global climate change
As Dhaka is cooked, it is the poor who are suffering more
Do city authorities have any plans to deal with heat stress from extreme temperatures?
Climate change: Snow-capped Alps going green
The famous snow-capped peaks of the Alps are fading fast and being replaced by vegetation cover -- a process called “greening” that is expected to accelerate climate change, a study said Thursday.
‘There is no planet B’
Hundreds of children from different schools and colleges in Dhaka staged a demonstration on Manik Mia Avenue yesterday, urging world leaders to act against climate change.
World must prevent runaway climate change by 2020: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that the world is facing “a direct existential threat” and must rapidly shift from dependence on fossil fuels by 2020 to prevent “runaway climate change.”
POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE / Digital Bangladesh - Right to information and climate finance
Unfortunately, so far, our performance on both transparency as well as accountability has not been very good. Fortunately, there is still time to improve this before the major climate change funds begin to flow.
OF CLIMATE CHANGE / Bangladesh moves up the climate change knowledge ladder
The climate change research community in Bangladesh, which consists of several dozen organisations, including public and private universities...
AGREEING TO SAVE THE PLANET
The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, held in Paris from 30 November to 12 December 2015, was the biggest event of its kind.
CLIMATE CHANGE / Big lessons from a small country
The mountain kingdom of Bhutan may not seem an obvious place to look for lessons on addressing climate change. But on a recent visit there...
Mushrooms fight climate change
The Paris Summit on climate change has ended with rich nations and developing countries clashing over who will pay for what.
As Dhaka is cooked, it is the poor who are suffering more
Do city authorities have any plans to deal with heat stress from extreme temperatures?
Climate change: Snow-capped Alps going green
The famous snow-capped peaks of the Alps are fading fast and being replaced by vegetation cover -- a process called “greening” that is expected to accelerate climate change, a study said Thursday.
‘There is no planet B’
Hundreds of children from different schools and colleges in Dhaka staged a demonstration on Manik Mia Avenue yesterday, urging world leaders to act against climate change.
World must prevent runaway climate change by 2020: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that the world is facing “a direct existential threat” and must rapidly shift from dependence on fossil fuels by 2020 to prevent “runaway climate change.”
Digital Bangladesh - Right to information and climate finance
Unfortunately, so far, our performance on both transparency as well as accountability has not been very good. Fortunately, there is still time to improve this before the major climate change funds begin to flow.
Bangladesh moves up the climate change knowledge ladder
The climate change research community in Bangladesh, which consists of several dozen organisations, including public and private universities...
AGREEING TO SAVE THE PLANET
The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, held in Paris from 30 November to 12 December 2015, was the biggest event of its kind.
Big lessons from a small country
The mountain kingdom of Bhutan may not seem an obvious place to look for lessons on addressing climate change. But on a recent visit there...
Mushrooms fight climate change
The Paris Summit on climate change has ended with rich nations and developing countries clashing over who will pay for what.
Can't we do at least this much?
The threat facing us all is very real, even if it is not as apparent to all of us as it is to the inhabitants of the small island states. There is a role for everyone in confronting it. The Paris conference must be a watershed moment, leading us into an era of green economic development and opportunity.