climate change action
Address climate change impact on women, girls
Climate change impact is worse for women and girls, finds study.
23 August 2025
Banning trees to save nature? Rethinking Bangladesh’s exotic tree policy
The recent ban, however, goes further, prohibiting not just the plantation but also the transport and sale of both acacia and eucalyptus.
1 July 2025
Climate change and fire risks: Lessons from Southern California for Bangladesh
The 2025 wildfires in Southern California underscored the importance of having well-trained firefighting teams and readily available resources for rapid response.
23 January 2025
Los Angeles wildfires: A tragic lesson from climate change
As of January 13, close to 100,000 people are under evacuation orders. The population is in nothing less than panic.
16 January 2025
Being a carbon neutral person is possible — and Aadavi did just that!
As carbon footprints continue to dictate what’s driving climate change and the chances of reversing its effects seem slim, the concept of achieving carbon neutrality may appear astonishing and hopeful. Remarkably, a two-year-old girl has proven that even small actions can make a difference.
12 December 2024
Rising above youthwashing at COP29
Tokenism at events like COP29 risks reducing youth engagement to mere visibility.
25 November 2024
COP29 must see a scale-up of Loss and Damage Fund
The loss and damage cycle requires holistic, integrated, and continuous climate financing urgently from local, national, and international government and non-government actors.
7 November 2024
Overcoming our environmental policy inertia
A list of major environmental policy initiatives in Bangladesh that have been stuck in a limbo for many years
22 January 2024
The Climate Action Summit in New York has failed to deliver
The world leaders who are responsible for emitting most of the greenhouse gases are not willing to take the requisite actions at the scale and pace that is required.
4 October 2023
Looking back at London Climate Action Week 2023
London has the potential to become a global leader in harnessing the insurance sector to tackle climate change at scale.
4 July 2023
Making a university great, with climate action
Bangladesh is at the forefront of having to tackle climate change out of necessity, so we cannot avoid learning how to do so.
4 May 2023
Forget COP27, the youth should hold an 'Accountability COP'
There is a great need for an annual “Accountability COP” to hold those who have pledged to act against climate change to account.
2 November 2022
Will Earth remain inhabitable after 2050?
We need visionary leaders to deal with the impending climate catastrophe.
21 October 2022