Earth remains on course to warm more than 3 degrees Celsius by the century's end despite a dip in greenhouse gas emissions due to the pandemic and pledges to curb pollution, the UN said Wednesday.

Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF)’s Thematic Ambassador for Vulnerability Saima Wazed Hossain called for CVF-COP26 resilience action plan to address climate change and mental health challenges at a high-level dialogue titled 'CVF-COP 26 Dialogue: Meeting the Survival Deadline towards Maximal Resilience', organised by Bangladesh High Commission in London on November 30.

Dhaka seeks strong partnership with the UK to address the fallouts of climate change that threaten life and livelihood of millions of people. At a virtual meeting with UK State Minister Lord Ahmed on Wednesday, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam hoped for further engagement of UK both in Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) South Asia.

More than three-quarters of countries have indicated they will make stronger commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change by the end of 2020, despite the economic strain of the coronavirus pandemic, a new tracker showed on Tuesday.

Warmer seas caused by climate change are making hurricanes stronger for longer after landfall, increasing the destruction they can wreak on impact, a new study has found.

Joe Biden brands President Donald Trump a "climate arsonist" for refusing to acknowledge global warming's role in deadly wildfires sweeping the western United States, while Trump blames lax forestry and declares, "I don't think science knows."

Bangladesh has asked for a "bold decision" from UN Security Council (UNSC) to ensure security and peace across nations by addressing climate challenge through partnership and collaboration.

An unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth. As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily. People are also noticing animals in places and at times they don’t usually. When people stay home, Earth becomes cleaner and wilder.

Every Bangladeshi living overseas is used to having their motherland associated with natural disasters, namely floods and cyclones. This can feel humiliating at times. It is the expatriates’ burden to perpetually challenge the sometimes negative, international image of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh needs to build self-capacity to combat climate change as countries failed to reach any consensus on ways to implement the Paris Agreement in the latest COP25 conference, civil society members say.

The 25th Conference of Parties (COP25) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended just days ago.

A UN climate summit in Madrid risked collapsing after all-night negotiations between countries left them more divided than ever over on how to fight global warming and pay for its ravages.

Four out of 10 young people view climate change as one of the most important issues facing the world, an Amnesty International survey on the state of human rights shows.

Nobel Prize laureates gathers in Stockholm to receive their awards took the opportunity to stress the importance of addressing climate change.

The number of people at risk of being forced from their homes by river flooding could surge to as many as 50 million a year by the end of the century if governments do not step up action to tackle climate change, researchers warn.

Confronted with a climate crisis threatening civilisation itself, humanity must choose between hope and surrender, UN chief Antonio Guterres tells the opening plenary of a UN climate conference.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the international community to adopt a time-befitting climate action plan and implement all provisions of Paris Agreement and other relevant global instruments and mechanisms to stop further degradation of environment.

Fiercer weather and worsening wildfires drove more than 20 million people from their homes over the last decade - a problem set to worsen unless leaders act swiftly to head off surging climate threats, anti-poverty charity Oxfam says.

Ever since global warming became a hot button issue, our leaders have told us umpteen times that “climate change is the greatest environmental threat and the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced.” Yet, they are not “bold enough to do enough” to pull us out of the climate change conundrum soon enough.

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.