Tag: heatwave
Adapt or die: Bangladesh joins the race to climate-proof cities
Urban planners and environmental activists said that another priority must be pushing back against the poor planning
Ice baths and ventilators: India’s hospitals adapt to killer heat
Across India, several other hospitals reserved beds and laid on extra staff to deal with heatstroke patients.
Hell or high water: Filipino schools lashed by climate extremes
Preparing for disasters is also key. The Department of Education has said it will invest in insulation, shading and ventilation systems
Bangladesh influencers push tree planting to fight record heat
Now social media influencers are urging their followers to plant trees in a bid to make the city, and country, more liveable during heatwaves
Heatwaves put millions of children in Asia at risk: UN
Global monitors have warned that 2024 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record, marked by climate extremes
Vietnam farmers planting in the dark as heatwave looms
Night planting has its advantages for the rice, which Hahn said is sensitive to extremes in temperature
Asia’s heatwaves 30 times more likely due to climate change, scientists...
Another group says the next 5 years will almost certainly be the warmest on record
Heat wave blasts Southeast Asia – a likely pattern for the...
Record high temperatures scorch the region due to a mix of natural and human factors
Christians, Muslims in Bangladesh unite in prayer for rain
Bangladesh is being dramatically impacted by climate change, enduring devastating flooding and ever-more erratic rainfall
Bangladeshis pray for rain as temperatures soar
The poor, low-lying South Asian nation of 170 million people is at the forefront of climate change with frequent deadly floods
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