It could be seen from a few yards away. The long, dried leaves of Golpata -- a plant native to the Sundarbans -- wayed in the late autumn breeze revealing cut outs of Irrawaddy and Ganges River Dolphins at the Liberation War Museum. These species, both considered globally endangered, are the last two remaining freshwater dolphin species in Asia that call the Sundarbans their home.

Over 19 million children -- a quarter of them under 5 -- spread across Bangladesh are at the front line of climate change disasters, a UN report says mentioning that climate change threatens child nutrition here.

On Global Climathon Day, 25th October 2019, over 120 cities worldwide is tol organise a solutions-hackathon aimed to tackle local climate challenges.

Kiswa, the wild duck was named and fitted with a Global Positioning System (GPS)/ Global System for Mobile (GSM) tag on a cold February morning this year in the middle of Tanguar Haor.

Six wild elephants have died after falling into a waterfall at the Khao Yai National Park in Thailand.

An unhealthy level of air pollution covers 14 areas of Greater Bangkok, according to the country's Pollution Control Department due to particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometres (PM2.5).

Global leaders have entirely failed to check carbon emission and reduce climate change risks, particularly at the affected countries like Bangladesh, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman says.

The fires that burned through the Amazon rainforest last month sparked international outcry and offers of help, but as world leaders meet in New York, the planet's largest rainforest remains engulfed in flames.

New York is bracing for the rising sea levels that climate change will bring, and preparations have already begun -- but the long-term costs of adapting to a warmer, wetter world are expected to be astronomical.

Close to 2,000 United Nations employees have called for the global body to reduce its carbon footprint, including through curbs on their own diplomatic perks like business-class flights and travel handouts, a letter obtained by Reuters shows.

Bangladesh is considered especially vulnerable to climate change, with one-third of the population at risk of displacement because of rising sea levels, International Monetary Fund says.

Poor, rural Bangladeshis are spending far more than the government and aid agencies to combat the impacts of climate change, diverting what little money they have away from basic needs, a study says.

A new study suggests when a pregnant woman breathes in air pollution, it can travel beyond her lungs to the placenta that guards her fetus.

A UN report (2018) has suggested that hunger is rising globally with unruly climate: over 821 million people in the world were undernourished in 2017. In Bangladesh, the government with many development partners, NGOs and the communities are making

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says a healthy ozone layer and climate are essential to meeting all of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The haze blanketing much of the Klang Valley did not stop Dr Mahathir Mohamad from taking part in one of his favourite leisure activities -- horse riding.

United Nation's trade chief says climate change poses an "existential threat to commodity-dependent developing countries" and highlighted the need to diversify economies and exports.

A team of Department of Narcotics Control rescues 457 plum-headed parakeets from the possession of four people during regular patrol in Shiberer Hat area of Chapainawabganj sadar upazila.

The Forest Department has planned to monitor the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest and a Unesco world heritage site, with drones to check crimes like poaching of tigers and deer.

Seven Amazonian countries sign a pact to protect the world's largest tropical forest via disaster response coordination and satellite monitoring, amid recent fires that torched thousands of square miles of the jungle.