There is a huge scope for green employment opportunities in Bangladesh.
Renewable energy accounts for only about 4.5 percent of total installed capacity in Bangladesh.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed to providing €350 million in loans to support renewable energy projects in Bangladesh, with the European Union contributing an additional €45 million in grants.
The long-awaited draft of the new Renewable Energy Policy (REP) 2025 was published in February, inviting suggestions and advice for refinement.
The Policy Exchange Bangladesh organises policy dialogue on Bangladesh’s future
2024 is the warmest year on record, surpassing the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C threshold.
The challenges are multifaceted, from a heavy reliance on fossil fuels to inefficiencies within factory operations.
Shah Md Ahsan Habib, a professor at the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management, conducted the study
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday granted a 10-year tax benefit for investments to establish renewable energy-based power facilities with the objective to facilitate generation of clean energy.
The latest energy master plan does not align with Bangladesh's clean energy targets
Energy generated from gravity batteries is sustainable.
Bangladesh’s dependency on coal-based power plants is gradually increasing, when countries around the world are abandoning the technology to make electricity.
Shamim Ahmed Mridha is one such young and motivated individual whose network of environmentally aware people has won him The Diana Award. The award is presented by the Diana Award Org, which according to their website, honours a cohort of “20 outstanding young leaders, visionaries and role models from across the world who have demonstrated their ability to inspire and mobilise new generations to service their communities, as Princess Diana believed they could.”
British International Investment (BII) has embarked on an ambitious plan of lending $450 million to Bangladesh over the next five years, finding that the country has a stable government and policy support for private sector development.
Algae are a remarkable candidate for biodiesel production.
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).
Midway through the two-week-long 22nd Conference of Parties (COP22) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in November 2016 in Marrakech, Morocco, the presidential election results in the USA were announced. The result, Trump winning the election, was like a bombshell in the COP.
China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam have the world’s four biggest coal-fired power plants in pipeline. Together, they represent 82 percent of the 718 units globally under construction.
India is ranked second after China in latest "renewable energy country attractiveness" index from Ernst & Young. The US which was number two last year has slid down to number three position and Germany maintained its number four position.
