By পান্থ রহমান রেজা (Pantha); Translated by Rezwan | – ( Globalvoices.org ) – Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change in the world, as two-thirds of the country is less than 15 feet above sea level. Floods continue to be the biggest threat as each year about […]
- Africa (185)
- Animals (1)
- Asia (1,131)
- Australasia (7)
- Australia (22)
- Authoritarianism (333)
- Canada (2)
- Cats (1)
- Celtic Religion (1)
- Culture (479)
- Dehydration (1)
- Democracy (293)
- Dissent (385)
- Economy (935)
- Agriculture (2)
- Banking (65)
- Carbon Footprint (6)
- Corporations (23)
- Cryptocurrency (1)
- Debt (20)
- Democratic Socialism (20)
- Demographic Decline (1)
- Development (25)
- Employment (114)
- Food Insecurity (18)
- Homelessness (13)
- Industry (1)
- Inequality (386)
- Inflation (2)
- infrastructure (5)
- Investment (88)
- Market Crash (10)
- Middle Class (61)
- Monopolies (6)
- Neoliberalism (176)
- Plutocracy (567)
- Poverty (186)
- Sanctions (2)
- Taxes (32)
- Trade (111)
- Weapons sales (4)
- Education (92)
- Elderly (3)
- Electricity Cost (2)
- Energy (1,525)
- Batteries (27)
- Coal (123)
- Fossil Fuels (281)
- Fracking (49)
- Geothermal (6)
- Green ammonia (5)
- Green Energy (367)
- Green Hydrogen (6)
- Heat Pumps (2)
- Hydroelectric (7)
- Natural Gas (94)
- Nuclear Energy (148)
- Petroleum (264)
- Power Grid (10)
- Pumped Hydro (5)
- Solar Energy (329)
- Tar Sands (13)
- Wave Energy (9)
- wind energy (269)
- Environment (2,234)
- Climate Change (1,341)
- Acidification of Oceans (52)
- Agriculture (19)
- Biodiversity (4)
- CO2 (60)
- Dehydration (5)
- Denialism (128)
- Desalinization (3)
- Desertification (149)
- Dust Storms (3)
- Extreme Weather (254)
- Flooding (90)
- Forests (7)
- Green New Deal (39)
- Mass Extinction (53)
- Methane (20)
- Net Carbon Zerio (8)
- Nitrous Oxide (2)
- Rainforests (17)
- Rivers (4)
- Sea Level (282)
- Soil Carbon Release (14)
- Super Storms (174)
- wildfires (156)
- Wood Buildings (1)
- Climate Crisis (910)
- Drought (208)
- Environmentalism (368)
- Green Transportation (222)
- Ice Melt (105)
- Invasive Species (2)
- Islands (1)
- Oceans (78)
- Oil Spills (6)
- Pollution (209)
- Water (79)
- wildlife (13)
- Climate Change (1,341)
- Europe (1,186)
- Featured (3,422)
- fiction (5)
- Food (12)
- G20 (1)
- Guns (9)
- Health (605)
- History (306)
- Human Rights (1,187)
- Immigration (18)
- International (714)
- Islamophobia (351)
- Juan Cole (270)
- Latin America (86)
- Latinos (4)
- leisure (21)
- media (444)
- Middle East (8,411)
- Arab World (4,944)
- Iran (1,165)
- Israel (805)
- Israel/ Palestine (2,486)
- Israel/Palestine (8)
- Kurds (287)
- Turkey (520)
- Turkiye (46)
- military (109)
- Modernism (2)
- nationalism (107)
- NATO (29)
- Natural Disasters (12)
- nuclear weapons (85)
- Patriarchy (8)
- Peace (114)
- Persian mythology (1)
- Pete Buttigieg (1)
- Planetary Exploration (1)
- Popular Culture (24)
- Poverty (11)
- privacy (21)
- racism (429)
- Rape (7)
- religion (1,378)
- Rights (136)
- robots (3)
- Romance (1)
- science (131)
- Secular (West) (8)
- Secularism (28)
- Sexual Assault (2)
- South Pacific (2)
- Spirituality (21)
- Statelessness (15)
- Stranded Assets (1)
- Surveillance (276)
- Terrorism (1,074)
- Tolerance (6)
- Uncategorized (8,068)
- United Nations (111)
- Urbanization (4)
- US Foreign Policy (1,056)
- US politics (4,873)
- Anti-War Movement (10)
- Campaign Finance (31)
- Censors (21)
- Central Intelligence Agency (61)
- Civil Rights (93)
- Congress (63)
- Conspiracy Theories (18)
- Constitution (367)
- Courts (1)
- crime (9)
- Democratic Party (860)
- Democratic Socialists of America (20)
- Domestic Terrorism (20)
- Drone Warfare (26)
- Espionage (120)
- Ethnicities (352)
- Far Right (342)
- FBI (47)
- Foreign Policy (203)
- Gay Rights (17)
- Guns (92)
- Immigration (229)
- Israel Lobbies (104)
- Marijuana (4)
- Militarization (263)
- National Security State (445)
- Native Americans (36)
- Nuclear arsenal (7)
- penitentiaries (6)
- Pentagon (504)
- Police (38)
- prison reform (7)
- Private Prisons (2)
- Progressive Politics (7)
- Puerto Rico (27)
- Religious Right (11)
- Reproductive Choice (49)
- Republican Party (2,788)
- Supreme Court (106)
- Voter suppression (33)
- Whistleblowers (4)
- Xenophobia (9)
- Veterans (32)
- Voting Rights (16)
- War (415)
- White Supremacists (194)
- wikileaks (8)
- women (479)
- workers (206)
- Writing (5)
- Youth (178)
Bangladesh
Will the Climate Crisis Cause the Next Great Global Conflict?
Oslo (Special to Informed Comment) – In November 1970 the Great Bhola Cyclone smashed into the southern coast of what is now Bangladesh, killing 500,000 people. It wasn’t just the deadliest storm in human history — it knocked over the first domino in a political chain reaction that brought the world to the brink of […]
The perils of the digital age: How Facebook failed to protect Persecuted Rohingya Muslims
By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Rohingya refugees and victims are suing Facebook for $150 billion. They allege that Facebook played a key role in the brutal crackdown against Muslims in Myanmar by promoting anti-Rohingya posts. This online hate turned into real-world violence, according to the lawsuit. As stated […]
Bangladesh Cyclone: Mental Health Distress Shows Devastation of Climate Emergency
By Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson | – Over the past decade, there has been growing recognition of climate-induced loss and damage – such as the destruction of homes or buildings after a flood. However, economic losses and damages have received far more attention than their non-economic counterparts. These non-economic losses and damages cannot be measured in monetary […]
North America needs to invest in Green Energy in Indo-Pacific or Risk losing key Industry to China
By Jonas Goldman | – The Indo-Pacific region, which includes 24 nations and stretches from Australia to Japan and from India to the U.S. west coast, is home to both the largest concentration of humanity and the greatest source of global emissions. In 2020, the region produced 16.75 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the […]
Bangladesh was born amid Indo-Pak War in 1971 — But on 50th Anniversary, Who Owns that History?
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – “With the Creation of Bangladesh, a Longstanding Dream of the RSS Was Achieved” claims Seshadri Chari. According to Wikipedia, Seshadri Ramanujan Chari “is a veteran swayamsevak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Chari currently serves on the National Executive Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and formerly served […]
Climate Emergency is Drowning Bangladesh; is Dhaka Finally Dumping Coal?
By Tom Baxter | – ( China Dialogue) – Bangladesh’s minister of power, energy and mineral resources, Nasrul Hamid, surprised energy watchers recently when he said the country is planning to “review” all but three of 29 planned coal plants. “We are keeping the three coal-fired power plants that are under construction. At present, we […]
Double Whammy of Climate-Driven Monster Cyclone and Coronavirus hits Thousands in India, Bangladesh
Don’t get complacent: North America is also Vulnerable
Rich v. Poor: New York faces Climate Crisis, But Bangladesh Faces Climate Apocalypse
By Saleh Ahmed | – Unpredictable weather and climate patterns recently prompted New York Times columnist Paul Krugman to proclaim in January 2020 that “Apocalypse will become the new normal.” Extreme storms, tides and other awful surprises the world has experienced in recent years suggest that Krugman could be right. July 2019 registered the hottest […]