Dhaka is losing $6 billion worth of labour productivity each year due to heat stress from extreme temperatures, said a study published yesterday.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has highlighted the importance of enhanced funds for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Heavy downpours triggered by low pressure over the Bay of Bengal flooded several areas of Cox’s Bazar, Noakhali and Bagerhat inundating thousands.

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.

Climate change will put about 14.8 million people at risk of hunger by 2030, says Global Food Policy Report-2022.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Climate change is hurting the insurance industry and only 8% of insurers are preparing adequately for its impact, consultants Capgemini and financial industry body Efma said in a report.

Celebrated author and climate change activist Amitav Ghosh has lauded Bangladesh's action to fight climate change challenges while expressing concerns for his native West Bengal.

Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka’s exposure to wildfires, floods, major storms and also water shortages mean South Asia has 10-18% of GDP at risk – roughly triple that of North America and 10 times more than the least-affected region, Europe.