Environment

News 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...

News Hour: USAID’s Catalyzing Clean Energy in Bangladesh (CCEB) program, in partnership with GIZ and WorldFish organised a regional workshop at Jila Parishad, Bhola on Feb 27, 2017 to promote climate resilient and environment-friendly improved cook...

News Hour: IOM, in partnership with the Rural Education and Agriculture Development Organization (READO), a local NGO, is introducing a drought resistant variant of sweet potatoes which will help mitigate the impact of drought in Somalia....

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Tonga today launched Tonga’s first ever Climate Change Trust Fund. Siaosi Sovaleni, Tonga’s Deputy Prime Minister, Lu’isa Tu’I’afitu Malolo, Tonga’s Director of Climate Change, Feleti...

News Hour: A failed 2016 rainy season linked to the climate phenomenon La Niña, combined with exceptionally warm sea surface temperatures in the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans, have led to extreme drought in the...

News Hour: heavy downpours triggered another landslide in Bali resort island in central Indonesia on Saturday, bringing the total casualty of the disaster to 13 people with 5 others wounded, a senior official of Bali disaster...

News Hour: The government has set a plan to manufacture biodegradable jute made polyethylene bags soon under a project with a view to replacing environment-harming plastic polyethylene bags, reports BSS. State Minister for Textile and Jute...

News Hour: Dozens of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan were killed after heavy snow and avalanches hit over the weekend. In eastern Afghanistan, at least 50 people died and dozens more were missing on Sunday after...

News Hour: A fire in a South Korea shopping mall killed four and injured more than 40 others, authorities said on Sunday. Police suspect that sparks from a welding torch might have started the fire on...

News Hour: At least 14 people were killed when an avalanche hit Pakistan’s northwest Chitral district on Sunday morning, officials said. Chitral Scouts Commandant Colnol Nizamuddin Shah, the chief of the team taking part in the...