Environment
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25,000 people to be evacuated as Cyclone Debbie moves towards Australia’s Queensland coast
Mar 27, 2017News Hour: About 25,000 people have been told to evacuate as a cyclone carrying winds up to 240km/h (150 mph) moves towards the Queensland coast. Cyclone Debbie is expected to intensify into a Category 4 system... -
6 students in Japan feared dead after being engulfed by an avalanche
Mar 27, 2017News Hour: Six high school students were feared dead on Monday after they were engulfed by an avalanche while on a mountain-climbing outing, officials and reports said. Local authorities and police confirmed that an avalanche had... -
UN Environment to support environmental recovery and peacebuilding for post-conflict development in Colombia
Mar 25, 2017News Hour: UN Environment will assist Colombia with overcoming the environmental degradation legacy of the internal conflict which lasted for more than 50 years, especially in remote rural areas. By invitation of the Colombian President Juan... -
Nearly 600 million children to live in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040
Mar 24, 2017News Hour: Some 600 million children – or 1 in 4 children worldwide – will be living in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040, according to a UNICEF report released on World Water Day. The... -
New study finds worrying climate trend in Karamoja over last 35 years
Mar 22, 2017News Hour: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here today described Shakib Al Hasan, the star all-rounder of Bangladesh cricket team, as a “wonder” of the cricket world congratulating the people of Magura where the “cricket genius” was... -
Smarter use of resources can add $2 trillion annually to global economy
Mar 18, 2017News Hour: Smarter and more efficient use of the world’s natural resources today means the next generation will reap annual economic benefits of $2 trillion by 2050, while offsetting the costs of ambitious climate change action,... -
Vulnerable countries from Asia-Pacific meet to invest on climate action
Mar 8, 2017News Hour: Finance ministers and senior officials from 15 developing economies across Asia and the Pacific met today at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) headquarters in Manila to discuss enhanced economic and financial responses to climate... -
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea
Mar 6, 2017News Hour: A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Monday, officials said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued. The tremor hit at a depth of 28 kilometres (17 miles) near sparsely populated New... -
A quarter of all global deaths of children under 5 are due to unhealthy or polluted environments, WHO reported
Mar 6, 2017News Hour: A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water and air, second-hand smoke and a lack or adequate hygiene, the World Health Organization... -
USD 24.6 million drought appeal Launched for Somalia
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: In order to meet the emergency needs of over a million Somalis affected by drought, IOM in Somalia is scaling up life-saving interventions throughout the country and appealing to international donors for funding. Humanitarian...
