Bangladesh: Bangladesh: Fishermen Cope With Rough Seas
Source: UN Department of Public InformationCountry: BangladeshThe livelihood of fishermen has become increasingly dangerous. Stronger storms and more frequent tropical cyclones along the coastlines of...
View ArticleBangladesh: INTERVIEW: Three key changes can reduce disaster risk in East...
Source: AlertNetCountry: Bangladesh, PhilippinesWritten by: Thin Lei WinBANGKOK (AlertNet) - Better land use planning, making information on risk available more widely and investing in simple early...
View ArticleBangladesh: LG Electronics and WFP Strengthen Partnership to Fight Hunger in...
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: Bangladesh, CambodiaSEOUL - LG Electronics (LG) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have this week come together in new partnership to strengthen the...
View ArticleBangladesh: Bangladesh: Mangrove forests provide protection from climate change
Source: UN Development ProgrammeCountry: BangladeshDhaka - On the first day of her official visit to Bangladesh, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark traveled to the remote island of Char Kukri-Mukri on the...
View ArticleBangladesh: Bangladesh, Niger and Tajikistan Get $270 Million Boost for...
Source: World BankCountry: Bangladesh, Niger, TajikistanPress Release No:2011/181/SDN WASHINGTON, D.C., November 11, 2010-In a history-making move this week, Bangladesh, Niger and Tajikistan were...
View ArticleBangladesh: Bangladesh: Dhaka adopts green land policy as flood risk rises
Source: AlertNetCountry: BangladeshBy Ali Sanwar DHAKA (AlertNet) - Mindful of the mega-floods that have ravaged Bangladesh in recent decades, the government has introduced tougher measures to protect...
View ArticleBangladesh: Helen Clark concludes her visit to Bangladesh
Source: UN Development ProgrammeCountry: BangladeshDhaka, Bangladesh - Bangladesh's vulnerability to climate change was a key focus of the three day visit of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)...
View ArticleBangladesh: Donors failing to deliver aid for climate adaptation - report
Source: AlertNetCountry: Bangladesh17 Nov 2010 11:59:00 GMT Written by: Laurie Goering LONDON (AlertNet) - A promised $30 billion in "fast-start" climate change aid will go largely to emissions-curbing...
View ArticleBangladesh: BANGLADESH: Community involvement key to disaster preparedness
Source: IRINCountry: BangladeshDHAKA, 18 November 2010 (IRIN) - Working in one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, Bangladeshi aid groups have learned that well-intentioned disaster...
View ArticleBangladesh: Bangladesh: headquarters agreement signed between ICRC and...
Source: International Committee of the Red CrossCountry: BangladeshDhaka (ICRC) - The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) signed an...
View ArticleBangladesh: Climate Change: A Fact Of Life For The World's Hungry
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: Bangladesh, EthiopiaAlmost 200 nations meet in Mexico this week to try to agree steps toward a climate treaty. WFP will be among those watching carefully because...
View ArticleBangladesh: Dubai Cares and Gain to implement a two-year school feeding...
Source: Emirates News AgencyCountry: BangladeshWAM Dubai, 30th Nov. 2010 (WAM) -- Limited access to adequate nutrition and education co-exists widely across Bangladesh, especially in high food-insecure...
View ArticleBangladesh: Gender Equality Results Case Studies: Bangladesh
Source: Asian Development BankCountry: BangladeshThis publication is part of the commitment of the South Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to gender equality results in its...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Two thirds of states seen highly vulnerable to climate change by...
Source: AlertNetCountry: Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, PakistanLONDON (AlertNet) - Around two thirds of countries will become highly vulnerable to climate change by 2030,...
View ArticleBangladesh: CLIMATE CHANGE CASE STUDY: UK Fast Start Finance in Action -...
Source: Department for International DevelopmentCountry: BangladeshMitchell: Crops are key in fight against climate change Crops that survive the devastating effects of climate change are needed to...
View ArticleBangladesh: Pakistan seeks standing as a 'most vulnerable' climate nation
Source: AlertNetCountry: Bangladesh, PakistanCANCUN, Mexico (AlertNet) - As negotiators at U.N. climate talks work toward setting up a functioning climate assistance fund, flood-hit Pakistan is trying...
View ArticleBangladesh: Destitute climate migrants seen heaping pressure on neighbours
Source: AlertNetCountry: BangladeshCANCUN, Mexico (AlertNet) - Bangladesh, already four times more crowded than neighbouring India, could lose 20 percent of its land to sea level rise over the next 90...
View ArticleBangladesh: Advancing Food Security in a Changing Climate
Source: World BankCountry: Bangladesh, KenyaAgricultural production needs to increase by 70% by 2050 to feed a world population of 9 billion. In the next 40 years, agricultural land will be lost to...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Asia-Pacific countries agree on ways to step up cooperation on...
Source: UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the PacificCountry: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russian FederationDate: 1 July 2011...
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Bangladesh: Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Risk Management
Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid departmentCountry: BangladeshAlleviating poverty through Disaster Risk Reduction in North-West BangladeshContext Bangladesh is one of the most...
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