The Climate Action Summit in New York has failed to deliver
The world leaders who are responsible for emitting most of the greenhouse gases are not willing to take the requisite actions at the scale and pace that is required.
4 October 2023, 13:00 PM
4 October 2023, 13:00 PM
We are not on track for 2030 climate targets
We are at the halfway point of this time frame; if we review the current situation, the progress is not good.
20 September 2023, 02:00 AM
20 September 2023, 02:00 AM
Macron’s support for an ‘adaptation pact’ with Bangladesh
Macron first told us that he had had a one-on-one conversation with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina already in which he’d offered assistance from France to Bangladesh to work on an energy transition partnership.
13 September 2023, 00:00 AM
13 September 2023, 00:00 AM
What Asia can do to fight climate change
As far as climate change is concerned, the Asia Pacific is highly significant.
30 August 2023, 06:00 AM
30 August 2023, 06:00 AM
Scale up climate change adaptation as soon as possible
While Bangladesh has been doing quite well in adapting to climate change, there is still a long way to go with not much time to waste. Serious actions need to be taken urgently to boost the country’s resilience.
23 August 2023, 00:00 AM
23 August 2023, 00:00 AM
In funding climate actions, we can be more creative
Leaders who attend COP28 will have to rise to the occasion with the sense of urgency that the climate change crisis requires today.
16 August 2023, 01:00 AM
16 August 2023, 01:00 AM
What our new climate envoy can do for Bangladesh
Last month the PM Sheikh Hasina appointed Saber Hossain Chowdhury, member of parliament, as her climate envoy.
9 August 2023, 02:00 AM
9 August 2023, 02:00 AM
Enter ‘global boiling’
“The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.”
2 August 2023, 03:00 AM
2 August 2023, 03:00 AM
Everything you need to know about the Loss and Damage Fund
What is the arrangement for this funding mechanism? Who will pay into the fund? Who is eligible?
5 February 2023, 14:00 PM
The whos and hows of allocating loss and damage funds
The estimates of the total losses and damages run into many trillions of US dollars.
17 January 2023, 18:08 PM
Reflections on the climate change actions of 2022
2023 is going to be much more challenging in terms of the actual impacts of climate change in Bangladesh and around the world
3 January 2023, 16:00 PM
Bangladesh takes another step in leading global climate adaptation
On December 11, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally launched the new Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation (LLA) in Dhaka.
20 December 2022, 08:21 AM
What Bangladesh must do now as a global climate leader
We have an opportunity to lead the other LDCs by taking forward the proposal to set up a National Mechanism for Loss and Damage (NMLD).
6 December 2022, 16:00 PM
The story behind the loss and damage fund at COP27
The historic fund for loss and damage is the result of many years of labour
22 November 2022, 11:18 AM
Negotiations going strong at COP27
The developing countries are united in their demand for the establishment of the Sharm El Sheikh Finance Facility for Loss and Damage (SSFFLD) at the end of the climate conference later this week.
15 November 2022, 12:45 PM
Forget COP27, the youth should hold an 'Accountability COP'
There is a great need for an annual “Accountability COP” to hold those who have pledged to act against climate change to account.
2 November 2022, 17:36 PM
A new coalition to address loss and damage emerges
These actors are addressing losses and damages from human-induced climate change now.
18 October 2022, 13:00 PM
Turning Bangladesh into a knowledge-based economy
Bangladesh must invest wisely in training our young girls and boys to become the knowledge workers of the future.
4 October 2022, 12:00 PM
Devastating climate impacts await coastal Bangladesh
The World Bank recently published a thorough analysis of various adverse impacts of human-induced climate change that are going to hit the coastal districts of Bangladesh.
27 September 2022, 12:00 PM
Make polluters pay for loss and damage from climate change
It is clear that polluters are the reason why the world is going through the era of loss and damage from human-induced climate change.
20 September 2022, 14:00 PM
Bangladesh can be the global lab for climate solutions
In the coming years, we have to deal with a new major global emergency called human-induced climate change, which will cause severe stress to our development investments.
13 September 2022, 14:00 PM
Some early lessons from Pakistan floods
The ongoing devastating floods in Pakistan, which follow a deadly heat wave from just a few weeks back, is not just another flood event.
6 September 2022, 14:00 PM
How can we make COP27 successful?
Dr Saleemul Huq elaborates.
31 August 2022, 08:34 AM
Time for Bangladesh to scale up investment in climate diplomacy
In this era of loss and damage caused by human-induced climate change, Bangladesh needs to invest in different aspects of the issue at the global level for significant enhancement of its climate diplomacy skills.
30 August 2022, 14:00 PM
Vanuatu emerges as global climate champion
Recently, Vanuatu prepared a resolution for the upcoming session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, US.
23 August 2022, 16:00 PM
Is the UNFCCC still relevant?
COP27 will be the first COP in the new era of climate change.
16 August 2022, 13:00 PM
Is the US equipped to be a global climate change leader?
Let me give a glimpse into the ups and downs in the US’ involvement in sometimes being a leader and sometimes a laggard when it comes to climate solutions, and where it stands today.
10 August 2022, 14:00 PM
Climate change is a matter of human rights, too
Most recently, the UN passed a resolution making it a human right for everyone on Planet Earth to have a healthy environment. The environmental advocates had been lobbying for this for many years and finally succeeded.
3 August 2022, 07:06 AM