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.
World's rarest plants, vital crops can't be banked: Study
International efforts to save some of the world's rarest and economically important plants from climate change are doomed to fail because their seeds cannot be stored, researchers warn.
Climate change impacting public health across the world: Law minister
Law Minister Anisul Huq says climate change is impacting public health, food and water security, and migration not only in Bangladesh, but the entire world.
Measuring the global goal on climate change adaptation
In the Paris Agreement on climate change, which was agreed on in December 2015 at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Challenges for the new Global Commission for Adaptation
Last week in the Hague, the Netherlands a new Global Commission for Adaptation to Climate Change was launched with the former Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, Bill Gates, and Kristalina Georgieva, head of the World Bank as the three heads.
Cities and climate change
Urbanisation is escalating worldwide. Hence cities are becoming increasingly crucial in dealing with climate change. According to UN Habitat, cities contribute to 70 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions whilst occupying only two percent of the world's land.
It's worse than we thought
The United Nation's scientific body on climate change, namely the Intergovern-mental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has just released a special report which is a scientific as well as political report of great significance and could be a game-changer in galvanising enhanced action to tackle climate change.
Can coal be used for cheap energy without harming the environment?
Climate change will hit Bangladesh, and rising temperature and sea level will affect millions in both the short- and long-term. However, it has also embarked on a path to accelerate growth and achieve middle-income status in the immediate future.
Achieving complete renewable energy reliance
Ten years ago, under the leadership of then President Nasheed of the Maldives, the leaders of the most vulnerable developing countries came together to form the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF).
Climate change will hurt Bangladesh
According to a World Bank (WB) report titled ”South Asia's Hotspots: The Impact of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Living Standards”, more than 75 percent of the population (13.4 crore people) will be adversely affected by rising temperatures which will result in a rise of vector-borne and other infectious diseases.
Politics of climate change, sinking Bangladesh and floating houses
Climate change is real and it is here to stay. There is no turning around because we have already gone too far. It will only get worse from here. Climate change is, therefore, an existential threat for our children and grandchildren for whom time is running out fast.