climate change

A talking point for COP25

The topic of loss and damage from human-induced climate change has been a highly politically sensitive issue in international negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for many years with vulnerable developing countries, including Bangladesh, arguing in its favour and the rich countries arguing against it.
26 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Swedish student leader wins EU pledge to spend billions on climate

The European Union should spend hundreds of billions of euros combating climate change during the next decade, its chief executive says, responding to a Swedish teen who has inspired a global movement of children against global warming.
21 February 2019, 14:47 PM

Australia’s rodent becomes first 'climate change extinction'

Australia officially declares a Great Barrier Reef rodent extinct, making it the first mammal believed to have been killed off by human-induced climate change.
20 February 2019, 11:45 AM

2018 was 4th warmest, but next 5yrs could break records

While 2018 was the fourth-warmest year on record, British meteorologists are predicting the next five years will be much hotter, maybe even record-breaking.
7 February 2019, 06:30 AM

Norway's Arctic islands at risk of "devastating" warming, says report

Icy Arctic islands north of Norway are warming faster than almost anywhere on Earth and more avalanches, rain and mud may cause "devastating" changes by 2100, a Norwegian report says.
5 February 2019, 04:56 AM

'Radical rethink' needed to tackle obesity, hunger, climate: Report

To defeat the intertwined pandemics of obesity, hunger and climate change, governments must curb the political influence of major corporations, says a major report calling for a 'global treaty' similar to one for tobacco control.
28 January 2019, 07:43 AM

Climate Change: World 'losing the race'

The world is "losing the race" against climate change, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned yesterday, demanding bolder action from governments to arrest runaway warming.
24 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Many coffee species threatened with extinction

Climate change and deforestation are putting more than half the world's wild coffee species at risk of extinction, including the popular commercial coffees Arabica and Robusta, scientists warn.
17 January 2019, 12:13 PM

COP24: All noise, no signals

Climate change has become a political football in the last 20 years. The “un”-stable American genius once mocked climate change as a Chinese hoax.
31 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Organic foods perhaps good for you, but bad for environment

Organic food has been on the rise since it came into fashion; vegetables, fruit, grains, dairy and meat grown and processed using non-conventional methods not only tend to carry a hefty price tag, but are usually thought to be of higher quality and better for health, although production of organic food products may not be good for the environment.
26 December 2018, 05:06 AM

The mixed results of COP24

Amid deep frustration of scientists and activists, the political economy of climate change has taken a new turn at the ever-widening gulf between science and politics as a depleted number of official delegates from around 200 countries struggled to reach a common ground at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP24, in Katowice, Poland.
23 December 2018, 18:00 PM

COP24: Successes and failures

After a time extension of an extra day, the Rulebook for the Paris Agreement was adopted at COP24 in Katowice, Poland on December 15. It is a significant achievement as it will enable all countries to implement all the different elements of the Paris Agreement in a manner that can be measured, reported and verified in a uniform manner.
18 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Understanding the art of negotiation at COP24

Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) all the countries meet each year at the annual Conference of Parties (COP) held in December—moving from continent to continent each year to review progress and agree on any new decisions.
4 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Tackle 'greatest threat in thousands of years', David Attenborough urges world leaders

British broadcaster and environmentalist David Attenborough urges world leaders, meeting in Poland to agree ways to limit global warming, to get on and tackle "our greatest threat in thousands of years".
4 December 2018, 04:55 AM

The challenging economics of climate change

Global climate change has become one of the dominant discourses in the scientific and public policy arena.
2 December 2018, 18:00 PM

TIB calls for climate fund transparency

Picking competent climate negotiators and maintaining transparency in spending funds are the key to realising global climate fund for the country, Transparency International Bangladesh said yesterday.
22 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Making the Rule Book for implementing the Paris Agreement

In December 2015 in Paris, at the 21st annual Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 174 countries, including the United States of America under then President Obama, agreed to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
13 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Will the major polluters pay?

The 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is going to be held in Katowice, Poland from December 2 to December 14, 2018.
11 November 2018, 18:00 PM

World's rarest plants, vital crops can't be banked: Study

International efforts to save some of the world's rarest and economically important plants from climate change are doomed to fail because their seeds cannot be stored, researchers warn.
3 November 2018, 05:31 AM

Climate change impacting public health across the world: Law minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq says climate change is impacting public health, food and water security, and migration not only in Bangladesh, but the entire world.
1 November 2018, 15:41 PM