Dhaka June 11, 2025, 3:53 am
Speakers at the human chain stressed the need to ensure a fair allocation of climate funds for vulnerable populations in Bangladesh and other nations at risk from climate change
Opposed any text and criteria shifting responsibility to LDC and developing countries
The COP29 began in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, on Tuesday
The IRC senior leader said their strategies include disaster preparedness training for community members and local authorities, ensuring early warning systems are in place, and conducting evacuation drills
Preferential treatments required for least developed countries, he says
Commitment to ending fossil fuels from big emitters demanded
The chief adviser will join the main summit on Tuesday and speak in at least three major events
Matuil Haq Khalis, who's head of the country’s environment protection agency, said that Afghanistan needs international support to deal with extreme weather like erratic rainfall, prolonged droughts and flash floods
The keynote address on civil society expectations was presented by Aminul Hoque from EquityBD, Bangladesh
The main focus of all government delegations, including Bangladesh, should be to reduce carbon emissions by 42% by 2030 compared to 2019 to keep the global temperature in 2100 between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius
She came up with the announcement at a press briefing held at the secretariat on eco-friendly tourism management and the conservation of biodiversity at St Martin’s island
US Embassy Dhaka in a post on the social media platform Facebook stated this on Saturday
Monsoon trough runs through Bihar, West Bengal to Assam across central part of Bangladesh.
Flood affected 942,811 people. 74 people died
The Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Water Resources Advisor made these remarks following her meeting with German Ambassador Achim Tröster at the Ministry's office in the Secretariat on Tuesday
Then why our weather expert have not been able to give early warining. If there are water raise measurements point whole over the country, why they have failed
The remark was made following a regional APHR conference titled “Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia: Strengthening the Role of Parliamentarians”
The country’s highest 120mm of rainfall was recorded in Jashore in 24 hours till 6am on Sunday
The minister said this while delivering his speech as the outgoing chair of the South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) at the 16th meeting of the Governing Council in Thimphu, Bhutan on Wednesday
State Minister Mohibbur Rahman visited the flood-hit areas from a helicopter on Wednesday morning