By Muntasir Mamun Imran | Kewkradong Bangladesh
Even for Bangladesh’s case CIGARETTE butts, poly bags don’t fall from sky, they fall from our hands. The elements that pollute our beaches are the things that we dump in the shorelines; these elements are the things we use regularly and for that it not necessary to be a [...]

By Andreas Schild, PhD, Director General
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD)
International Mountain Day provides us with an opportunity to join with our friends and colleagues from the Hindu Kush-Himalayas and the rest of the world in creating awareness about the importance of mountains for sustenance, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development, [...]

600,000 people died as a direct consequence from more than 11,000 extreme weather events from 1990 to 2008, the 2010 Global Climate Risk Index shows.
The report from the climate and development organization Germanwatch was released on Tuesday at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
According to the index, Bangladesh is the country most severely [...]

A Global Fund for Water as part of the Copenhagen accord
Environmental shocks such as floods, droughts, sea-level rise and melting glaciers are core reasons for humans to be concerned about changes in the world’s climates. These shocks affect us now and will continue to do so in the future. It is imperative that we continue [...]