What happens at a COP climate summit?

Imagine a massive industry expo with the drama of a dozen simultaneous political conferences, a few flashes of impassioned protest and the occasional crowd crush to glimpse a climate celebrity
29 November 2023, 13:12 PM
28 November 2023, 14:03 PM

Heat, disease, air pollution: How climate change impacts health

Growing calls for the world to come to grips with the many ways that global warming affects human health have prompted the first day dedicated to the issue at crunch UN climate talks starting next week
26 November 2023, 07:15 AM

Make Loss and Damage Fund on climate change fully operational: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the authorities concerned to make the Loss and Damage Fund fully operational
29 October 2023, 12:27 PM

Climate scientist Saleemul Huq no more

Professor Saleemul Huq, eminent climate change expert and director of International Centre for Climate Change and Development, died in Dhaka yesterday. He was 71
29 October 2023, 02:59 AM

Climate 'loss and damage' talks end in failure

A crucial meeting on climate "loss and damages" ahead of COP28 ended in failure today, with countries from the global north and south unable to reach an agreement
21 October 2023, 12:41 PM

'Jamuna-Brahmaputra river basin needs sustainable planning'

To deal with negative impacts of climate change and reduce disaster risk, a sustainable planning in the Jamuna-Brahmaputra river basin is needed, said speakers at a roundtable today
18 October 2023, 14:35 PM

Tk 536cr climate fund frozen in bank: JS body concerned

The Bangladesh Climate Change Trust was due to receive Tk 536 crore in 2016, along with the accumulated interest, but received just Tk 74 crore after around seven years
17 October 2023, 14:42 PM

Protection of environment: Road march held in Satkhira

A group of environmentalists staged a road march today in Satkhira demanding security of food and water sources and protection of the environment
12 October 2023, 16:43 PM

Climate change draws great white sharks north, threatening ecosystem

There never used to be young great white sharks basking off the busy beaches of central California, but as climate change starts to bite, warmer waters are enticing them north -- with possibly catastrophic consequences for a whole ecosystem.
4 October 2023, 07:03 AM

We expect major economies to do their fair share: PM

Prime Minister yesterday said that the Climate Vulnerable Forum's repeated calls for an equal distribution of climate finance between adaptation and mitigation have received little response
21 September 2023, 04:00 AM

World leaders should take effective actions to address climate change: Sultana Kamal

World leaders should take effective actions to address climate change, rather than being limited to only discussions, eminent rights activist advocate Sultana Kamal said today
16 September 2023, 16:59 PM

Climate change takes heavy toll on mental health in Bangladesh

As Ripon Mondal's family try to recover from the drought that ruined their watermelon crop in central Bangladesh last year, the 19-year-old college student fears that his father's financial worries are just the tip of the iceberg
14 September 2023, 06:24 AM

Despite negligible contribution, Bangladesh has suffered most

PM says at G20 Summit, urges quick mobilisation of Loss and Damage Fund
9 September 2023, 08:05 AM

Heat: What's the alternative to air conditioning?

Power-hungry AC units contribute to climate change and worsen global heat problem
22 August 2023, 13:05 PM

Don't overstate 1.5 degrees C threat, new IPCC head says

The newly appointed head of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Jim Skea, spoke to two major German news outlets over the weekend, soon after his appointment to the role
30 July 2023, 05:14 AM

Looking for mountain gold amidst changing climate

It is late in the afternoon, when hours after descending a steep and dangerous cairn, glistening with layers of snow, the majestic Masangang came into view. A crisp mountain air cut through the silent vast land as the strong breeze gracefully encircled the towering peaks. A lone woman with a child strapped on her back, trudges towards the campsite, a stark figure amidst the snow-white landscape
10 July 2023, 12:05 PM

'Bangladesh lost $3.72 billion in 20 years for climate change'

Swiss embassy's Bangladesh Microinsurance Market Development Programme finds
22 June 2023, 14:11 PM

Himalayan glaciers melting 65 percent faster than last decade

Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and costly disasters, scientists warned today..The glaciers disappeared 65 percent faster from 2011 to 2020 compared wit
20 June 2023, 10:32 AM

Up to 17.95pc of coastal areas may go under sea by 2100

Environment minister tells JS citing a research
18 June 2023, 16:31 PM