Bangladesh to help Maldives combat climate change: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today assured visiting Foreign Minister of the Maldives Abdulla Shahid that Bangladesh would extend its all-out support to his country in fighting climate change.
10 February 2021, 09:52 AM

CoP26 Diplomatic Dialogue on Adaptation: Bangladesh’s disaster preparedness and early warning capacity lauded

Leading diplomats and advocates for action on climate change have praised the Bangladesh government for its extraordinary capacity of early warning and disaster preparedness.
4 February 2021, 13:36 PM

US to continue supporting Bangladesh on tackling climate change impacts

US President Joe Biden’s Climate Envoy John Kerry has assured Bangladesh of continued support and cooperation on tackling climate change impacts as he called Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen last evening.
27 January 2021, 09:20 AM

Climate change: PM Hasina criticises global adaptation measures, calls for timely action

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said global adaptation over climate change is still far from the pace of devastation just for lack of funds and political will.
25 January 2021, 15:35 PM

Earth is losing ice faster today than in the mid-1990s, study suggests

Earth’s ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change nudges global temperatures ever higher.
25 January 2021, 15:19 PM

‘Economies facing fiscal, sustainability pressures amid climate disasters, Covid-19 pandemic’

The Vulnerable 20 Group of Finance Ministers (V20) have highlighted mounting pressures to their economies amidst climate disasters and the Covid-19 pandemic during the inaugural Global Climate Adaptation (GCA) Summit.
25 January 2021, 14:44 PM

UK PM to announce international coalition to fight climate change; Bangladesh included

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a new international coalition, which includes Bangladesh, to tackle the impacts of climate change.
25 January 2021, 07:44 AM

Elon Musk to offer $100m prize for 'best' tech to capture carbon dioxide emissions

Tesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday took to Twitter to promise a $100 million prize for development of the “best” technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions.
22 January 2021, 06:41 AM

Bangladesh welcomes US re-entering the Paris Climate Agreement

Bangladesh has welcomed new US President Joe Biden’s announcement yesterday to re-enter the Paris Climate Agreement.
21 January 2021, 14:10 PM

Turning off camera during virtual meetings 'environment-friendly', study says

A new study conducted by researchers from Purdue University, Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says that despite a record drop in global carbon emissions in 2020, a pandemic-driven shift to remote work and more at-home entertainment still present significant environmental impact due to how internet data is stored and transferred around the world.
20 January 2021, 15:19 PM

Swedish teenage climate activist Thunberg turns 18

Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, who pioneered a global climate change campaign as a 15-year-old, turned 18 on Sunday and promised to celebrate by exposing “dark secrets” at her local pub.
4 January 2021, 08:18 AM

Climate migration in Bangladesh may increase 7-fold by 2050: ActionAid

Bangladesh could see a seven-fold increase of climate migration, forcing 3 million people to migrate from their homes due to climate disasters by 2050.
27 December 2020, 07:30 AM

Climate change could create 63 million migrants in South Asia by 2050

The growing impacts of climate change have already pushed more than 18 million people to migrate within South Asian countries, but that could more than triple if global warming continues on its current path, researchers warned on Friday.
19 December 2020, 05:59 AM

HC orders govt to shut down illegal brick kilns in Ctg within 7 days

The High Court today directed the authorities concerned of the government to shut down illegal brick kilns in Chattogram in a week to curb pollution in the area.
14 December 2020, 12:42 PM

Declare states of 'climate emergency', UN chief tells world leaders

World leaders should declare states of "climate emergency" in their countries to spur action to avoid catastrophic global warming, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in opening remarks to a climate summit on Saturday.
12 December 2020, 14:49 PM

World set for 3c warming despite pandemic, pledges: UN

Earth remains on course to warm more than 3 degrees Celsius by the century's end despite a dip in greenhouse gas emissions due to the pandemic and pledges to curb pollution, the UN said Wednesday.
9 December 2020, 11:17 AM

Saima Wazed calls for climate change action at high-level London dialogue

Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF)’s Thematic Ambassador for Vulnerability Saima Wazed Hossain called for CVF-COP26 resilience action plan to address climate change and mental health challenges at a high-level dialogue titled 'CVF-COP 26 Dialogue: Meeting the Survival Deadline towards Maximal Resilience', organised by Bangladesh High Commission in London on November 30.
2 December 2020, 11:02 AM

Fallouts of climate change: Dhaka seeks strong partnership with the UK

Dhaka seeks strong partnership with the UK to address the fallouts of climate change that threaten life and livelihood of millions of people. At a virtual meeting with UK State Minister Lord Ahmed on Wednesday, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam hoped for further engagement of UK both in Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) South Asia.
26 November 2020, 08:21 AM

Climate Summit: Bangladeshi children warn against climate change, urge urgent action

Bangladeshi children at a recent Children’s Climate Summit have sounded a note of warning against climate change and called for urgent action in this regard.
22 November 2020, 07:29 AM

About 150 nations due to deliver stronger climate plans in 2020, tracker shows

More than three-quarters of countries have indicated they will make stronger commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change by the end of 2020, despite the economic strain of the coronavirus pandemic, a new tracker showed on Tuesday.
18 November 2020, 08:55 AM