The planet is therefore expected to remain at historic levels of warming after the two hottest years ever recorded in 2023 and 2024
The information was revealed at a discussion on carbon financing organised by LightCastle Partners
Erosion by Teesta started early, devouring the croplands and houses at 130 points in five districts of Rangpur region
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has prohibited any new industrial activities or projects within 10 kilometres of the Ecologically Critical Area (ECA) around the Sundarbans.
The extraordinary heat spell was expected to subside as warmer El Nino conditions faded last year
The Adaptation Fund Board has approved the Green, Resilient, and Adaptive CHT Economy (GRACE) project, a significant step forward in climate adaptation in Bangladesh
Environment adviser delivers lecture on impacts of climate change
Bangladesh’s Dr Saleemul Huq, director of International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and professor of the Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) has been named in Reuters Hot List.
Bangladesh has expressed its optimism over both funding and cutting carbon emission as global leaders in the Leaders Summit on Climate yesterday made political commitments to turn the tide of global warming.
The Biden administration today pledged to slash US greenhouse gas emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030, a new target it hopes will spur other big emitter countries to raise their ambition to combat climate change, reports Reuters.
The “Leaders’ Summit on Climate”, set to be held later this week, will largely incorporate the issues raised by Bangladesh as the United States is “giving increased importance” to it as its partner in tackling the climate crisis, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said.
China and the United States agree that stronger pledges to fight climate change should be introduced before a new round of international talks at the end of the year, the two countries said in a joint statement on Sunday.
Bangladesh needs to focus on keeping the global temperature rise to 1.5 degree Celsius, climate funding, technology transfer, and rehabilitating the climate migrants, at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate to be held on April 22-23, said leading climate experts and policymakers today.
A group of climate and development activists in Bangladesh called on US President Joe Biden’s administration to take the leadership role in a global transition to a new clean-energy economy.
The World Bank on Friday announced a new Climate Change Action Plan aimed at helping developing countries achieve measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and pledging to mobilize large-scale resources to aid the transition out of coal.
John Kerry, the United States’ special presidential envoy for climate, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on April 9 on a daylong visit during which Bangladesh will convey its priority issues to him on the climate front.
China generated 53% of the world’s total coal-fired power in 2020, nine percentage points more that five years earlier, despite climate pledges and the building of hundreds of renewable energy plants, according to a global data study.
