Informes

JOHANNESBURG, 24 October 2008 (IRIN) - People in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, prefer to commute in three-wheeled autorickshaws, taxis and buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG), in their bid to slow down global warming. CNG produces a…

KUTUBDIA, 23 October 2008 (IRIN) - The sea has crept almost 15km into Kutubdia, an island off the coastal town of Cox's Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh, one of the world's most dangerous cyclone zones. "The sea has been coming…

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Thursday October 16, 2008 - Today, on World Food Day, family farmers in Indonesia's West Timor region know two things about the current food crisis: One, the roots of their food security are being drowned-or parched,…

MANILA, 15 October 2008 (IRIN) - The troubled island of Mindanao is at risk of a full-scale humanitarian crisis unless immediate contingency efforts are made, warn humanitarian agencies. "An external shock could turn a difficult humanitarian situation which is currently under…

Los Angeles, Calif. - With World Food Day approaching October 16, hundreds of millions of people in the developing world continue to suffer from malnutrition as they face soaring food and fuel prices, drought and poor harvests. The U.N.'s Food…

KABUL, 14 October 2008 (IRIN) - Solid waste produced by the health-care system in Kabul and other major cities is not being properly managed and poses a serious public health risk, according to health experts. Medical waste - including used…

COLOMBO, 9 October 2008 (IRIN) - Sri Lanka's struggling tourism industry - hard hit by the conflict between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and government forces, and with security concerns increasing in Colombo, the capital - is…

MANILA, 8 October 2008 (IRIN) - About 20 typhoons hit each year and earthquakes occur frequently as the island nation lies within the so-called "Ring of Fire" in Asia. The last deadly earthquake struck Luzon Island in 1990, killing about…

DHAKA , 8 October 2008 (IRIN) - Natural disasters are synonymous with Bangladesh, with floods, cyclones, tornados, epidemics and river bank erosion often occurring simultaneously - and with increasing ferocity. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) has warned that climate change…

SG/SM/11841 ENV/DEV/1009 Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks to the ministerial meeting on "Reducing Disaster Risks in a Changing Climate": Climate change is the defining issue of our era. Natural hazards are a perennial concern. This discussion brings the…