Climate Change
You are the cause of climate change, we are the result: Yunus to developed countries
The Paris Agreement, the global accord for limiting the effects of climate change, won't work as long as the world sticks with the current economic system, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said yesterday
World's first CO2 storage service soon ready in Norway
The aim is to prevent the emissions from being released into the atmosphere, and thereby help halt climate change.
Khulna sees drop in average rainfall over four decades
Study says it could have critical implications for water resources, agricultural practices
Net zero goal critical to Earth's stability: study
If left unchecked, global warming could set in motion dangerous and irreversible changes to planetary systems such as the disappearance of ice sheets or a collapse of ocean currents.
No denying we’re victims of climate change, but we’re leaders of solutions, responses
The world is still not taking climate change seriously enough, even though the annual United Nations Conferences of Parties (COPs) try to focus minds on the urgency of the task
500-metre green belt to be built in coastal areas: Saber
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said 17 percent of Bangladesh will be submerged in water due to the rise in sea level
Climate Change: Bangladesh may lose a third of agri output by 2050
Climate variability could result in the loss of one-third of Bangladesh’s agricultural GDP by 2050, said a recent World Bank report.
Financial pledge needed to tackle climate change
Tackling the impacts of climate change in Bangladesh requires substantial financial commitment, but the upcoming fiscal year's budget allocation falls short, experts said at a programme today
Tidal surges inundate coastal areas
Heavy downpours triggered by low pressure over the Bay of Bengal flooded several areas of Cox’s Bazar, Noakhali and Bagerhat inundating thousands.
$230 bn needed by 2030 to implement National Action Plan on climate change
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shahab Uddin today (August 28) said Bangladesh requires USD 230 billion by 2030 to implement various activities to tackle climate change.
Climate change impact: 14.8m to be at risk of hunger by 2030
Climate change will put about 14.8 million people at risk of hunger by 2030, says Global Food Policy Report-2022.
Satellite imaging shows Antarctic ice shelf melting faster than anticipated
Antarctica's coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice, doubling previous estimates of losses from the world's largest ice sheet over the past 25 years, a satellite analysis showed on Wednesday.
Thousands evacuated as wildfires rage in France, Spain
Wildfires raged in southwestern France and Spain on Saturday, forcing thousands of people to be evacuated from their homes as blistering summer temperatures put authorities on alert in parts of Europe.
Put aside ego from delaying treaty to save oceans: Guterres
Some countries have been holding up a global agreement on protecting the world’s oceans because of their “egoism," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday.
11 arrested during Sydney climate change protests
Climate change protesters marched in Sydney on Monday forcing police to close major roads in the city centre while morning traffic through the landmark Sydney Harbour Bridge was disrupted after a woman chained herself to her vehicle.
How world’s hottest city harshest on mothers
Heavily pregnant Sonari toils under the burning sun in fields dotted with bright yellow melons in Jacobabad, which last month became the hottest city on Earth.
Extreme heat wave: 100m Americans asked to stay in
More than 100 million Americans are being warned to stay indoors -- if possible -- as high temperatures and humidity settle in over states stretching through parts of the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes and east to the Carolinas.
Climate-induced displacement a threat to global security: Momen
Climate-induced displacement could lead to a global security risk in today’s interconnected world, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said, calling for the international community to share the burden of climate migrants’ rehabilitation.