BANGLADESH has made significant progress in reducing childhood stunting over the past decade, thanks to improvements in healthcare, nutrition and public health initiatives. However, a new and silent threat is emerging that could jeopardise these hard-won gains: climate change. Recent research has highlighted a troubling link between extreme heat and stunted...
FOR the last several weeks I keep hearing people commenting, 鈥榃e鈥檙e not getting any winter this year.鈥� Yet when I go out in the mornings 鈥� when it鈥檚 as cold as it gets, which isn鈥檛 very cold 鈥� there are people in sweaters, jackets, mufflers, hats and gloves. Yes, it鈥檚 a smart adaptation technique, as unless people are used to extreme heat they are going to...
A recent report by Climate Central has revealed that Bangladesh is among the hardest-hit nations by climate change-driven extreme heat, with 119 million people-two-thirds of the population-exposed to at least 30 days of dangerous temperatures between June and August 2024...
Nearly half a billion children are facing twice as many days of extreme heat each year 鈥� or more 鈥� than their grandparents did, the UN said Tuesday, warning of deadly consequences...
The death toll from this year鈥檚 Hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of them unregistered worshippers who performed the...