fight against climate change
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.
Avoiding the supposedly unavoidable
The resilience of Bangladeshis is again being tested. Over 685,000 families across 16 districts have been affected by the recent flooding.
POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE / Climate finance in Bangladesh
Over the last decade in Bangladesh, we have spent almost a billion US dollars on several hundred projects and activities to tackle climate change.
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...
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.
POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE / THE PARIS AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE - WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?
However, what is still to be agreed upon is how the $50 billion for adaptation is to be delivered with the GCF being unable to deliver any money yet, and in an even more troubling move, are offering loans instead of grants to vulnerable developing countries for adaptation projects.
Philippines battered as Typhoon Koppu makes landfall
Homes have been flattened, power lines toppled, and thousands of people have fled their homes as Typhoon Koppu swept into the northern Philippines.
Sustainability & Environment / Who will suffer most from climate change?
A few years ago, Melinda and I visited with a group of rice farmers in Bihar, India, one of the most flood-prone regions of the country.
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.
Avoiding the supposedly unavoidable
The resilience of Bangladeshis is again being tested. Over 685,000 families across 16 districts have been affected by the recent flooding.
Climate finance in Bangladesh
Over the last decade in Bangladesh, we have spent almost a billion US dollars on several hundred projects and activities to tackle 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...
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.
THE PARIS AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE - WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?
However, what is still to be agreed upon is how the $50 billion for adaptation is to be delivered with the GCF being unable to deliver any money yet, and in an even more troubling move, are offering loans instead of grants to vulnerable developing countries for adaptation projects.
Philippines battered as Typhoon Koppu makes landfall
Homes have been flattened, power lines toppled, and thousands of people have fled their homes as Typhoon Koppu swept into the northern Philippines.
Who will suffer most from climate change?
A few years ago, Melinda and I visited with a group of rice farmers in Bihar, India, one of the most flood-prone regions of the country.
Climate Agreement in December: A Miracle in Paris?
Financing of the efforts to mitigate the climate-change effects and provide resources to the affected countries is an important element of the next international agreement. Progress on commitment of resources to fund climate projects has been, as expected, sluggish.
