COP29 and the stakes for Bangladesh
The distribution of benefits is unequal between buyers and sellers.
3w ago
We need an environmental research and training institute
Paradoxically, Bangladesh is also regarded by many as a test case of sustainable development.
1m ago
Are multilateral financial institutions doing enough to ensure climate justice?
She alleges that the development paradigm still reflects the colonial framework of power relationships.
5m ago
Discussing climate adaptation finance at NAP Expo 2024
Bangladesh, as the host, has many lessons to share
7m ago
Bangladesh’s leadership of the Climate Vulnerable Forum
“The time to take action to save the planet is not tomorrow, but today.”
9m ago
What Bangladesh can do before COP29
Bangladesh can bank on the decision of renewable and energy efficiency.
11m ago
Taxing air travel could fund climate victims
Public financing from developed countries will never be sufficient.
1y ago
Why climate needs to be a part of higher education
At a minimum, we must set a goal of ecological literacy for all our students at the tertiary level.
2y ago
December 19, 2019
COP25: Another round of active inaction
The UN’s longest-ever climate negotiations, continuing non-stop for almost two extra days, drew to a close on December 15 with not much to celebrate. Nations on both sides—developed and developing—held hardline positions resulting in utter disappointment, so expressed grudgingly by the UN Secretary General himself. Countries failed to agree on many of the sought-after outcomes, including rules to set up a global carbon market, steps to mobilise dedicated funding for loss and damage (L&D) and mobilisation of long term finance (LTF) for the most vulnerable.
September 23, 2019
Building capacity to implement the Paris Agreement
The Asia-Pacific Climate Week was held at the UN Conference Centre, Bangkok from September 2 to 6, 2019. The objective was to have a regional dialogue on how to rachet up ambition in mitigation and speed up adaptation actions.
April 25, 2019
Climate Change And Security: What the discourse is all about
We, the global community, already live in a climate-changed world, evidenced by the successive reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
February 19, 2019
Without proper urban facilities, quality life is unachievable
The word “city” comes from the Latin root “civis/civitas”, meaning citizen/citizenship. The expressions “civil/civic/civilisation” owe their pedigree to this Latin origin. Eventually, it came to correspond with the French “urbs”, meaning city in a more physical sense.
November 2, 2018
Growth, green growth and development
The dictionary meaning of “growth” is “getting bigger”, in size or volume, whereas “development” is improvement in the quality of a system. It can be an individual, a community, or a nation.
July 22, 2017
The Gordian Knot of Dhaka city governance
We have managed to turn a serene, rustic, romantic Dhaka into a dishevelled, messy concrete slum just within a century.
July 15, 2017
A retreat from multilateralism
The two-day summit of the exclusive but informal club of G20 comprising of the big industrial and developing countries, held between July 7-8, ended with the issuance of a Communiqué, a ritualistic outcome of such events.
July 3, 2017
The rising stakes for ocean governance
World oceans play the crucial role of a life support in poverty alleviation, food security, human health, and curbing climate change.
June 19, 2017
A reality check
On June 1 President Trump declared his administration's intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement (PA).
March 28, 2017
Are women better guardians of natural resources?
Women members of the mobilised groups proved as better 'husbands' of local resources, establishing a culture of their sustainable use, while conserving and improving the quality and quantity of local natural resources.
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