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
Climate change takes heavy toll on mental health in Bangladesh
As Ripon Mondal's family try to recover from the drought that ruined their watermelon crop in central Bangladesh last year, the 19-year-old college student fears that his father's financial worries are just the tip of the iceberg
Despite negligible contribution, Bangladesh has suffered most
PM says at G20 Summit, urges quick mobilisation of Loss and Damage Fund
Heat: What's the alternative to air conditioning?
Power-hungry AC units contribute to climate change and worsen global heat problem
Don't overstate 1.5 degrees C threat, new IPCC head says
The newly appointed head of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Jim Skea, spoke to two major German news outlets over the weekend, soon after his appointment to the role
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
'Bangladesh lost $3.72 billion in 20 years for climate change'
Swiss embassy's Bangladesh Microinsurance Market Development Programme finds
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
Up to 17.95pc of coastal areas may go under sea by 2100
Environment minister tells JS citing a research
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
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
