Mexican methane leak rate 'alarming' for climate change, report says

Mexico's methane leak rate from oil and gas operations is twice as high as that of the world's top oil producer, the United States, a group of researchers found in a report due to be released this week.
28 July 2021

When predictions become reality

In late June, western Canada was caught under a “heat dome”, a phenomenon causing scorching temperatures when hot air is trapped by high pressure fronts, and heats up even more as it is pushed back down.
23 July 2021

Climate Change: Provide funds for adaptation mechanism

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen called upon different developed and developing countries as well as international financial institutions to fund the South Asia Regional office of Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) in Dhaka for promoting adaptation mechanisms.
9 July 2021

Aftermath of Cyclone Yaas: 20 thousand people in 14 villages still waterlogged

Last time they left home was after Cyclone Amphan struck the coastal districts on May 20 last year.
8 July 2021

Gas infrastructure across Europe leaking planet-warming methane

The potent greenhouse gas methane is spewing out of natural gas infrastructure across the European Union because of leaks and venting, video footage made available to Reuters shows.
24 June 2021

Britain risks missing climate targets due to lack of policies – advisers

Britain's lack of policies to meet net zero emissions by 2050 is jeopardising its chance of meeting the target, the country's climate advisers said in a progress report on Thursday.
24 June 2021

USAID launches $17m clean energy project in Bangladesh

USAID has launched a $17 million clean energy project called Bangladesh Advancing Development Growth through Energy (BADGE), aimed at expanding Bangladesh’s access to affordable clean energy and support clean energy entrepreneurship.
21 June 2021

Bangladesh to host V20 Climate Vulnerables Finance Summit in July

The government of Bangladesh has announced it will host the first ever virtual V20 Climate Vulnerables Finance Summit on July 8.
15 June 2021

Environmentalist Attenborough tells G7: We need the will to tackle climate change

British environmentalist David Attenborough told Group of Seven leaders on Sunday that tackling climate change was now as much a political challenge as it was a scientific one.
13 June 2021

‘Developed countries can’t fight climate change without taking vulnerable nations on board’

Developed countries will not be protected from the effects of climate change unless they take vulnerable countries on board, experts said yesterday ahead of the G7 summit.
9 June 2021

Carbon dioxide in the air at highest level in 4 million years

Despite a massive reduction in commuting and in many commercial activities during the early months of the pandemic, the amount of carbon in Earth's atmosphere in May reached its highest level in modern history, a global indicator released on Monday (June 7) showed.
8 June 2021

See climate change as a crisis similar to Covid-19: Greta Thunberg

After a turbulent year, it looks like the world is at last coming to grips with the pandemic. In countries where it once looked as if the disease was raging out of control, infection rates are down, vaccinations are up and lockdowns are loosening.
8 June 2021

Sundarbans acts as a carbon sink: COP26 President-Designate

COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma has highlighted the importance of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, saying that it plays a significant role as a carbon sink.
5 June 2021

Bangladesh needs coastal embankments for climate mitigation: Momen

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Bangladesh needs to build embankments with renewable energy facilities along the coastal belt as part of “climate mitigation” to save its people from becoming climate migrants due to the rising sea level.
5 June 2021

Expect UK to promote interests of climate vulnerable countries: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that Bangladesh expects the UK to promote the interests and priorities of climate vulnerable countries to international platforms.
2 June 2021

COP26 President-Designate to visit Bangladesh next week

UK MP and COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma will visit Bangladesh as part of his tour to Asia next week to strengthen support for UK COP26 climate priorities ahead of the summit in Glasgow this November.
29 May 2021

World at risk of hitting temperature limit soon

There’s a 40 percent chance that the world will get so hot in the next five years that it will temporarily push past the temperature limit the Paris climate agreement is trying to prevent, meteorologists said.
27 May 2021

PM Hasina seeks Commonwealth’s focus on minimising climate vulnerabilities

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the Commonwealth to play a crucial role in eradicating poverty and minimising climate vulnerabilities of the underprivileged segment of the population.
24 May 2021

In climate push, G7 agrees to stop international funding for coal

The world’s seven largest advanced economies agreed on Friday to stop international financing of coal projects that emit carbon by the end of this year, and phase out such support for all fossil fuels, to meet globally agreed climate change targets.
22 May 2021

Britain to treble tree planting by 2024 to fight climate change

Britain said it planned to treble tree planting rates over the next three years to help reach its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, as part of efforts to fight climate change.
16 May 2021