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Thursday, December 6th, 2007

The New Age published a special supplement on climate change, primarily focusing on Bangladesh. All of the articles are worth reading. Links: Living Climate Change - cover Climate Snippets An A-Z of Climate Change A Climate Change Chronology Outline of Bangladesh's position in Bali 'Nations need to be pro-active to face climate change' Climate change: a primer Coping with natural disasters Climate Refugees Climate change and its impact on public health Can we adapt to climate change? Adaptations strategies The glacier's warning Swimming against the rising tide Oxfam looks ahead to Bali Climate change, poverty and geopolitics - ... (click the title to read further)

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Not an early assessment

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Some experts may argue but there must be a strong link between super-cyclone Sidr’s ferocity and climate change. Storms are courses of nature; we already read that in school books verified by scientists. However, when we push nature beyond its regular capacity, things may go seriously wrong. This is what happening to our climate now, with obvious help from developed and industrial nations. In our Bay of Bengal, it’s not impossible for super-cyclones to appear once in two or three decades, ... (click the title to read further)

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