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.
We are not on track for 2030 climate targets
We are at the halfway point of this time frame; if we review the current situation, the progress is not good.
Macron’s support for an ‘adaptation pact’ with Bangladesh
Macron first told us that he had had a one-on-one conversation with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina already in which he’d offered assistance from France to Bangladesh to work on an energy transition partnership.
What Asia can do to fight climate change
As far as climate change is concerned, the Asia Pacific is highly significant.
Scale up climate change adaptation as soon as possible
While Bangladesh has been doing quite well in adapting to climate change, there is still a long way to go with not much time to waste. Serious actions need to be taken urgently to boost the country’s resilience.
In funding climate actions, we can be more creative
Leaders who attend COP28 will have to rise to the occasion with the sense of urgency that the climate change crisis requires today.
What our new climate envoy can do for Bangladesh
Last month the PM Sheikh Hasina appointed Saber Hossain Chowdhury, member of parliament, as her climate envoy.
Enter ‘global boiling’
“The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.”
April 5, 2023
Closer to making polluters pay
This is just one step, although a very important one, towards getting justice for the victims of climate change.
March 22, 2023
LLA lessons feature in annual Gobeshona conference
The seven-day conference was a platform for local leaders of LLA from over 30 countries.
March 14, 2023
A fresh climate change accord between Bangladesh and the UK
Such strategic funding would not only benefit Bangladesh but also the UK, and indeed many other countries as well.
March 8, 2023
Global loss and damage initiative launched in Dhaka
This new initiative aims to support both governments and civil societies in the vulnerable countries to enhance their knowledge of and responses to the adverse impacts of human-induced climate change.
March 1, 2023
Making Khulna a green and fair climate city
We can make the southwestern part of Bangladesh one of the world's foremost places to implement nature-based solutions (NbS).
February 21, 2023
The three eras of loss and damage
As we enter this third era of loss and damage, for which no country is really prepared, the whole world will need to find better ways of cooperation within and across national boundaries.
February 14, 2023
Taxing air travel could fund climate victims
Public financing from developed countries will never be sufficient.
February 11, 2023
Bangladesh’s key role in combatting climate change
As we enter the third year of this decade, we have only seven more years until 2030 to tackle the major global problems of climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
February 5, 2023
Everything you need to know about the Loss and Damage Fund
What is the arrangement for this funding mechanism? Who will pay into the fund? Who is eligible?
January 18, 2023
The whos and hows of allocating loss and damage funds
The estimates of the total losses and damages run into many trillions of US dollars.
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