The World Bank today approved three loans totalling $1.16 billion to help Bangladesh improve health services, boost water and sanitation services and achieve greener and climate-resilient development, it said in a statement.
The target for 2035 would see emissions slashed by 45 to 50 percent from 2005 levels, on its way to net-zero by mid-century.
The new benchmark affirmed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service caps a year in which countries rich and poor were hammered by disasters that scientists have linked to humanity's role in Earth's rapid warming.
The hearings begin a week after developing nations denounced as woefully inadequate an agreement reached at the COP29 summit for countries to provide $300 billion in annual climate finance by 2035 to help poorer nations cope with climate change.
New South Wales police said 170 protesters were arrested on Sunday for refusing to move from the shipping channel near the Port of Newcastle.
Nearly 200 nations approved Sunday a climate deal that raises to at least $300 billion a year the amount wealthy historic polluters pay poorer countries to take action against global warming
"The proposed decision to allocate USD 250 billion per year for all developing countries is shockingly insufficient," said the adviser
COP29 draft deal says rich nations should pay the amount to fight climate change
Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of workers dying or becoming disabled from labouring in extreme heat
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said global efforts needed to be streamlined through responsive policy, planning and governance, to make the actions regarding climate change successful.
A major ocean circulation that forms around Antarctica could be headed for collapse, risking significant changes to the world's weather, sea levels and the health of marine ecosystems, scientists say, offering a stark warning about the growing impacts of climate change
A study has found that 95.5% of women in coastal areas require extra time to collect drinking water compared to the high Barind and northern river basin areas due to climate change..The study, titled “Causes of vulnerability and social conflict dynamics in the context of climate change: Lo
Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin today sought cooperation from deputy commissioners in protecting the country's environment and forests.
Temperatures in parts of Greenland are warmer than they have been in 1,000 years, the co-author of a study that reconstructed conditions by drilling deep into the ice sheet told AFP today.
The past eight years were the hottest since records began, the United Nations confirmed Thursday, despite the cooling influence of a drawn-out La Nina weather pattern.
A phenomenon previously unseen in our planet.
Scientific journal Nature has unveiled a list of 10 people, who helped shape the biggest science stories in 2022. Bangladeshi scientist Saleemul Huq has made it to the list for his efforts to force wealthy countries to pay for the losses and damages due to climate change.
Chief Executive Officer of the Global Center on Adaptation, Professor Dr Patrick Verkooijen, has said investing in climate adaptation is not just the right thing to do but is also the economically smart thing to do.
