Global warming
Mercury Rising / To protect Dhaka’s future, balance urbanisation with greenscapes
The city's destiny hinges on all urbanites’ collective commitment to sustainable urbanisation.
So much investment in arms, so little in saving the planet
The world should pay heed to PM's appeal for climate action
Time is of the essence in climate fight
World, local leaders must come up with a better response
COP28 clashes over fossil fuel phase-out after OPEC pushback
Countries clashed on Saturday over a possible agreement to phase-out fossil fuels at the COP28 summit in Dubai, jeopardising attempts to deliver a first-ever commitment to eventually end the use of oil and gas in 30 years of global warming talks.
Can we finally put the Loss and Damage Fund to use?
Although the proposal for the Loss and Damage Fund was adopted at COP27, the declaration to operationalise it came at COP28.
World's largest iceberg breaks free, heads toward Southern Ocean
It's rare to see an iceberg of this size on the move, said British Antarctic Survey glaciologist Oliver Marsh, so scientists will be watching its trajectory closely.
Sustainable finance can catalyse Bangladesh’s renewable energy sector
Conventional finance alone will not help our nation to achieve its full renewable energy potential.
More heatwaves, more deaths
We need heat-resilient infrastructure to shield our young and elderly.
The Pope’s global warming challenge to world leaders
The Pope’s urging comes at an appropriate juncture in the now-flagging momentum of the global environmental movement
Conservation science has moved on. We, too, must adapt and change.
The threats resulting from climate warming and loss of nature are no longer theoretical, but a brutal reality.
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 pledges still ‘nowhere near’: UN
International climate pledges remain far off track to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to a UN report released yesterday, less than two weeks ahead of high-stakes negotiations to tackle global warming.
Burn less fuel, build better cities
Imagine for a moment our city without cars, but with high-quality public transport, people zipping by on bicycles, others on foot.
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.
Sizzling summer of 2022: Heat wave, heat dome, wet-bulb temperature
The summer of 2022 has not yet reached the mid-point, yet we are staring at another year of bleak climate news.
Scorched rail tracks, melting museum and global warming
The naysayers and nonbelievers of global warming are mum as the scorching heat waves paint nations red hot worldwide. Last week, the waves of heat have been high enough to deform and melt infrastructures as millions of citizens of the world are suffering through the rise of the searing temperature. To put things into perspective, you can fry slices of meat in a frying pan under the Texas sun. That being said, the sweltering conditions, as of late, have also raised awareness of ageing infrastructures worldwide, most of which are roads, bridges, railroads, and buildings.
Coordinated action needed to combat climate crisis
The world is already feeling the impacts of human-induced climate change.
G7 to launch ‘climate club’
G7 leaders will create a “climate club” by the end of the year to allow willing nations to coordinate and speed up efforts to tackle global warming, they said in a statement yesterday.
Bangladesh may see more severe weather events due to changing rainfall patterns
Experts have warned that the Himalayan region, which is already suffering from severe flooding, notably in the northeastern portion of Bangladesh, may see even more devasting natural disasters brought on by climate change as a result of changing rainfall patterns.
