ICECA 2026: Experts call for direct climate funds for local communities
9 August 2026
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Climate / Salinity creeps deeper inland
28 July 2026
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Climate Change
Heat stress could cost Bangladeshi workers nearly 24 days of work a year: Report
19 July 2026
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Climate Change
At Summer Davos, PM Tarique pitches Bangladesh as a future climate-resilience leader
23 June 2026
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Climate Change
What to expect from the strongest El Nino in over a century
20 June 2026
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Climate Change
Brazilian Amazon waters recover after two years of drought: report
16 June 2026
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Climate Change
Climate budget inadequate for long-term adaptation requirements: Speakers
14 June 2026
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Climate Change
What scientists know about a potential 'super' El Nino
22 May 2026
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Climate Change
UN votes 141‑8 to back ICJ climate opinion; US among few to oppose
22 May 2026
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Climate Change
Khulna conference warns of climate crisis in coastal zone
17 April 2026
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Environment
7 ways to help slow climate change
While individual carbon footprints are dwarfed by global fossil fuel companies, we can do a lot to tackle the climate crisis and “be the change we wish to see in the world.”
17 October 2022
The wealthy should take accountability for their climate crimes
Most of the world’s wealthiest are to blame for the rising use of private jets.
13 October 2022
Are Asia’s social protection systems ready for the shock of climate change?
Asia and the Pacific is the most disaster-prone region in the world. It also happens to be the most populous, leaving it disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In fact, of the 10 countries most affected by climate change in the last 20 years, six are in Asia.
4 October 2022
Extreme heat: $6b loss a year in Dhaka’s labour productivity
Dhaka is losing $6 billion worth of labour productivity each year due to heat stress from extreme temperatures, said a study published yesterday.
2 October 2022
Need more funds for climate change mitigation: Momen at UN
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has highlighted the importance of enhanced funds for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
1 October 2022
Road blocked for 2 hours in Satkhira demanding climate justice
Activists of various voluntary and non-government organisations observed a protest programme by blocking Kaliganj-Shyamnagar regional highway for two hours today in Shyamnagar of Satkhira demanding climate justice.
23 September 2022
Another depression may form over Bay, rains likely for six days next week
Another depression is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal from September 20 to September 25 affecting parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal in India.
16 September 2022
Climate change: Developed nations not assisting Bangladesh address its needs
While Bangladesh faces massive loss and damage due to climate change, the industrialised countries are doing little to help the country address its needs, said UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change, Ian Fry.
15 September 2022
"Bangladesh to lose $570m every year due to climate change"
Because of climate change, cyclone-induced flooding could cause damages worth $570 million across coastal areas every year in future, said a new World Bank report released yesterday.
12 September 2022
Tidal surges inundate coastal areas
Heavy downpours triggered by low pressure over the Bay of Bengal flooded several areas of Cox’s Bazar, Noakhali and Bagerhat inundating thousands.
12 September 2022
$230 bn needed by 2030 to implement National Action Plan on climate change
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shahab Uddin today (August 28) said Bangladesh requires USD 230 billion by 2030 to implement various activities to tackle climate change.
28 August 2022
Climate change impact: 14.8m to be at risk of hunger by 2030
Climate change will put about 14.8 million people at risk of hunger by 2030, says Global Food Policy Report-2022.
17 August 2022
Satellite imaging shows Antarctic ice shelf melting faster than anticipated
Antarctica's coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice, doubling previous estimates of losses from the world's largest ice sheet over the past 25 years, a satellite analysis showed on Wednesday.
11 August 2022
Thousands evacuated as wildfires rage in France, Spain
Wildfires raged in southwestern France and Spain on Saturday, forcing thousands of people to be evacuated from their homes as blistering summer temperatures put authorities on alert in parts of Europe.
16 July 2022
Put aside ego from delaying treaty to save oceans: Guterres
Some countries have been holding up a global agreement on protecting the world’s oceans because of their “egoism," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday.
27 June 2022
11 arrested during Sydney climate change protests
Climate change protesters marched in Sydney on Monday forcing police to close major roads in the city centre while morning traffic through the landmark Sydney Harbour Bridge was disrupted after a woman chained herself to her vehicle.
27 June 2022
How world’s hottest city harshest on mothers
Heavily pregnant Sonari toils under the burning sun in fields dotted with bright yellow melons in Jacobabad, which last month became the hottest city on Earth.
14 June 2022
Extreme heat wave: 100m Americans asked to stay in
More than 100 million Americans are being warned to stay indoors -- if possible -- as high temperatures and humidity settle in over states stretching through parts of the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes and east to the Carolinas.
14 June 2022
Climate-induced displacement a threat to global security: Momen
Climate-induced displacement could lead to a global security risk in today’s interconnected world, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said, calling for the international community to share the burden of climate migrants’ rehabilitation.
4 June 2022
Climate change: Bangladesh to seek fund, cooperation at Stockholm +50
Bangladesh will call for green finance and global cooperation at the Stockholm +50 that began in Sweden today (June 2, 2022), as the country bears the brunt of climate change impacts because of Covid-19 pandemic and Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2 June 2022