State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
There is a need to adapt measures to cultivate in a situation where land and water are depleting, without causing damage to the environment: V-C Groundwater accounts for more than 60 per cent of the total agricultural water use and more than 80 per cent of drinking water requirements. Climate change has tremendous impact on groundwater resources and consequently on agriculture and also drinking water use
The changing climate and environmental factors are reflecting on the habitats of the birds too, especially a variety of water birds, that come to the Malabar region. In the recent years, some varieties have made the place their regular habitats, say experts.
A satellite has detected that 300 billion tonnes of ice is being lost every year from the Antarctic and Greenland glaciers, dramatically increasing sea levels around the world. The satellite that
Each degree celsius rise in global temperatures is likely to raise world's sea levels by more than 2 metres within the next 2,000 years, a new study has warned. While thermal expansion of the ocean
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Nepal today inked an agreement to implement the Community Based Flood and Glacial Lake Outburst Risk Reduction Project (CBFGLOF) to minimise threats
By 2030, average temperatures could rise by one to 4.5 degrees Celsius in the Himalayan region Global warming, coupled by unplanned construction boom and industrial layout, could spell doom “worse than
The government on Sunday approved 17 projects, involving Tk 98 crore, under Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change. Climate Change Trustee Board of the
The world suffered unprecedented climate extremes in the decade to 2010, from heatwaves in Europe and droughts in Australia to floods in Pakistan, against a backdrop of global warming, a United Nations
Global warming accelerated since the 1970s and broke more countries’ temperature records than ever before in the first decade of the new millennium, UN climate experts said Wednesday. A new analysis from
One in 10 people around the world will live in a place where climate change is damaging at least two major sectors such as crop yields, water, ecosystems or health, said an international study on Monday.