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 …
in accordance with the Bangladesh government's decision to ban two-stroke three-wheelers in Dhaka from September 1, around 12,000 such vehicles have gone off the road. The second part of the plan envisages the phase-out of the remaining 5,500 two-stroke three-wheelers
Two USgovernment agencies have been taken to court for financing overseas projects of domestic energy firms, while overlooking their effect on global warming. The lawsuit was filed by US environmental pressure groups. It claims that the US Export-Import (EXIM) Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) have illegally contributed …
the link between climate and cholera, a serious health problem in many parts of the world, has become stronger in recent decades, shows a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Michigan, University of Barcelona and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh. In a previous …
Inside the Beltway, the climate movement is comatose. During the Clinton-Gore years, while the us dragged its feet in international climate negotiations, the major national environmental groups allowed themselves to be used by the administration. Seduced by the former vice-president's rhetoric, the groups watched their issue disappear from the political …
The World Summit on Sustainable Development (wssd) is over. The best thing about it is that it could have been much worse. As I write this with regret and bitterness about the idealism of times gone by, I begin to feel my age. I was not in Stockholm for the …
it is a downpour that has left most parts of central and eastern Europe submerged in misery. Over the past few weeks, unprecedented and severe storms have triggered floods in the region, claiming more than 112 lives, rendering thousands homeless and causing damage worth more than us $21.5 billion. Authorities …
recently, us researchers have proved for the first time that the water vapour exhaust trails or contrails that are left by cruising jet planes have an insulating effect on daily temperatures. Andrew Carleton from us-based Pennsylvania State University and colleagues measured the effect of contrails during the three-day grounding of …
If sea levels continue to rise at the present rate due to global warming, coastal areas such as Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa would be flooded or even submerged in the near future. Preliminary research on climate change suggests that heavily populated coastal areas, especially cities like Mumbai, will be most …
the un Environment Programme (unep) needs to revamp its publicity department so that it can report with accuracy. With the World Summit on Sustainable Development (wssd) at Johannesburg barely a few weeks away, it chose to release the preliminary study on the Asian haze, which it claims to have sponsored. …
it might be the lull before a storm. This year, the Bhakra dam is gushing with more water than normal. Its inflow in July 2002 was as much as 38,000 cusecs
us President George Bush's failure to adopt a comprehensive policy to curb global warming has drawn flak from 11 us attorneys general. They have lashed out against Bush for not effectively addressing the issue of global warming and urged the President to rethink his decision of not signing the Kyoto …
scientists in India are baffled by a new study which states that Southwest Asian monsoon has become stronger over the past four centuries and it might continue to intensify as a result of global warming. The findings of the study seem to be ironic, considering the fact that due to …
our planet has been getting a little bulky around the equator since 1998. The intriguing observation has been made by Christopher Cox from the Maryland-based technology company Raytheon, and Benjamin Chao from us National Aeronautical and Space Administration. The researchers analysed observations made by nine satellites and found that Earth's …
AMERICAN ATTITUDES ON CLIMATE CHANGE Conducted by Zogby International . New York . June 14-19 Last year, the US rejected the Kyoto protocol on climate change and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. As former US President George Bush declared at the Rio Conference, "The lifestyle of the American people cannot …
The new buzzword in the climate research circles is vulnerability and adaptation. Just like most of the climate discussion the words have become so dense, that their meaning is lost on most, except the most conversant and involved. It is almost as if the effort is to convolute the science …
climate change is triggering widespread outbreaks of diseases among wildlife along with spreading tropical diseases in human habitations previously unaffected by them. These were the findings of a comprehensive two-year study conducted by National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (nceas), a California-based research institute. The study is the first …
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS If you have been effectively treated for tuberculosis or an ear infection, you may have to try three or more antibiotics before you find one that works. What will be the fall-out of a nuclear attack? Are there any practical solutions to global warming? Do fuel-cell …
The war against the greenhouse effect may not be as costly as it is made out to be. Two leading climate scientists contend that if by 2100 people across the world will be five times as rich as they are now, tackling the burning issue of global warming would only …
Every bit counts. Taking note of this adage, Bangladesh has launched a people-oriented drive to encourage its 130 million citizens to plant one tree each year. The drive tries to speed up plans to put at least 20 per cent of the country under forests. While inaugurating the programme, the …
