Climate change impacts in Bangladesh
With the Himalayas to the north and the Bay of Bengal to the south, Bangladesh sits on one of the world’s largest and most densely populated deltas, where the Jamuna, Padma and Meghna rivers converge.
Bangladesh
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Local knowledge and practices can help in drought prediction and extreme weather management
<p>Local knowledge and practices can help people in drought prediction and extreme weather management. The study was carried out to elicit and document local knowledge use in drought prediction and weather
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Options for low emission development in the Bangladesh dairy sector
This study evaluates the potential for improving milk production while reducing enteric methane emission intensity from dairy production in Bangladesh. The overall objective of this study is to support
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Africa: Investments in Poor Children Save More Lives Per Dollar Spent, New Unicef Study Says
Unless the world makes faster progress on reducing child mortality, by 2030 almost 70 million children will die before reaching their fifth birthday Investing in the health and survival of the most
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Global sea level rise accelerates since 1990, study shows
The rise in global sea levels has accelerated since the 1990s amid rising temperatures, with a thaw of Greenland's ice sheet pouring ever more water into the oceans, scientists said on Monday. The annual
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Death toll from Bangladesh landslides rises to 134 after heavy rain
The death toll could rise as rescuers search for bodies with many people still missing DHAKA, June 14 (Reuters) - At least 134 people were killed in Bangladesh when a series of landslides triggered
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Water for food security: lessons learned from a review of water-related interventions
The majority of the world’s 800 million food-insecure people live in regions where water and food security are intimately linked. Tackling the underlying causes of food insecurity therefore means addressing
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Bangladesh disaster management reference handbook
This handbook provides an overview of natural hazards, climate change susceptibility, disaster management and response in Bangladesh. It provides analysis of government disaster plans and policies and
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Cyclone brings destruction to Myanmar refugee camps in Bangladesh
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh Bangladesh has evacuated at least 350,000 people as a cyclone lashed coastal areas on Tuesday, officials said, causing havoc in refugee camps set up for Rohingya Muslims who have
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Cyclone churns towards Bangladesh as storm toll reaches almost 200 in Sri Lanka, India
An intensifying cyclone churned north towards Bangladesh on Monday after heavy rain in Sri Lanka and thunderstorms in eastern India killed almost 200 people, with more torrential downpours forecast.
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World's deadliest disasters caused by weather revealed by UN
The World Meteorological Organisation has revealed the deadliest weather events to have hit the planet. It found that the 1970 tropical cyclone that killed up to half a million people in East Pakistan,