2024 is the warmest year on record, surpassing the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C threshold.
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.
Atmospheric concentrations of all three hit new highs in 2023, locking in future temperature increases for years to come, the World Meteorological Organization reported in October.
This means we need to find a balance between development and environmental conservation, and the time to act is now.
Dhaka stares down a fiery future, one choked by relentless heat. But there is hope.
Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali has proposed to set aside a special allocation of Tk 100 crore for climate change and environmental protection in the national budget for the fiscal year 2024-25
At a time when efforts to combat climate change repercussions have intensified through forest conservation and extensive tree plantations, thousands of trees, across different species, are succumbing to adverse effects of climate change in the reserve forest area of Kuakata sea beach in Patuakhali district.
The heatwave currently searing Bangladesh has led to renewed focus on reforestation efforts. On social media, calls to take up tree-planting drives, and even take on the challenge of creating a world record for planting trees are being peddled
COP28 offered progress, albeit slow; but time is a luxury that nations like Bangladesh cannot afford.
A great majority of the world population today is not in control of their fate.
Climate impact on groundwater and solutions
Bangladesh can bank on the decision of renewable and energy efficiency.
It is difficult to not feel defeated by COP28’s end results.
We don’t have the time anymore, and we, as the climate action community, are tired of saying this ad nauseam.
Regardless of which country you look at in the world, one crisis is evident everywhere: the climate crisis.
Attitudes that insist on finding differences rather than commonalities are troubling.
The good governance agenda has lost its label, but it lives on, and it has become an existential threat.
While the world enjoys the fruits of their labour, they often have no say or control over the land they work.
We need to rapidly find ways to deal with heat stress.
