Terming climate crisis a “child rights crisis”, UNICEF has urged the government heads attending COP26 -- being held in Glasgow, Scotland -- to provide climate education for children and young people so that they can meaningfully contribute to and participate in climate policy and action.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Scotland today as she embarked on a two-week visit to the United Kingdom and France to attend the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) and other events.

Prime Minister and Chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), Sheikh Hasina, stressed the need for increasing financing for survival of the most vulnerable countries from the adverse impact of climate change.

Thousands of people marched in Rome on Saturday during the summit of the leaders of the Group of 20 major economies, calling on them to act against climate change and ensure fair access to COVID-19 vaccines.

Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque yesterday said the government will be able to tackle climate change-related losses with its own fund.

Bangladeshi children today called on the country’s national leaders to address climate change as a child rights issue ahead of the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, UK, on October 31.

Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for an average 2.7 degrees Celsius temperature rise this century, a United Nations report said on Tuesday, in another stark warning ahead of crunch climate talks.

Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is "way off track" on capping rising temperatures, the United Nations said on Monday, showing the task facing climate talks in Glasgow aimed at averting dangerous levels of warming.

China's cabinet on Sunday outlined measures to achieve its goals of reaching peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060 but said food and energy security must be considered amid those efforts.

Bangladeshi scientist Prof Saleemul Huq has made it to the coveted list of global climate change influencers.

Bill Gates is working with the British government to invest and bring down the cost of new greener technologies to help countries hit net-zero emission targets by 2050.

Dozens of large German companies have urged the country's next government to put in place ambitious policies to meet the goals of the Paris climate accord.

Distinct weather variations like hotter and longer summers, warmer winters and extended monsoon are leading to an increase in infectious diseases in Bangladesh, reveals a World Bank report released yesterday.

Speakers during a two-day workshop stressed for significant stride in social, economic and political dimensions to address issues of climate vulnerabilities and ensure “climate justice” for migrants.

Salinity, rising sea levels and other adverse climate impacts could cause as many as 13.3 million people to leave their homes in the coastal areas of Bangladesh by 2050, a global World Bank report reveals.

U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry said he had urged Chinese leaders to reach for the "highest ambition" in order to curb temperature rises, saying the climate crisis was not about politics.

Some of the damage due to climate change will be irreversible for centuries.

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.

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.

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.