climate change
The renewable energy sector needs a push
Reduce dependence on fossil fuels, transition to clean energy
Yunus calls for united action to tackle climate crisis
Focuses on youth potential for green growth and sustainability
Carbon neutrality is non-negotiable
Major polluters must help nations most vulnerable to climate change.
Floods, education, and uncertainty
The impact of climate change on students in Bangladesh.
'Mercury Bomb': A gift from climate change
What effects will the mercury bomb have on humans?
COP29 must set a new goal for climate finance and adaptation
As COP29 progresses, Bangladesh will be watching closely to see whether the international community can meet the urgency of its climate needs.
Coastal people in Bangladesh: Millions suffer as world prepares for COP29
Just a few days ago, Sakhina Begum’s teenage grandson Ariful narrowly escaped a crocodile attack while he and his friend were catching crabs from a canal near his home.
COP29 must see a scale-up of Loss and Damage Fund
The loss and damage cycle requires holistic, integrated, and continuous climate financing urgently from local, national, and international government and non-government actors.
COP29: What are the key issues at the UN climate summit in Baku?
COP29 delegates will also be looking to advance other deals made at previous summits.
Turning Bangladesh into a knowledge-based economy
Bangladesh must invest wisely in training our young girls and boys to become the knowledge workers of the future.
Are Asia’s social protection systems ready for the shock of climate change?
Asia and the Pacific is the most disaster-prone region in the world. It also happens to be the most populous, leaving it disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In fact, of the 10 countries most affected by climate change in the last 20 years, six are in Asia.
How do third world countries dodge the looming economic crisis?
While the participants in the Ukraine war are spending billions of dollars each day on weapons and other destructive arsenals, millions of people and the leaders in South Asia and Africa are passing days in anxiety with rising external debt, a strong dollar, lingering supply chain disruptions, and food shortages.
Confronting Asia’s triple threat: climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity
Emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s clear how ill-prepared the world was for such a crisis. We can see how our inability to deal with decades-old existential threats – notably the degradation of ecosystems, climate change, and food insecurity – has exposed us to pandemics, disasters triggered by natural hazards, and now worsening hunger.
Devastating climate impacts await coastal Bangladesh
The World Bank recently published a thorough analysis of various adverse impacts of human-induced climate change that are going to hit the coastal districts of Bangladesh.
PM’s UNGA speech was on point
World leaders must act fast and more effectively to solve major global and national crises
We need a Global Summit on Inequality
The latest World Inequality Report shows tackling climate change and social injustice are part of a total political package.
Coal rush! Energy crisis fires global hunt for polluting fuel
The sleepy Tanzanian port of Mtwara mainly dealt in cashew nuts until late last year. Now it bustles with vessels loading up with coal, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine drives a worldwide race for the polluting fuel.
South Asian nations need a collective plan to tackle climate change
Given the nature of climate-induced problems faced by the countries in South Asia, policymakers should undertake both adaptation and mitigation measures.
Climate change is all about ‘power’
Instead of effectively tackling the issues related to climate change, world leaders have politicised it over the last 30 years.