Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
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Climate change impact and Bangladesh
According to press reports: Environment and Forests Minister Hasan Mahmud said at a seminar on Thursday that Bangladesh loses 1.5 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), as more natural disasters
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51 crore project to clean Bagjola Canal
KOLKATA, 22 DEC: The state government has taken up a Rs 51-crore project to clean Bagjola Canal, state irrigation minister Dr Manas Bhuniya said at Writers’ Buildings today, adding the Centre would share
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Government hides more than it reveals in the Food Security Bill
In the second term of the United Progressive Alliance, the Food Ministry has been totally consumed with the drafting of the Bill which has been routed through the National Advisory Council, the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council and the Empowered Group of Ministers on Food.
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Two Cyclones Expected To Form Off Australia This Week
Two tropical lows off northern Australia could develop into cyclones in coming days as the La Niña weather pattern persists, but pose no immediate threat to mining and crop regions devastated by cyclones
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Bangladesh sixth most vulnerable
IN the recently published 2011 Global Assessment Report by the UNDP, Bangladesh was found to be one of the countries 'most vulnerable' to disasters. Bangladesh is the sixth among countries that are 'most
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31 million Bangladeshis may be displaced due to climate change
Bangladeshis in millions would be displaced due to global warming causing sea level rise by thermal expansion of the ocean waters and the melting of land- based ice. "Approximately 31 million people are
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The cost of adapting to extreme weather events in a changing climate
Bangladesh will require climate-smart policies and investments to make itself more resilient to the effects of climate change, says a World Bank report ‘The Cost of Adapting To Extreme Weather Events in
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Green Costs Go Global
As a succession of crises break out on three continents, extreme weather events have added a new challenge to the world economy. By disrupting the tightly woven supply chain that is the backbone of world
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Extreme Weather To Worsen With Climate Change: IPCC
An increase in heat waves is almost certain, while heavier rainfall, more floods, stronger cyclones, landslides and more intense droughts are likely across the globe this century as the Earth's climate
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10 times hotter in 90 years, says report
Calcutta, Nov. 18: The world is likely to get 10 times hotter in the next 90 years, a report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said. The report links the rise in temperatures