(Article originally posted here) Each solar pump can supply electricity for 3 crop irrigations for 20 acres of land. World Bank STORY HIGHLIGHTS Around 45 percent of Bangladesh’s work force is employed in agriculture, which represents an important sector in the country’s economy. Farmers use irrigation pumps to ensure adequate and consistent water…
(Originally posted in The Guardian newspaper here) Billions were pledged to help poor nations adapt to global warming but trust is eroding as countries such as the US fail to put up the cash Flooding in the Marshall Islands in 2008. Photograph: Remi Chauvin/Remi Chauvin The US and other countries need to…
(This article was originally posted by Thomson Reuters Foundation here) As the latest round of U.N. climate talks drew to a close in Bonn on Friday, the tiny island state of Dominica was beginning a second day of national mourning for more than 30 people killed a week ago by a tropical storm, and some 35 reported…
Is it raining too much this year? Bangladesh’s Met office believes it is, and the pattern of this rainfall is something that has not been seen in the past decade. Weather experts blame it on the global climate change. According to data collected from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, there are chances that this year’s rainfall…