When the bill comes due: Bangladesh’s climate ambitions meet a squeezed global debt system

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Global growth has slowed to its weakest pace since the pandemic, driven largely by conflict in the Middle East. In Bangladesh, the fallout is...

Indian Pond Heron faces shrinking wetlands as climate pressures grow

Bangladesh sustainable loan rescheduling jumps 80pc as recoveries fall

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Bangladesh calls for stronger regional action against wildlife crime

Bangladesh outlines $1.85b Just Transition roadmap ahead of COP31

Nepal says $4.74 billion needed to rebuild after Bhotekoshi flood

Bangladesh climate journalist Illius receives APMP100 award

Asia-Pacific adaptation ambition rises but action falls short: ADB

Environment

Vanishing green: Chattogram bears 94% of Bangladesh’s tree-cover loss

Sustainability

Dumping station crisis in Bangladesh: work that brings to death

Lead

Forests on paper, gaps on ground, World Bank-financed $175m project in Bangladesh

Focus

Colonial scars still shape Bangladesh tea workers’ struggle for rights

Climate Finance

‘Climate finance should follow vulnerability, not political visibility’

LDCs unite in Dili, set ambitious climate agenda ahead of COP31

Sundarbans collapse shows climate threat facing delta communities

World Bank says no fiduciary irregularities as ACC flags forest gaps

Sustainability

Manikganj farmers pledge organic farming over banned pesticide use

Chattogram pupils learn waste sorting through games at city school

Water nomads: Landless river children of Bangladesh’s delta

Bangladesh minister visits Naogaon to review local climate projects

The Switzerland-supported programme is helping Naogaon communities tackle water...

Singapore climate training focuses on action across Southeast Asia

Speakers highlighted youth participation, health risks and cleaner urban...

Climate Change

Health groups target PR agencies over fossil fuel client conflicts

Dhaka, Chattogram rank among world’s least climate-resilient cities

Children plant trees and seeds in Satkhira to fight climate change

UN expert welcomes HC move to halt Cox’s Bazar beach road

The eight-week injunction puts a 1.6-kilometre beach road...

Bangladesh MP calls for regional climate action at Bhutan dialogue

At the two-day dialogue, South Asian parliamentarians and development...

Biodiversity

Dead baleen whale washes ashore on Barguna coast, samples planned

Rajshahi residents demand urgent action to halt river pollution crisis

Kunming Dialogue calls for faster action to close biodiversity gap

Rajshahi launches programme to plant 1,000 palm tree saplings

Palm saplings will be distributed across educational institutions and...

Women shoulder family burden as Sundarbans bans leave men jobless

Seasonal restrictions on forest and marine resources in Bangladesh’s...

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Climate Justice

The new colonialism of looting traditional knowledge in the age of AI

Maldivian youth delegates set priorities for COP31

Climate-driven food losses could heighten conflict risks, study says

‘Carbon has no passport’: Rakshya Bam urges global action after Nepal floods

Heat, rain shifts put green bee-eaters under growing climate strain

Air pollution emerges as growing public health threat in Bangladesh

Noise pollution emerges as growing urban health threat

Climate change puts Common Moorhen’s wetland life under pressure

Crime

Bangladesh’s Sundarbans reopen after three months amid bandit fears

Rajshahi groups seek action to halt illegal lead recycling in city

DoE demolish illegal lead smelting plant in Dhaka

44 held in 80 days as work-starved fishers defy Sundarbans ban again

Wildlife

Bangladesh, India agree to hold Sundarbans, tiger conservation talks

Dhaka begins rabies vaccination and collaring drive for stray dogs

10-foot python rescued in Koyra and released into Sundarbans

Woman detained with 24 Bengal monitor lizards in Khagrachhari town

Fourteen Bengal monitors were found dead in sacks during...

Bangladesh urges joint action to ensure elephants have a safe future

Bangladesh’s elephant conservation efforts include a new survey by...

Energy

Cabinet approves duty-tax waiver for solar power equipment imports

Bangladesh boosts furnace oil use as gas shortages hit power output

Delhi to offer free 3 kW rooftop solar systems to 230,000 homes

Pacific leaders press fossil fuel phaseout as overshoot warning grows

At the Palau forum, island governments linked rising seas,...

Mymensingh MP’s wife gets NOC for solar plant on farmland 27 days after agriculture dept objects

Farmers and agriculture officials in Bhaluka question land classifications...

Environment

Tarique Rahman orders tougher action to curb uncontrolled plastic use in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi community fights Brick Lane data centre redevelopment

Mobile court raids unauthorised lead-smelting unit at Mymensingh site

Australia’s new environment agency approves major coal mine extension

Australia’s first national environmental regulator has approved a major...

Planting begins in Bangladesh’s hill districts to restore catchments

Plantation activities have started in Bandarban and Khagrachari under...

ASEAN, Brazil discuss climate ties ahead of COP31 and CBD COP17 talks

Indian journalist Lahkar wins Denmark climate fellowship

Youth groups reflect on COP30 at Chattogram dialogue

Bangladesh urged to send top leaders to COP climate talks

Women are still underrepresented in climate talks at COP30

COP process falls short for vulnerable nations, talks go on

Migration

Climate migrants in Dhaka face a new cycle of vulnerability

Climate migrants comprise 30-40% of Chattogram slum population: study

Bangladesh builds climate alliances on COP17 sidelines

Bangladesh and IOM launch new initiative to combat cyber-enabled human trafficking

The initiative will build evidence, train law enforcement and...

Bangladesh launches national plan to promote safe, orderly migration

The EU-backed initiative will strengthen Bangladesh’s migration governance through...

Thoughts

JICA-backed coastal road in Cox’s Bazar needs a scientific rethink

GMO seeds raise concerns over farmer dependence and food control

COP31: Belém promised a just transition. Antalya must make it real

The slow violence of salinity on coastal women

Coastal salinity is reshaping women’s health, labour and household...

Waste-to-energy in Bangladesh: Turning urban waste into a sustainable resource

Waste-to-energy could help Bangladesh cut landfill pressure and recover...

News Digest

Asia-Pacific journalists deepen media cooperation through Shenzhen APMP

Coastal youth group marks six years with environmental event

Global Climate and Health Alliance receives award for mobilizing health community on climate change

RIEL gets two honours for circular economy and climate action in Dhaka

RIEL’s latest honours recognise its sustainability agenda, circular economy...

Bangladesh, Nepal seek stronger climate cooperation before COP31 talks

Officials highlighted shared Himalayan and river-basin risks as both...

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