<p>Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate
The Maldives, whose fight against rising sea levels has become a cause celebre for environmentalists, said on Monday it would have to skip UN climate change talks in Copenhagen this year to save money.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a $55 million loan to support small scale water services in Bangladesh to help cut rural poverty, improve community involvement, and address the threat posed by severe floods and other climate change-related events.
The Maldives archipelago, threatened by rising sea levels blamed on climate change, said on Monday it would introduce a new environment tax on all tourists who use its resorts and provide its economic lifeline.
The president of the Maldives said on Monday he plans a $3-a-day green tax for all tourists at its popular island resorts to help pay for the country
The Maldives, one of the countries most at risk from rising sea levels, will not attend this year's Copenhagen summit on climate change because the atoll nation is broke, its president said Monday. President Mohamed Nasheed told reporters in the capital Male that his newly-elected government had no money to fund his visit to the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a $55 million loan to support small scale water services in Bangladesh to help cut rural poverty, improve community involvement, and address the threat posed by severe floods and other climate change-related events.
The Maldives, one of the countries most at risk from rising sea levels, will not attend this year's Copenhagen summit on climate change because the atoll nation is broke, its president said Monday. President Mohamed Nasheed told reporters in the capital Male that his newly-elected government had no money to fund his visit to the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December.
CLIMATE change poses a potential threat to the whole living world. Many species of animals have already been endangered by its ugly claws. The developing countries in particular are the worst sufferers of the effect of climate change.
Most of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are facing extreme or high risk of food shortages, according to a Food Security Risk Index ranking of 148 nations. Pakistan, ranked 11th on the index, is at
Sri Lanka's marine ecosystem will be affected due to sea level rise around its coastal zone due to melting of the Himalayas. Therefore, the problem related to Himalaya is a regional phenomenon, Environment Minister Patali Champika Ranawake said.
