A deep dive into the ICJ hearings on climate change and state responsibilities.
The voices of young women from Bangladesh resonated powerfully at COP29. Representing diverse communities and experiences, Saila Sobnom Richi, Farzana Farak Jhumu, and Fariha Aumi embodied the spirit of youth leadership in addressing climate justice.
The climate clock is ticking faster than ever for countries like Bangladesh.
Two weeks of acrimonious negotiations in Azerbaijan's capital Baku resulted in a deal for $300 billion in annual climate finance by 2035
2024 is the warmest year on record, surpassing the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C threshold.
In Bangladesh, people are facing alarming situations in climate hotspots, particularly in the coastal regions and north-central river basins.
Getting a deal on the money has proved slow-going at the talks in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku, and the latest draft of the negotiating text arrived several hours later than scheduled as delegates entered, in theory, the closing 48 hours.
The talks, which began on Nov. 11, are due to end on Friday at 1400 GMT, but COP summits have a history of running long.
Major polluters must help nations most vulnerable to climate change.
Just a few days ago, Sakhina Begum’s teenage grandson Ariful narrowly escaped a crocodile attack while he and his friend were catching crabs from a canal near his home.
The loss and damage cycle requires holistic, integrated, and continuous climate financing urgently from local, national, and international government and non-government actors.
COP29 delegates will also be looking to advance other deals made at previous summits.
While plenty have criticised the annual COP summit in the past, it is rare for any government to so totally dismiss the UN's premier climate talks.
The short documentary, which highlights the life of Latika, a resilient woman from the Malo community in Narail, Bangladesh, has earned its spot at the upcoming DokuBaku International Documentary Film Festival, and is scheduled to compete in two categories there.
At the UN negotiations, climate finance has come to refer to the difficulties the developing world faces getting the money it needs to prepare for global warming.
World leaders will attend a two-day gathering at the opening of the summit in Azerbaijan, which faces scrutiny as the latest petrostate with limited tolerance for dissent to host the preeminent annual climate talks.
Nations are supposed to agree at the November conference how much should be raised for developing countries to cope with climate change but the formal negotiations so far have been mired in disagreement.
