The COP30 presidency wishes to achieve some tangible outcomes.
Climate change is a man-made problem, but campaigners and irresponsible politicians have blown this out of proportion.
The buildup of carbon dioxide and other GHGs in the atmosphere has elevated global temperatures to perilously high levels.
In Bangladesh’s saline delta, climate-vulnerable women like Jamuna and Pushpa lead adaptation with innovative farming and resilience. Despite gender inequality and health risks, they drive sustainable solutions for survival, food security, and environmental justice.
Says ICIMOD DDG Izabella Koziell marking World Environment Day
Can we industrialize without destroying ourselves? Or will the future generation look back at our actions and ask, “Our ancestors built the economy but destroyed the land that fed it?”
Tariffs will serious impact on climate change, an unfolding crisis of our time.
Cars are harmful to our health and to our environment.
Banks could face financial risks unless immediate climate action is taken, said the Bangladesh Bank (BB) in its first climate stress testing report published yesterday.
The ongoing energy war is worsening impact of climate change
Even after 31 years of advocacy, lobbying and dialogues, no dedicated finance has yet been delivered under the UNFCCC.
At no other point in human history has a cause proved more urgent than tackling climate change.
Despite demands from climate-change-affected countries, the issue of loss and damage has been contentious at the global forum.
The threats resulting from climate warming and loss of nature are no longer theoretical, but a brutal reality.
There is a great need for an annual “Accountability COP” to hold those who have pledged to act against climate change to account.
The government should stop fund wastage in the energy sector and eventually phase out subsidies, which have created pressure on the public coffer, according to economists and entrepreneurs.
Global meat consumption has increased significantly in recent decades, with per capita consumption almost doubling since the early 1960s, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Whereas an average of 23.1 kilograms (50.8 pounds) of meat per person were consumed annually in the '60s, the figure had risen to 43.2 kilograms in 2019. Studies show that wealthier countries tend to consume more meat. Projections show that global per capita meat consumption will climb to 69.5 kilograms in 2022 — but the figure will be 27.6 kilograms in the developing world.
More investment is needed in research work to understand the dynamics and impact of loss and damage in climate-vulnerable communities.
The thermometer was touching 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in the central Indian city of Nagpur as cartoonist Rohan Chakravarty spoke about how climate change influences his work.
