries in compensation as an affected country due to climate change caused by global warming.
Bangladesh has sought 5 billion US dollars from the developed countries in compensation as an affected country due to climate change caused by global warming. An official announcement in Dhaka yesterday said, State Minister for Environment and Forest Hasan Mahmud placed the demand during a high-profile meeting of the United Nations on environment affairs.
The battle to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prevent the most dangerous consequences of climate change will be waged across multiple fronts, including efforts to increase energy efficiency; efforts to deploy nonfossil fuel sources, including renewable and nuclear energy; and investment in adaptation to reduce the impacts of the climate change that will occur regardless of the actions we take.
The possibility that substantial quantities of CO2 can be injected into subsurface porous rock formations has been investigated sufficiently to show that pore space available to contain the CO2 is abundant. Multiple rock types and physical mechanisms can be used to trap the CO2 indefinitely. With careful site selection and operations, leakage to the near-surface region can be avoided.
