Environment
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Hundred killed in landslides after heavy rain in Chittagong Hill Tract area
Jun 14, 2017News Hour: Scores of people have been killed in landslides and flooding after heavy monsoon rains battered south-east part of Bangladesh which is known as Hill tract region. A series of landslides triggered by heavy monsoon... -
Continuous torrential rain left 40,000 people with damaged property in China’s Guizhou Province
Jun 13, 2017News Hour: Continuous torrential rain since Friday has left 40,000 people with damaged property in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. Heavy rain lashed 142 townships, swamping farmland, damaging houses, forcing the evacuation of 295 people and causing... -
Sustainable use of oceans requires end to illegal fishing
Jun 12, 2017News Hour: The world’s oceans offer both challenges and solutions to the world’s Sustainable Development Agenda, and managing them more carefully is essential for global food security today and tomorrow as well as the livelihoods of... -
Costa Rica expands protected seas and fosters efforts to fight marine pollution on World Oceans Day
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: On World Oceans Day, Costa Rica announces a new marine protected area on the country’s Pacific coast, contributing to the global goal of protecting at least 10 per cent of marine zones before the... -
$5.5 million grant approved for pioneer carbon capture project
Jun 8, 2017News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Yanchang Petroleum Group, and Northwest University for a... -
Dhaka for transfer of marine technologies to prevent ocean pollution
Jun 8, 2017News Hour: Bangladesh has called the developed countries particularly the G7 for meaningful transfer of marine and other technologies to LDCs, expected funding and exploration of new sources of financing to prevent ocean pollution. “The LDCs... -
6.8-magnitude earthquake shakes Alaska
Jun 3, 2017News Hour: A shallow, 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit near a volcanic island chain located between Alaska and the Russian coast on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake hit at a depth of 10... -
1.3 million children urgently need humanitarian assistance after storms batter Bay of Bengal
Jun 2, 2017News Hour: At least 1.3 million children are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance across the Bay of Bengal region following severe weather over the past six days, UNICEF has warned. The devastation wrought by Cyclone... -
University officials say, Trump misunderstood MIT climate research
Jun 2, 2017News Hour: Massachusetts Institute of Technology officials said U.S. President Donald Trump badly misunderstood their research when he cited it on Thursday to justify withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. Trump announced during... -
7 people died and 48,000 displaced after heavy flood hit northern Brazil
May 30, 2017News Hour: Seven people have died and 48,000 others displaced after a heavy flood-hit northern Brazil, authorities announced on Monday. In the state of Pernambuco which was most affected, two people died, were declared over 44,000...
