Climate Change
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
Residents affected by climate-induced hazards in 17 wards under CCC: speakers
Around 32 percent of coastal areas, mostly from low-income groups, are affected by climate-induced hazards in Bangladesh, says Babul Bala, programme lead of universal access programmes at WaterAid.
GCA CEO Patrick Verkooijen meets climate change victims in Ctg
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Global Center on Adaptation Prof Dr Patrick Verkooijen visited different areas of Chattogram today to witness the impact of climate change firsthand
Climate change could make groundwater unsafe for millions: study
Hundreds of millions of people could be living in areas where poor-quality groundwater threatens their health by the year 2100 as a result of rising temperatures
Explainer: Why is the limit of global warming 1.5 degrees Celsius
Many of the damages of human activity caused climate change to become irreversible already, but now the focus is on mitigation and adaptation.
FM Hasan calls for robust action on climate change
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has called for urgent and robust international action on climate change, emphasizing the critical need to bolster support for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in their resilience-building efforts
Heat, disease, air pollution: How climate change impacts health
Growing calls for the world to come to grips with the many ways that global warming affects human health have prompted the first day dedicated to the issue at crunch UN climate talks starting next week
Make Loss and Damage Fund on climate change fully operational: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the authorities concerned to make the Loss and Damage Fund fully operational
Climate scientist Saleemul Huq no more
Professor Saleemul Huq, eminent climate change expert and director of International Centre for Climate Change and Development, died in Dhaka yesterday. He was 71
Climate 'loss and damage' talks end in failure
A crucial meeting on climate "loss and damages" ahead of COP28 ended in failure today, with countries from the global north and south unable to reach an agreement
'Jamuna-Brahmaputra river basin needs sustainable planning'
To deal with negative impacts of climate change and reduce disaster risk, a sustainable planning in the Jamuna-Brahmaputra river basin is needed, said speakers at a roundtable today
Tk 536cr climate fund frozen in bank: JS body concerned
The Bangladesh Climate Change Trust was due to receive Tk 536 crore in 2016, along with the accumulated interest, but received just Tk 74 crore after around seven years
Protection of environment: Road march held in Satkhira
A group of environmentalists staged a road march today in Satkhira demanding security of food and water sources and protection of the environment
Climate change draws great white sharks north, threatening ecosystem
There never used to be young great white sharks basking off the busy beaches of central California, but as climate change starts to bite, warmer waters are enticing them north -- with possibly catastrophic consequences for a whole ecosystem.
We expect major economies to do their fair share: PM
Prime Minister yesterday said that the Climate Vulnerable Forum's repeated calls for an equal distribution of climate finance between adaptation and mitigation have received little response
World leaders should take effective actions to address climate change: Sultana Kamal
World leaders should take effective actions to address climate change, rather than being limited to only discussions, eminent rights activist advocate Sultana Kamal said today
