Expand climate-resilient solutions to ensure safe drinking water in coastal regions: Speakers
20 September 2026
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Madhumati swallows homes, leaves families with nowhere to go
17 September 2026
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World's water cycle becoming more unpredictable, UN warns
17 September 2026
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Dead animals, barren fields, and hunger: El Nino chokes Central America
16 September 2026
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Himalayas approaching tipping point, millions of livelihoods at stake
14 September 2026
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Sri Lanka bars tourists from heart of drought-hit park as El Nino looms
8 September 2026
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Malaysia declares haze emergency in Sarawak state on Borneo
4 September 2026
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UN appeals for $50 million for Nepal flood victims
4 September 2026
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Reaction / Nepal’s climate compensation push and the question of who pays
3 September 2026
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El Niño likely to strengthen further, persist into 2027, WMO says
3 September 2026
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Climate change: PM Hasina criticises global adaptation measures, calls for timely action
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said global adaptation over climate change is still far from the pace of devastation just for lack of funds and political will.
25 January 2021
Earth is losing ice faster today than in the mid-1990s, study suggests
Earth’s ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change nudges global temperatures ever higher.
25 January 2021
‘Economies facing fiscal, sustainability pressures amid climate disasters, Covid-19 pandemic’
The Vulnerable 20 Group of Finance Ministers (V20) have highlighted mounting pressures to their economies amidst climate disasters and the Covid-19 pandemic during the inaugural Global Climate Adaptation (GCA) Summit.
25 January 2021
UK PM to announce international coalition to fight climate change; Bangladesh included
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a new international coalition, which includes Bangladesh, to tackle the impacts of climate change.
25 January 2021
Elon Musk to offer $100m prize for 'best' tech to capture carbon dioxide emissions
Tesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday took to Twitter to promise a $100 million prize for development of the “best” technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions.
22 January 2021
Bangladesh welcomes US re-entering the Paris Climate Agreement
Bangladesh has welcomed new US President Joe Biden’s announcement yesterday to re-enter the Paris Climate Agreement.
21 January 2021
Turning off camera during virtual meetings 'environment-friendly', study says
A new study conducted by researchers from Purdue University, Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says that despite a record drop in global carbon emissions in 2020, a pandemic-driven shift to remote work and more at-home entertainment still present significant environmental impact due to how internet data is stored and transferred around the world.
20 January 2021
Swedish teenage climate activist Thunberg turns 18
Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, who pioneered a global climate change campaign as a 15-year-old, turned 18 on Sunday and promised to celebrate by exposing “dark secrets” at her local pub.
4 January 2021
Climate migration in Bangladesh may increase 7-fold by 2050: ActionAid
Bangladesh could see a seven-fold increase of climate migration, forcing 3 million people to migrate from their homes due to climate disasters by 2050.
27 December 2020
Climate change could create 63 million migrants in South Asia by 2050
The growing impacts of climate change have already pushed more than 18 million people to migrate within South Asian countries, but that could more than triple if global warming continues on its current path, researchers warned on Friday.
19 December 2020
HC orders govt to shut down illegal brick kilns in Ctg within 7 days
The High Court today directed the authorities concerned of the government to shut down illegal brick kilns in Chattogram in a week to curb pollution in the area.
14 December 2020
Declare states of 'climate emergency', UN chief tells world leaders
World leaders should declare states of "climate emergency" in their countries to spur action to avoid catastrophic global warming, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in opening remarks to a climate summit on Saturday.
12 December 2020
World set for 3c warming despite pandemic, pledges: UN
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.
9 December 2020
Saima Wazed calls for climate change action at high-level London dialogue
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.
2 December 2020
Fallouts of climate change: Dhaka seeks strong partnership with the UK
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.
26 November 2020
Climate Summit: Bangladeshi children warn against climate change, urge urgent action
Bangladeshi children at a recent Children’s Climate Summit have sounded a note of warning against climate change and called for urgent action in this regard.
22 November 2020
About 150 nations due to deliver stronger climate plans in 2020, tracker shows
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.
18 November 2020
Warmer seas keep hurricanes stronger for longer, study says
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.
12 November 2020
‘Protect Sangu-Matamuhuri sanctuary, reserve forest’
Parbatya Chattogram Forest and Land Rights Protection Movement has called upon authorities concerned to take measures to protect the Sangu-Matamuhuri Sanctuary and the Reserve Natural Forest and take action against those destroying the forest.
9 November 2020
US formally exits global climate pact amid election uncertainty
The United States has formally exited the Paris Agreement, fulfilling an old promise by President Donald Trump to withdraw the world's second-largest greenhouse gas emitter from the global pact to fight climate change.
4 November 2020