Global warming
So much investment in arms, so little in saving the planet
The world should pay heed to PM's appeal for climate action
Time is of the essence in climate fight
World, local leaders must come up with a better response
COP28 clashes over fossil fuel phase-out after OPEC pushback
Countries clashed on Saturday over a possible agreement to phase-out fossil fuels at the COP28 summit in Dubai, jeopardising attempts to deliver a first-ever commitment to eventually end the use of oil and gas in 30 years of global warming talks.
Can we finally put the Loss and Damage Fund to use?
Although the proposal for the Loss and Damage Fund was adopted at COP27, the declaration to operationalise it came at COP28.
World's largest iceberg breaks free, heads toward Southern Ocean
It's rare to see an iceberg of this size on the move, said British Antarctic Survey glaciologist Oliver Marsh, so scientists will be watching its trajectory closely.
Sustainable finance can catalyse Bangladesh’s renewable energy sector
Conventional finance alone will not help our nation to achieve its full renewable energy potential.
More heatwaves, more deaths
We need heat-resilient infrastructure to shield our young and elderly.
The Pope’s global warming challenge to world leaders
The Pope’s urging comes at an appropriate juncture in the now-flagging momentum of the global environmental movement
How to beat the heat? Live in adobe homes or become a troglodyte
To deal with challenging climates, people have been living in caves for thousands of years.
Rising sea levels and the lessons to learn
A thorough and strategic approach is required to defend against the recurrent floods and climatic disasters Bangladesh faces.
Activists, terrorists, or vandals?
Protests by climate activists are anything but terrorism.
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.”
How hot is too hot for the human body?
Why did so many people die in India this summer where the temperature was eight degrees less than that at Death Valley in the US?
Exploring alternative energy sources: The future of renewable power
El Nino, La Nina, wildfire, floods, heatwaves – all these terms have been plastered on every news source, both digital and print for the past few years. It seems that the detrimental effects of global climate change have dawned upon us, it is not a phenomenon that “may happen” in the distant future.
Can we steer climate change out of overdrive?
Last week, the world witnessed the hottest day in modern history, with the global temperature average rising to a record 17.23 degrees Celsius.
We are approaching a tectonic moment for our planet
Did we really “rise to the climate challenge?”
Cutting down trees and Dhaka’s slow, gruelling death
This year, the whole of Bangladesh is experiencing unprecedented heat waves. The intense heat has reached a point where opening the windows makes the situation worse instead of bringing in relief in the form of a soothing breeze. Millions around the country, especially the lower middle class, day labourers, farmers, and people who work outside are suffering greatly.
Climate fiction and the fictions we tell ourselves
There is an element of the unexpected in the twinning of fiction and ecology. A sense of unease of sorts exists in the pairing together of fiction, a form of narrative that is untrue, with the imminent ecological disaster, an environmental inevitability that is true.
