Climate Change
Climate ChangeHoping for an invitation to the second summit for weak democracies
The citizens of the invited countries had the scope to at least cast their votes and also that the US state department and Congress have not raised any questions about the credibility of the ...
Climate 'overwhelming' driver of Australian bushfires: Study
Climate change is the "overwhelming factor" driving the country's ever-more intense bushfires, Australian government scientists believe -- directly contradicting claims by the country's political ...
Bangladesh can act as role model in addressing climate change: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said although Bangladesh is affected by the adverse impacts of climate change, it can act as a role model before the world in addressing climate change
Great Green Wall brings life back to Niger desert
Once a desolate landscape, the Simiri plateau in Niger is now a small paradise for fauna and flora
Consensus over climate finance a significant achievement: Hasina
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said the consensus of global leaders over accelerating the climate finance alongside releasing $100 billion keeping pace with the Paris deal implementation and SDGs ...
Building back better with refugees for a greener Bangladesh
UNHCR and other humanitarian actors, together with the Government of Bangladesh, are working to “build back better” by enhancing the resilience of refugees and the local communities both to ...
COP deal 'tinged with disappointment': UK PM
British prime minister Boris Johnson on Sunday hailed a global accord to speed up action against climate change as "truly historic" and "the beginning of the end for coal power"
COP26 opens era of accountability: John Kerry
United States climate envoy John Kerry said on Monday that the COP 26 climate summit in Glasgow had opened a new phase of "accountability" in the world's battle against climate change.
14 years since dreadful day of cyclone Sidr
It was 15 November 2007 when severe cyclone Sidr hit the coastal districts of Bangladesh at a speed of 260 kilometres per hour. The wind speed increased to 305 kilometres an hour. Tidal surge as high ...
Thunberg denounces COP26 deal, UN chief warns 'catastrophe' close
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres warned of an impending "climate catastrophe", while environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg dismissed Saturday's COP26 climate conference deal as "blah, blah, ...
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