Arkiv for kategorien ‘Bengalen’


One planet to share

fredag, 11. maj 2012

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The Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2012

UNDP: The Asia-Pacific region must continue to grow economically to lift millions out of poverty,…

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Farmers Bet on Climate-Proof Crops

fredag, 6. januar 2012

(IPS) Bangladesh:  With floods, droughts and other calamities battering deltaic Bangladesh regularly, farmers need little prompting in switching to climate-resistant…

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Bangladesh floods cause severe food shortages

onsdag, 31. august 2011

AlertNet: Heavy monsoon rains in the Satkhira and Khulna districts in southwest Bangladesh have forced 700,000 people to flee their…

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“Revealed: The Himalayan Meltdown”

mandag, 4. juli 2011

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UNDP: Himalayan Meltdown, now airing on Discovery Channel Asia, examines how communities in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India and Nepal seek…

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In-depth: The humanitarian impact of climate change

torsdag, 2. juni 2011

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Frontline reports from IRIN

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Asia must prepare for climate-linked migration – or face crises

torsdag, 10. februar 2011

Governments in Asia and the Pacific must prepare for the possibility of millions of people fleeing their homes as a…

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Overall picture of natural catastrophes in 2010

torsdag, 6. januar 2011

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Several major catastrophes in 2010 resulted in substantial losses and an exceptionally high number of fatalities. The overall picture last…

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Confronting Climate Displacement: Learning from Pakistan’s Floods

mandag, 22. november 2010

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In July 2010, massive rain in Pakistan led to unprecedented flooding that submerged one-fifth of the country and affected more…

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Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters

fredag, 12. november 2010

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Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters looks at disasters primarily through an economic lens. Economists emphasize self-interest to explain how people choose…

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Climate Change Vulnerability Index 2011

onsdag, 20. oktober 2010

A new global ranking, calculating the vulnerability of 170 countries to the impacts of climate change over the next 30…

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NOAA: Past Decade Warmest on Record According to Scientists in 48 Countries

tirsdag, 10. august 2010

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The 2009 State of the Climate report draws on data for 10 key climate indicators that all point to the…

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Indian Ocean Sea-Level Rise Threatens Coastal Areas

onsdag, 14. juli 2010

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Credit: NASA

Indian Ocean sea levels are rising unevenly and threatening residents in some densely populated coastal areas and islands, a…

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The Himalayas, A Special Report

fredag, 2. juli 2010

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Floods, droughts, wildfires, windstorms, water contamination and illnesses plague the 1.3 billion people who live in the watersheds directly supplied…

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Climate Change Will Affect the Asian Water Towers

torsdag, 10. juni 2010

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Walter W. Immerzeel, Ludovicus P. H. van Beek, Marc F. P. Bierkens

More than 1.4 billion people depend on water from…

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SPECIAL COVERAGE:Climate changes global farming practices

torsdag, 1. april 2010

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Crops that provide a lifeline to farmers and their families in developing countries are coming under pressure from increasingly unpredictable…

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WHO: 150 000 deaths worldwide owing primarily to the adverse effects of climate change

tirsdag, 30. marts 2010

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A growing body of scientific evidence strongly suggests that climate change has enormous and diverse effects on human health. Rises…

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How High Will Seas Rise? Get Ready for Seven Feet

fredag, 15. januar 2010

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As governments, businesses, and homeowners plan for the future, they should assume that the world’s oceans will rise by at…

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Sinking Sundarbans

onsdag, 13. januar 2010

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12 January 2010

The devastating impact of climate change on people living at the mouth of the river Ganges is being…

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SINKING SUNDARBANS – climate voices

mandag, 11. januar 2010

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The plight of people whose lives have already been devastated by climate change has received surprisingly little attention. Fortunately, photojournalist…

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Climate change was a brutal reality for hundreds of millions of people in 2009

torsdag, 7. januar 2010

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Climate change was a brutal reality for hundreds of millions of people in 2009: the Indian monsoon failed, drought afflicted…

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Vulnerable nations at Copenhagen summit reject 2C target

torsdag, 10. december 2009

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Alliance of Small Island States say any deal that allows temperatures to rise by more than 1.5C is ‘not negotiable’

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IGBP Climate-Change Index

torsdag, 10. december 2009

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At the United Nations climate negotiations in Copenhagen, the International Geosphere-Biosphere programme launches the IGBP Climate-Change Index.

The index brings together…

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Global Climate Risk Index 2010 – reflecting most severely affected countries over almost two decades

onsdag, 9. december 2009

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The climate and development organization Germanwatch published its Global Climate Risk Index 2010 in Copenhagen today, ranking Bangladesh, Myanmar and…

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Voices from around the world

torsdag, 3. december 2009

greenpeace voices around the world

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We must act today to stop treating the atmosphere like an ashtray. Global warming is already claiming 300,000 lives each…

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Climate change puts world at ‘tipping point’

mandag, 23. november 2009

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WWF and Allianz climate report

If tipping points that are mainly triggered by rising global temperatures were unleashed, the world’s diverse…

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No Place Like Home – Climate Refugees

lørdag, 7. november 2009

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“No Place Like Home” highlights the humanitarian plight of an estimated 150 million people whose homes will be lost as…

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UK Met Office: Mapping climate impacts

fredag, 23. oktober 2009

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A new map illustrating the global consequences of failing to keep temperature change to under 2 °C was launched today…

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Gorillaz artist journeys to Bangladesh to document climate impacts

mandag, 19. oktober 2009

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Jamie Hewlett’s paintings of Bangladeshi villagers capture the beauty and fragility of their flood-threatened existence. He speaks of his terrifying…

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India heading for worst drought since 1972

fredag, 25. september 2009

Low rainfall early in the monsoon period ravaged India’s rice, cane sugar and groundnut crops, and has disrupted the flow…

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ASIA: The Gathering Storm – the human cost of climate change

tirsdag, 22. september 2009

IRIN Films, in association with the UN Environment Programme, is pleased to announce the launch of three more short films…

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Sinking deltas due to human activities

søndag, 20. september 2009

Nature Geoscience
Published online: 20 September 2009 | doi:10.1038/ngeo629

James P. M. Syvitski, Albert J. Kettner, Irina Overeem, Eric W. H. Hutton,…

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Seas ‘threaten 20m in Bangladesh’

mandag, 7. september 2009

Up to 20 million people in low-lying Bangladesh are at risk from rising sea levels in the coming decades, according…

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Bangladesh plans to spend billions fighting climate change

tirsdag, 28. juli 2009

Bangladesh has planned a raft of projects costing 4.35 billion dollars to fight the effects of climate change on its…

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Identifying the causes of sea-level change

mandag, 27. juli 2009


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Nature Geoscience 2, 471 – 478 (2009)
Published online: 14 June 2009 | doi:10.1038/ngeo544

Subject Categories: Climate science | Oceanography
Identifying the…

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Climate change 2009, faster change and more serious risks,

mandag, 13. juli 2009

The report, “Climate change 2009, faster change and more serious risks,” issued by Australian Department of Climate Change examines the…

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Millions face climate-related hunger as seasons shift and change

mandag, 6. juli 2009

‘Suffering the Science’ combines the latest scientific observations on climate change, with evidence from the communities Oxfam works with in…

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Global Risk Data Platform

fredag, 12. juni 2009

The PREVIEW Global Risk Data Platform is a multiple agencies effort to share spatial data information on global risk from…

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Some 200 million people could be on the move due to climate change by 2050

torsdag, 11. juni 2009

Unless aggressive measures are taken to halt global warming, the consequences for human migration and displacement could reach a scope…

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Klimaflygtninge uden rettigheder: I forurener – vi synker…

onsdag, 10. juni 2009

Lige nu må mennesker i Bengalen, Bangladesh og nordøstlige Indien flytte, fordi havet stiger og opsluger deres hjem. De klimaforandringer,…

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