UK Launches New Plan to Support Bangladesh's Fight Against Climate Change

(DFID) July 13, 2009 – The UK is today launching a major action plan to protect 15 million of the world’s poorest people from the devastating impact of climate change in some of most high-risk flood areas on the planet. A fifth of Bangladesh – an area almost twice the size of London – could […]

Oxfam International Releases ‘The Right to Survive’ Report

Oxfam International has just published a new report called ‘The Right to Survive: The humanitarian challenge for the twenty-first century’. According to the report, current research shows that in a typical year, almost 250 million people around the world are affected by climate-related disasters. This alarming number could grow by 54% to an average of […]