Climate action

Climate action

UN biodiversity summit opens with call for 'significant' funding

Guterres highlighted that destroying nature increases conflict, hunger and disease, fuels poverty and negatively impacts economic growth.

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Climate finance talks make little progress before UN summit

International negotiations on money to help developing countries tackle climate change concluded without a breakthrough this week, just two months before Azerbaijan hosts the United Nations climate summit

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Bangladesh needs $876b to implement climate action plans: Saber

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said Bangladesh needs US$ 876 billion to implement its ambitious climate action plans and that is why international cooperation is crucial in this regard..He said the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) of the country

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Multilateral, bilateral cooperation needed for climate actions: minister

Japan has shown keen interest in financing specific projects, particularly emphasising disaster resilience and green financing through JICA, said Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today

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Govt to raise $15b for climate action: environment minister

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury yesterday said the government will try to raise $15 billion over five years for climate change-related activities

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Dubai summit adopts world-first 'transition' from fossil fuels

Nearly 200 nations meeting in Dubai on Wednesday approved a first-ever call for the world to transition away from fossil fuels, the top culprit of climate change behind a planetary crisis

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Bangladesh urges developed countries to fulfill commitment of USD 100 bln

Bangladesh today strongly urged the developed countries to fulfill their commitment of USD 100 billion climate finance

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COP28: Over 110 nations commit to triple renewable energy

More than 110 nations pledged to triple the world's renewable energy within seven years at UN climate talks Saturday as the United States pushed to slash methane emissions and boost nuclear capacity

1y ago

Climate of impunity still prevails in Bangladesh: Amnesty International

The failure of Bangladeshi authorities to take decisive action against violent groups responsible for at least 10 killings over the past two months has created a climate of impunity, Amnesty International says.

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Free Ratargul swamp forest canal from encroachment

Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (Bapa) and Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers' Association (Bela) yesterday called on the government to

8y ago

Holistic approach urgent to fight climate change

Integrated approaches have become an urgent need to mitigate adverse impacts of climate change in Rajshahi region, including Barind

8y ago

3 Ctg JMB men on 5-day remand

A Chittagong court places three members of banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), who were arrested yesterday, on a five-day remand in a case filed for terrorist activities.

8y ago

Friendship makes a case of effective climate adaptation solutions at COP21

Friendship, a Bangladeshi non-governmental organisation, has organised an event in Paris's Le Bourget to raise

9y ago

Experts for more mitigation fund from developed countries

Climate experts at a discussion yesterday emphasised the importance of funding by the developed world to combat

9y ago

Leaders pledge climate rescue

World leaders vowed yesterday to save mankind from catastrophic climate change as a historic summit opened with the "hope of all humanity" laid on their shoulders, but fault lines quickly emerged.

9y ago

Paris may be last chance for legally binding deal

The Paris summit might be the final opportunity to jointly address the challenge of global warming by negotiating a legally-binding

9y ago

PM's trips to France, Malta cancelled

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official visits to Malta and France have been cancelled considering the overall situation at home and Paris, diplomatic sources have said.

9y ago

‘Robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Laxmipur cops

An alleged robber is killed in a “gunfight” with police in Laxmipur Sadar upazila.

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