Climate Change

Climate Change

Adaptation Fund Board approves $10m project to enhance climate resilience in CHT

The Adaptation Fund Board has approved the Green, Resilient, and Adaptive CHT Economy (GRACE) project, a significant step forward in climate adaptation in Bangladesh

1w ago

'Imagine a third of Bangladesh underwater,' warns Rizwana

Environment adviser delivers lecture on impacts of climate change

2w ago

Nations fail to break deadlock on UN climate report timing

Many wealthy countries and developing nations exposed to climate impacts wanted an accelerated timetable, arguing the reports would allow countries to be guided by the most up-to-date science.

1m ago

Countries lock horns over cash for nature at rebooted UN talks

Negotiators meeting at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization headquarters in Rome this week are tasked with breaking a deadlock on funding between rich and developing countries

2m ago

Carbon emissions, climate change, and the cacao tree

In conversation with Shams-il Arefin Islam where he talks about his work and sheds light on how the cacao tree acts as an early climate alarm bell.

2m ago

Scientists turn pollution into fuel in climate breakthrough

Scientists have developed a solar-powered device that can pull pollution from the air and convert it directly into fuel for cars and planes

2m ago

Most countries miss UN deadline for new climate targets

As of Monday morning, many of the world's biggest polluters - including China, India and the European Union - had not done so.

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Top climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead'

Temperatures will stay at or above 1.5C in the coming years

2m ago

Looking for mountain gold amidst changing climate

It is late in the afternoon, when hours after descending a steep and dangerous cairn, glistening with layers of snow, the majestic Masangang came into view. A crisp mountain air cut through the silent vast land as the strong breeze gracefully encircled the towering peaks. A lone woman with a child strapped on her back, trudges towards the campsite, a stark figure amidst the snow-white landscape

1y ago

'Bangladesh lost $3.72 billion in 20 years for climate change'

Swiss embassy's Bangladesh Microinsurance Market Development Programme finds

1y ago

Himalayan glaciers melting 65 percent faster than last decade

Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and costly disasters, scientists warned today..The glaciers disappeared 65 percent faster from 2011 to 2020 compared wit

1y ago

Up to 17.95pc of coastal areas may go under sea by 2100

Environment minister tells JS citing a research

1y ago

UNDP Bangladesh, H&M join hands to tackle climate change

The alliance will play a pivotal role in initiating policy dialogues focused on reducing carbon dioxide emissions, developing climate-responsive power policies, establishing power purchase agreements and identifying climate-smart investment opportunities

1y ago

Greta Thunberg graduates high school with last school strike

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg participated in her last School Strike for Climate to mark her graduation from high school on Friday

1y ago

World soon likely to see 1.5C of warming: WMO

The WMO also found a 98 percent chance that one of the next five years will be the hottest on record, surpassing 2016

1y ago

Climate Change: Workers in South Asia at risk in extreme heat

Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of workers dying or becoming disabled from labouring in extreme heat

1y ago

As climate change origins are global, solutions must be too: PM

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.

2y ago

Antarctic ice melt could disrupt the world’s oceans: Study

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

2y ago