climate finance
Climate finance can be hard sell, says aide to banks and PMs
Developing countries, excluding China, will need $1 trillion a year by 2030 in outside help to reduce their carbon footprint and adapt to a warming planet, according to UN-commissioned experts.
Carbon neutrality is non-negotiable
Major polluters must help nations most vulnerable to climate change.
Climate debt is an unfair burden for Bangladesh
COP29 must secure fair climate finance for vulnerable nations
Bangladesh’s climate debt keeps climbing
As global leaders gather in Baku, Azerbaijan to discuss finance at the 29th climate conference, the most vulnerable countries like Bangladesh are demanding new and additional climate finance that does not exacerbate climate debt.
COP29: A quick run-through of the finance agenda
The centrepiece of this year’s COP agenda is undoubtedly climate finance.
What to expect at COP29?
It is expected that the NCQG will establish a comprehensive definition of climate finance, promoting consistency and transparency in climate finance reporting.
Climate finance billions at stake at COP29
At the UN negotiations, climate finance has come to refer to the difficulties the developing world faces getting the money it needs to prepare for global warming.
Are multilateral financial institutions doing enough to ensure climate justice?
She alleges that the development paradigm still reflects the colonial framework of power relationships.
Justice and finance at COP28
COP28 in Dubai highlights the pressing issues of climate justice and financing amid a worsening climate emergency.
Taxing air travel could fund climate victims
Public financing from developed countries will never be sufficient.
COP27: Bangladesh wants climate finance doubled by 2025
Bangladesh has demanded that developed countries double their collective provision of adaptation finance by 2025, as was agreed at COP26 in Glasgow last year, and provide support to vulnerable countries to implement the National Adaptation Plan (NAP).
From rhetoric to realisation of climate actions at COP27
Despite demands from climate-change-affected countries, the issue of loss and damage has been contentious at the global forum.
How erratic weather has affected our food production
More investment is needed in research work to understand the dynamics and impact of loss and damage in climate-vulnerable communities.
Climate loss and damage are clearly visible in southwest Bangladesh
People living in climate-vulnerable areas urgently need government support
Moving from development finance to climate finance
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has declared her intention to make Bangladesh graduate from being a Least Developed Country (LDC) within the next few years and the government has already formally notified the United Nations of this intent.
Climate finance in Bangladesh
Over the last decade in Bangladesh, we have spent almost a billion US dollars on several hundred projects and activities to tackle climate change.
Digital Bangladesh - Right to information and climate finance
Unfortunately, so far, our performance on both transparency as well as accountability has not been very good. Fortunately, there is still time to improve this before the major climate change funds begin to flow.