Outcome of COP30 does not bode well for climate diplomacy
18 December 2025, 06:00 AM
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, 06:00 AM
Can COP30 elevate climate adaptation?
9 November 2025, 10:07 AM
Adaptation is perceived as providing only local or national benefits.
9 November 2025, 10:07 AM
The missing morality in modern climate policy
22 September 2025, 06:00 AM
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, 06:00 AM
Was the Bonn climate talk promising for the upcoming COP30?
6 July 2025, 04:00 AM
The COP30 presidency wishes to achieve some tangible outcomes.
6 July 2025, 04:00 AM
What UNOC3 portends for future ocean governance
17 June 2025, 07:00 AM
UNOC3 concluded with the adoption of the Nice Ocean Action Plan, a two-part outcome comprising a political declaration.
17 June 2025, 07:00 AM
Global trade war puts climate action under threat
19 May 2025, 06:00 AM
Tariffs will serious impact on climate change, an unfolding crisis of our time.
19 May 2025, 06:00 AM
International courts impel advisory climate action
15 December 2024, 06:00 AM
A deep dive into the ICJ hearings on climate change and state responsibilities.
15 December 2024, 06:00 AM
Opinion / COP29 and the stakes for Bangladesh
2 November 2024, 07:00 AM
The distribution of benefits is unequal between buyers and sellers.
2 November 2024, 07:00 AM
Building capacity to implement the Paris Agreement
The Asia-Pacific Climate Week was held at the UN Conference Centre, Bangkok from September 2 to 6, 2019. The objective was to have a regional dialogue on how to rachet up ambition in mitigation and speed up adaptation actions.
22 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Climate Change And Security: What the discourse is all about
We, the global community, already live in a climate-changed world, evidenced by the successive reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
24 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Without proper urban facilities, quality life is unachievable
The word “city” comes from the Latin root “civis/civitas”, meaning citizen/citizenship. The expressions “civil/civic/civilisation” owe their pedigree to this Latin origin. Eventually, it came to correspond with the French “urbs”, meaning city in a more physical sense.
18 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Growth, green growth and development
The dictionary meaning of “growth” is “getting bigger”, in size or volume, whereas “development” is improvement in the quality of a system. It can be an individual, a community, or a nation.
1 November 2018, 18:00 PM
The Gordian Knot of Dhaka city governance
We have managed to turn a serene, rustic, romantic Dhaka into a dishevelled, messy concrete slum just within a century.
21 July 2017, 18:00 PM
A retreat from multilateralism
The two-day summit of the exclusive but informal club of G20 comprising of the big industrial and developing countries, held between July 7-8, ended with the issuance of a Communiqué, a ritualistic outcome of such events.
14 July 2017, 18:00 PM
The rising stakes for ocean governance
World oceans play the crucial role of a life support in poverty alleviation, food security, human health, and curbing climate change.
2 July 2017, 18:00 PM
A reality check
On June 1 President Trump declared his administration's intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement (PA).
18 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Are women better guardians of natural resources?
Women members of the mobilised groups proved as better 'husbands' of local resources, establishing a culture of their sustainable use, while conserving and improving the quality and quantity of local natural resources.
27 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Marrakech: Can COP 22 live up to the expectations?
The 22nd Conference of Parties (COP22) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended on November 19, 2016 in Marrakech.
23 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Paris Agreement has just come into force
The Paris Agreement (PA) has just taken effect, only eleven months after it was adopted at COP21 of the UNFCCC in Paris last December.
9 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Paris Agreement Coming into Force by COP22! What should Bangladesh do?
With formal deposition to the UN Secretary General of instruments of joining the Paris Agreement (PA) so far by 60 countries, COP22 of the UNFCCC to be held in Marrakesh between November 7 and 18 is also likely to be the first Meeting of Parties to the Agreement.
5 November 2016, 18:00 PM