Climate Crisis in Bangladesh
Climate Change Adaptation Funds: Only 6pc goes to locally-led initiatives
Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and requires huge funds to adapt.
Tagore, the climate crisis, and compassionate development
Rabindranath Tagore saw World War I as the West literally turning its guns on itself, using its very worst traits to cannibalise itself
Climate Change Adaptation Funds: Only 6pc goes to locally-led initiatives
Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and requires huge funds to adapt.
Dhaka in list of 20 most unsustainable megacities
Dhaka is one of the 20 most unsustainable megacities in the world, as per a new climate report.
"Rich nations can talk on climate but they don't act"
A country of fertile, densely populated deltas, low-lying Bangladesh is among the most vulnerable nations in the world to climate change.
Climate loss and damage are clearly visible in southwest Bangladesh
People living in climate-vulnerable areas urgently need government support
Time for Bangladesh to scale up investment in climate diplomacy
In this era of loss and damage caused by human-induced climate change, Bangladesh needs to invest in different aspects of the issue at the global level for significant enhancement of its climate diplomacy skills.
La Nina behind floods in Bangladesh
La Nina is moderately active in the Pacific Ocean this year. This would cause more rains across the Ganges and Brahmaputra basins ultimately leading to more floods, said Dr Rashed Chowdhury in an interview with The Daily Star.
World must not forget looming climate crisis amid geopolitical tension: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (May 25, 2022) said that the world must not divert its attention from the looming climate crisis due to the ongoing geopolitical tension.