The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
WASHINGTON, 18 MAY: The year 2010 is turning out to be the warmest ever in recorded history, with the first four months reporting an average temperature of 13.3
RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI Climate experts at the first South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SACOF) meet comprising South Asian countries who met in Pune last week believe the monsoon this year could be less than normal. Countries attending the meet included Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, all of whom …
Adult deaths are a crucial priority for global health. Causes of adult death are important components of Millennium Development Goals 5 and 6. However, adult mortality has received little policy attention, resources, or monitoring efforts. This study aimed to estimate worldwide mortality in men and women aged 15
A Consumer movement is catching on in Nepal.Communities are extending the grid to villages.This threatens to undo the effort put in small-scale off-grid power generation to fight poverty. How can Nepal harmonize the two initiatives ? Read More - http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/when-villages-plug
THE TRADE BLOCK NEEDS TO OVERCOME POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE REGION SHRAVANI PRAKASH & PALLAVI KALITA THE declaration signed at the recently-concluded South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit marks its 25 years of existence. The question is whether it lives up to the occasion. The Saarc members signed …
This paper estimates required investment and its allocation among different regions to maximize agricultural output gains and poverty reduction. The analysis uses a social welfare function to simulate the optimal allocation of research and development (R&D;) investment across developing regions to maximize agricultural growth or to maximize poverty reduction at …
Of the many concerns shared by the SAARC countries in the area of disaster management, Landslide Risk Management deserves to be placed high on its priority agenda for many compelling reasons. It is a part of their global commitment and obligation to posterity. The world looks up to the SAARC …
Consensus on climate change, trade Ashok Tuteja in Thimphu The 16th SAARC Summit ended here on Thursday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other South Asian leaders adopting the
Sandeep Dikshit THIMPHU: With the more vulnerable Bangladesh and Maldives seeking firmer commitments to combat climate change, a watered down declaration was issued at the end of the 16th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, which ended here on Thursday. Climate change was the theme of the …
This document contains Thimphu statement on climate change, presented at the Sixteenth SAARC Summit at Thimphu from 28-29 April 2010. Source: http://www.sixteenthsaarcsummit.bt/
Running into six pages and 36 paragraphs, this declaration, accessed exclusively by SHUBHAJIT ROY , will be adopted by the SAARC heads on Thursday. The key points: * The leaders noted Bangladesh
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday presented two innovative proposals to help the climate-victim countries in South Asia as the eight-nation Saarc Summit began in Thimpu with the theme
This document contains the speech of Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, delivered at 16th SAARC Summit at Thimphu, Bhutan on 28th April 2010. He told in this speech that even after creation of institutions for regional cooperation, yet not empowered them to be more proactive. At home, regional …
