1. What actions are needed in order to prevent climate change? This can be called the benchmark of ecological effectiveness for any action plan that emerges. Such a plan must ensure that the build up of greenhouse gases is not only arrested but reduced as ...
Asian cities are struggling to accommodate rapid urban migration, and development is encroaching on flood-prone areas. Recent flooding in Mumbai was blamed in part onunregulated developmentof wetlands, whilehastily builturban areas are being affectedby floodingacross India, Nepal, and Banglades...
A couple of years ago, I traveled to northern India to a place overlooking the plains of Bangladesh where the Khasi people live in a forest that receives more rainfall than anywhere else on earth. And during the monsoon season, travel between villages is cut off by these...
The total fertility rate (TFR) in Bangladesh has declined faster in Bangladesh than in Pakistan in the last few decades. Currently, Bangladesh is at 2.17 children per woman while Pakistan is at 2.62 children per woman. As a result of reduced birth rates and more female labor participation rate...
Climate change’s direct effects on health are seen in a myriad of ways, fromair pollutionto floods, droughts, storms,extreme heatwavesand wildfires. The COP28Declaration on Climate and Healthurges a health system response to climate change, and Sunday’s Health Day will aim for a scale-up ...
However, according to the Climate Funds Update (CFU), the top six countries receiving the most climate funds are India, Brazil, Indonesia, Bangladesh, South Africa, and Mexico. Only Bangladesh is one of the LDCs, and only South Africa is in Sub-Saharan Africa (Huq et al., 2004; ND-...
In addition to the caregiving responsibilities, caregivers of children, older adults, or those with disabilities bear a significant responsibility for disaster preparedness on behalf of those care recipients to prevent or mitigate the negative impacts of disasters on them (Centers for Disease Control ...
Hydrological modeling is an indispensable component of water resources research and management in large river basins. There is a tendency for each new grou
Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay that begins with the sentence “Nowadays more and more people take delight in offering help t…
The environment influences brain and mental health, both detrimentally and beneficially. Existing research has emphasised the individual psychosocial ‘microenvironment’. Less attention has been paid to ‘macroenvironmental’ challenges, including clima