Tag Archives: Bangladesh
Climate Change Causes 300,000 Deaths Every Year, Says Former UN Secretary-General
Posted on 01. Jun, 2009 by Ross.
Climate change is not just something which will wreak devastation in the future: it is already killing 300,000 people a year right now, according to a think-tank set up by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan.
Annan’s organisation, the Global Humanitarian Forum, undertook the most comprehensive study of the impact of climate change on human populations. [...]
Continue Reading
Energy Shortages Plague Bangladesh
Posted on 18. Feb, 2009 by Ross.
Whilst Bangladesh has been gripped by large boughts of load-shedding, politicians in Dhaka are accused of dithering over cohesive proposals about how to prevent the crisis worsening, as the shortfall threatens to double going into the peak summer months.
Official current power demands slightly exceed 4,000MW, but the current generating capacity of around 3,000MW is leaving [...]



