Bonn dialogue on trade-climate interface: Can trade promote mitigation action?
30 June 2026
All emitters, big and small, have to agree to a fair and justly differentiated response, and the sooner the global community agrees to a practicable solution, the better it is for us and our planet.
30 June 2026
Outcome of COP30 does not bode well for climate diplomacy
18 December 2025
The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) produced a lacklustre outcome by any measure, as reflected in many post-COP analyses. This remains significant because COP outcomes continue to shape the direction, pace, and credibility of global climate diplomacy, even when they fall short.
18 December 2025
Can COP30 elevate climate adaptation?
9 November 2025
Adaptation is perceived as providing only local or national benefits.
9 November 2025
The missing morality in modern climate policy
22 September 2025
We have been witnessing a de-emphasis of public responsibility in the post-Paris years and a re-emphasis on financing by the private sector.
22 September 2025
Was the Bonn climate talk promising for the upcoming COP30?
6 July 2025
The COP30 presidency wishes to achieve some tangible outcomes.
6 July 2025
What UNOC3 portends for future ocean governance
17 June 2025
UNOC3 concluded with the adoption of the Nice Ocean Action Plan, a two-part outcome comprising a political declaration.
17 June 2025
Global trade war puts climate action under threat
19 May 2025
Tariffs will serious impact on climate change, an unfolding crisis of our time.
19 May 2025
International courts impel advisory climate action
15 December 2024
A deep dive into the ICJ hearings on climate change and state responsibilities.
15 December 2024
COP29 and the stakes for Bangladesh
The distribution of benefits is unequal between buyers and sellers.
2 November 2024
We need an environmental research and training institute
Paradoxically, Bangladesh is also regarded by many as a test case of sustainable development.
28 September 2024
Are multilateral financial institutions doing enough to ensure climate justice?
She alleges that the development paradigm still reflects the colonial framework of power relationships.
2 June 2024
Discussing climate adaptation finance at NAP Expo 2024
Bangladesh, as the host, has many lessons to share
21 April 2024
Bangladesh’s leadership of the Climate Vulnerable Forum
“The time to take action to save the planet is not tomorrow, but today.”
14 February 2024
What Bangladesh can do before COP29
Bangladesh can bank on the decision of renewable and energy efficiency.
29 December 2023
Taxing air travel could fund climate victims
Public financing from developed countries will never be sufficient.
14 February 2023
Why climate needs to be a part of higher education
At a minimum, we must set a goal of ecological literacy for all our students at the tertiary level.
12 October 2022
Loss and damage must be defined on moral grounds
One reason behind the lack of progress on L&D is that it has no agreed definition yet.
5 October 2022
Role of governance in mitigating the effects of climate change
Bangladesh is regarded globally as one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts.
18 February 2022
Will the climate finance pledges from COP26 ever materialise?
The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) ended on November 13, 2021, a day after the scheduled date of closing.
17 November 2021
We must urgently prioritise adaptation to address the climate emergency
The recently-published report of Working Group-I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a renewed wakeup call on the urgency of taking action at the global level to address climate change.
23 August 2021
Building back a greener Bangladesh
The title of this article has been borrowed from an on-line discussion organised by the Policy Research Institute on June 20, 2021. I was a panelist at the event, which some current and former World Bank officials had participated in, together with most of the famous environmental experts of Bangladesh.
3 July 2021
Vaccine nationalism, global public good and the poor
In a desperate move to inoculate from Covid-19, we are witnessing a kind of vaccine nationalism worldwide, which has manifested in a race to procure vaccine doses, particularly by those having the means and power to do so.
18 February 2021
Bangladesh in 2050: Vision of a climate resilient society
What will Bangladesh look like in 2050? A layman’s projection allows us to draw a picture of its basic parameters. In terms of population, Bangladesh can reach a number of 230-240 million, with an average growth rate of 1.2 percent/year.
18 February 2021
Adaptation finance at the conflux of climate crisis, Covid-19 and debt distress
Covid-19 has hit all countries of the world, both rich and poor, but the low income countries (LICs) are hit hardest, and half of them are at high risk of or are already in debt distress.
13 October 2020
Crafting image in an age of electronic globalisation
Recently, quite a number of reports have been published in both national and foreign media outlets about how two healthcare providers in Bangladesh issued fake Covid-19 certificates. Obviously, the negative coverage has tarnished the image of our nation abroad.
22 July 2020
Covid-19 challenges the conventional security paradigm
Coronavirus is razing the world to the ground, continuing to claim human lives—the latest count exceeds well over 200,000, with the number of infected running over three million.
5 May 2020
How crisis awakens altruism in humanity
Beginning in Decem-ber in China’s Wuhan City, the highly infectious COVID-19 has crossed boundaries and oceans with supersonic speed.
8 April 2020
An effective platform for branding Bangladesh
The 25th Conference of Parties (COP25) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended just days ago.
25 December 2019