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Steep global biodiversity loss puts humanity in peril

September 16, 2020

The world is losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate, posing grave danger to human health and prosperity, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity warned in its flagship report
Bangladeshi fishers cannot find Hilsa in peak season

September 03, 2020

Perpetually indebted, and hit by recurrent fishing bans, millions of fishers are in danger of slipping below starvation level
Bangladesh floods displace most vulnerable along the Padma

August 14, 2020

A third of Bangladesh has been flooded in this year’s monsoon, with those living on the sandbanks of the Padma left with nowhere to go
Two-thirds of glacier ice in Himalayas will be lost by 2100 if climate targets aren’t met

August 10, 2020

New satellite data since 2010 has allowed scientists to more reliably predict how climate change will affect the Himalayas
Bangladesh may ditch 90% of its planned coal power

July 31, 2020

A huge shake-up of the Bangladeshi energy sector may be afoot, but the government must be clearer about its plans
Air pollution robs people of over five years of life in South Asia

July 30, 2020

In parts of northern India, including Delhi, life expectancy shrivels by over nine years from breathing filthy air, a situation that can be reversed only through drastic policy changes and action