A large number of poor and vulnerable people are not covered by Bangladesh social protection system, leaving them exposed to risks and unforeseen difficulties, said an Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Poor sanitation, hygiene and lack of safe drinking water triggers a downward slide into poverty, as inadequate sanitation causes Pakistan economic losses totaling US$ 5.7 billion which is equivalen
The Indonesian government will spend 100 billion rupiah — $10 million — on a cloud-seeding scheme to reduce the haze plaguing Sumatra, Singapore, and Malaysia.
The devastation caused by torrential rains that lashed Uttarakhand earlier this month is expected to cause a loss of Rs 12,000 crore to the state's tourism industry in the current fiscal, says a PH
The annual cost of environmental degradation in India amounts to about Rs. 3.75 trillion equivalent to 5.7% of GDP says this new World Bank report. But there are low-cost options to significantly bring down the environmental damage without compromising long-term growth objectives.
The UK's greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) increased by 1.6% for the fourth quarter of 2012 from the third quarter due to an increase in demand for heating, according to Government data published toda