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One can argue that the issue of tackling climate change in Bangladesh has already achieved a whole-of-government approach, and is also rapidly moving towards a whole-of-society approach. However, our international diplomacy on tackling climate change also needs to develop both approaches. What do these two terms mean, and how are they being rolled out? The whole-of-government approach means that not only ministries and departments, but also other branches such as local government, parliament, and even security and military apparatus, along with the judiciary, need to be involved. The whole-of...

(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Pro-environment group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) made this revelation Wednesday, April 21, a day ahead of the celebration of Earth Day. But Kalikasan PNE held off from substantiating the ecological deficit claim, saying environmentalists would do so on Earth Day, April 22, during the annual State of the Philippine Environment (SPE) Forum. Dubbed “SPE 2021: State of Planetary Emergency,” the vritual event will have panelists who will give an assessment of the environmental situation under the economic recovery agenda of th...

Coronavirus vaccines should be declared 'global public goods': PM Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File photo UNB, Dhaka UNB, Dhaka Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh firmly believes that coronavirus vaccines should be declared "global public goods", and called for a strong partnership to tackle challenges posed by the pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic, she noted, has brought mankind at a crossroad of history, confronting possibly the gravest global challenge of our times. "The socio-economic impacts of the pandemic are massive and ar...

1971-1976 – Is an investigative reporter and editorial writer for the Nashville Tennessean. 1977-1985 – US Representative in the 95th-98th Congresses, representing first the 4th and then the 6th District of Tennessee. Elected to the House in 1976, 1978, 1980 and 1982. 1985-1992 – US Senator from Tennessee. 1988 – Runs for the Democratic Party nomination for president in the 1988 election. Later drops out of the race. July 9, 1992 – Bill Clinton chooses Gore to be his running mate in the 1992 presidential election. 1992 – Publishes “Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spi...

Al Gore Fast Facts Here is a look at the life of Al Gore, 45th vice president of the United States and environmental activist. Personal Birth place: Washington, DC Father: Albert Gore Sr., former US senator from Tennessee Mother: Pauline (La Fon) Gore Children: Albert III, Sarah, Kristin, Karenna Education: Harvard University, B.A., 1969; Vanderbilt University, Graduate School of Religion 1971-1972; Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1976 Military service: US Army, 1969-1971, served in Vietnam as a reporter with the 20th Engineering Battalion. Religion: Baptist Other Facts 1971-1976 – Is an inve...