Money and justice are at the heart of the climate talks in Egypt this year. Low-income countries are calling on richer nations to help pay for a move to a fossil-free future, and for the damage caused by the global heating they have done so little to cause.

UN Women Bangladesh today (November 9, 2022) launched a storybook titled “From Where I Stand”, paying tribute to the exemplary efforts and leadership of women in tackling climate change-induced disasters from the ground.

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.

The High Court today (November 9, 2022) directed the district administration of Cox’s Bazar to take necessary measures to protect the “natural characters” of the sea beach and to stop further construction there.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck Nepal early Wednesday, killing at least six people and destroying multiple houses in the western district of Doti, close to populous towns, officials said.

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.

Austria will provide 50 million euros (dollars) to developing countries facing unavoidable damage and losses caused by climate change as it joins a small group of European nations to offer such funds, the country’s climate ministry told Reuters.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) today relaxed its rule to facilitate lending for establishment of coal-based power plants and buy the dirty fuel to generate electricity.

When it was announced that Coca-Cola would be a major sponsor of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, climate campaigners and activists quickly accused the company of greenwashing. 

Leaders from over 25 countries and 20 organisations on Monday launched the International Drought Resilience Alliance to accelerate action and help countries be better prepared for future droughts.

UN chief Antonio Guterres warned world leaders at a climate summit in Egypt on Monday that humanity faces a stark choice between working together or "collective suicide" in the battle against global warming.

The High Court today (November 7, 2022) directed the government to stop operations of all illegal brick kilns in four districts -- Bogura, Tangail, Lalmonirhat, and Thakurgaon -- immediately in a bid to curb environment pollution and also asked them to submit compliance reports before it within two weeks.

“Never has there been more at stake for us on this planet we call home, and for every species we share it with,” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has written in an opinion piece.

A farmer was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants in Kangsa union of Sherpur’s Jhenaigati upazila last night (November 5, 2022).

Jahangirnagar University student organisation, JU progressive students, protested the felling of trees at the campus today (November 6, 2022) and urged the authorities to stop all unplanned development.

Delegates at the the UN's COP27 climate summit in Egypt agreed to discuss whether rich nations should compensate poor countries most vulnerable to climate change for their suffering.

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.

Consumers in southern part of Dhaka city and adjoining areas, and Narayanganj and Munshiganj may experience disruption or low pressure in gas supply for a week - from tomorrow (November 6) to November 12 - due to technical work in the gas transmission line.

A crocodile was caught in the fishing net of a fisherman at Hardinge Bridge point of the Padma River in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia last night (November 4, 2022).

UN independent experts have said the outcomes of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt are of critical importance, and they called on states to make sure that all decisions made, and actions taken, consider their human rights implications.