The vital United Nations climate talks, billed as one of the last chances to stave off climate breakdown, are taking place from November 6 to 18 in Egypt's Sharm El Sheikh amid a multitude of competing crises, including the war in Ukraine, high inflation, food shortages and an energy crunch.

Fossil fuel lobbyists have flooded UN climate talks in Egypt, a report by watchdog groups said Thursday, as calls grow at the summit for a windfall tax on oil majors' bumper profits.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has distracted world governments from efforts to combat climate change, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video message played at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt on Tuesday.

Global sea level rise sped up dramatically at a doubled rate since 1993 due to climate change, according to a new report, as temperatures continue to rise posing “a major threat to many millions” of people living along coastal regions.

Bangladesh has a National Action Plan ready on climate change stressing  the need for $230 billion over next 27 years till 2050 to enhance its adaptation capacity, as the the COP 27, the biggest climate event, kicks off today in Egypt to tame the rising temperature.

If carbon dioxide emissions continue unabated throughout the 21st century, the costs from riverine flood damages and decreased agricultural and worker productivity due to the temperature increase will go up to 4 percent of the country’s GDP per year by 2050, according to a new report by the World Bank.

The thermometer was touching 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in the central Indian city of Nagpur as cartoonist Rohan Chakravarty spoke about how climate change influences his work.

Bangladesh is facing at least seven crises at present, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said today.

While individual carbon footprints are dwarfed by global fossil fuel companies, we can do a lot to tackle the climate crisis and “be the change we wish to see in the world.”

Most of the world’s wealthiest are to blame for the rising use of private jets.

Asia and the Pacific is the most disaster-prone region in the world. It also happens to be the most populous, leaving it disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In fact, of the 10 countries most affected by climate change in the last 20 years, six are in Asia.

Dhaka is losing $6 billion worth of labour productivity each year due to heat stress from extreme temperatures, said a study published yesterday.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has highlighted the importance of enhanced funds for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Activists of various voluntary and non-government organisations observed a protest programme by blocking Kaliganj-Shyamnagar regional highway for two hours today in Shyamnagar of Satkhira demanding climate justice.

Another depression is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal from September 20 to September 25 affecting parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal in India.

While Bangladesh faces massive loss and damage due to climate change, the industrialised countries are doing little to help the country address its needs, said UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change, Ian Fry.

Because of climate change, cyclone-induced flooding could cause damages worth $570 million across coastal areas every year in future, said a new World Bank report released yesterday.

Heavy downpours triggered by low pressure over the Bay of Bengal flooded several areas of Cox’s Bazar, Noakhali and Bagerhat inundating thousands.

Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shahab Uddin today (August 28) said Bangladesh requires USD 230 billion by 2030 to implement various activities to tackle climate change.

Climate change will put about 14.8 million people at risk of hunger by 2030, says Global Food Policy Report-2022.