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
‘Developed countries can’t fight climate change without taking vulnerable nations on board’
Developed countries will not be protected from the effects of climate change unless they take vulnerable countries on board, experts said yesterday ahead of the G7 summit.
Carbon dioxide in the air at highest level in 4 million years
Despite a massive reduction in commuting and in many commercial activities during the early months of the pandemic, the amount of carbon in Earth's atmosphere in May reached its highest level in modern history, a global indicator released on Monday (June 7) showed.
See climate change as a crisis similar to Covid-19: Greta Thunberg
After a turbulent year, it looks like the world is at last coming to grips with the pandemic. In countries where it once looked as if the disease was raging out of control, infection rates are down, vaccinations are up and lockdowns are loosening.
Sundarbans acts as a carbon sink: COP26 President-Designate
COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma has highlighted the importance of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, saying that it plays a significant role as a carbon sink.
Bangladesh needs coastal embankments for climate mitigation: Momen
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Bangladesh needs to build embankments with renewable energy facilities along the coastal belt as part of “climate mitigation” to save its people from becoming climate migrants due to the rising sea level.
Expect UK to promote interests of climate vulnerable countries: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that Bangladesh expects the UK to promote the interests and priorities of climate vulnerable countries to international platforms.
COP26 President-Designate to visit Bangladesh next week
UK MP and COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma will visit Bangladesh as part of his tour to Asia next week to strengthen support for UK COP26 climate priorities ahead of the summit in Glasgow this November.
World at risk of hitting temperature limit soon
There’s a 40 percent chance that the world will get so hot in the next five years that it will temporarily push past the temperature limit the Paris climate agreement is trying to prevent, meteorologists said.
PM Hasina seeks Commonwealth’s focus on minimising climate vulnerabilities
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the Commonwealth to play a crucial role in eradicating poverty and minimising climate vulnerabilities of the underprivileged segment of the population.
In climate push, G7 agrees to stop international funding for coal
The world’s seven largest advanced economies agreed on Friday to stop international financing of coal projects that emit carbon by the end of this year, and phase out such support for all fossil fuels, to meet globally agreed climate change targets.