Task force to protect environment
The deputy commissioner (DC) of Dhaka district has decided to form a task force of concerned government authorities to protect against environmental pollution, especially water pollution, air pollution
New Age (Bangladesh)
-
Govt seeks civil society’s help to cope with climate change
The environment and forests minister, Hasan Mahmud, has urged the civil society to come forward to help the government cope with the adverse impacts of climate change. He made the call at a seminar
-
IDCOL to install 1.5 lakh biogas plants by 2016
The state-run Infrastructure Development Company Limited will install 1.50 lakh biogas plants across the country through its associate organisations to reduce the use of biomass in kitchens by 2016.
-
Life possible on ‘large parts’ of Mars: study
Australian scientists who modelled conditions on Mars to examine how much of the red planet was habitable said Monday that ‘large regions’ could sustain life. Charley Lineweaver’s team, from the Australian
-
Dhaka’s air pollution level alarmingly high
Six air-quality monitoring stations will start operation in January 2012 to keep records of the levels of air pollution in different parts of the country under the Clean Air and Sustainable Environment
-
Shifting geopolitics shake UN climate talks
New tensions and alignments are emerging at the UN talks here, reflecting subtle but far-reaching changes in the geopolitics of climate change. Delegates and veteran observers say the shifts challenge
-
Thailand floods a ‘wake-up’ call for Asia: ADB
Devastating floods in Thailand and other parts of Asia are a wake-up call to governments to do more to cope with the effects of climate change, a top Asian Development Bank official has warned. Asia
-
HIV drives families into ‘irreversible poverty’: UN
Tens of thousands of HIV-affected households in Asia are facing ‘irreversible poverty’ because of the cost of living with the disease, with women and children hardest hit, a UN report said Thursday.
-
Japan meltdown maybe worse than thought: report
Molten nuclear fuel at Japan’s Fukushima plant might have eaten two thirds of the way through a concrete containment base, its operator said, citing a new simulation of the extent of the March disaster.
-
UN climate talks move to Qatar in 2012
Qatar, the world’s biggest per capita emitter of carbon dioxide, will host the 2012 round of UN talks tasked with beating back the mounting threat of global warming, the UN’s top climate official said
-
UN says world deforestation rate accelerating
The world’s deforestation rate has accelerated to 6.4 million hectares a year, the UN said on Wednesday in its most comprehensive survey yet, but Asia showed net gains due to extensive planting in China.