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Bangladesh charts $116 billion climate implementation plan, low emission development strategy

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Implementation planning highlights a major finance gap, energy-sector investment needs and demands for transparent monitoring, while advocates urge green jobs and stronger participation from...

Climate change puts Coppersmith Barbets’ food, nests and breeding under pressure

BWGED seeks PM intervention to cancel Dhaka waste-to-energy plant

Recent Updates

Bangladesh farmers demand pesticide-free agriculture in Netrakona

One million seeds campaign launched for coastal restoration

Swiss Embassy Delegation Reviews Citizen-Led Governance Initiatives in Gobindaganj

Indigenous leaders join Bangladesh climate justice dialogue on hope

Four more Bangladesh garment factories secure LEED green certification

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Environment

Lead exposure drains Up to 9% of Bangladesh’s GDP with $16 billion annual IQ loss

Environment

Hill water crisis deepens as unsafe ‘wells’ become main source

Climate Justice

For Barishal’s Manta boat dwellers, Eid brings only brief relief amid daily hardship

Focus

Bangladesh’s canal ambition faces climate, political and water security pressures

Climate Finance

Bangladesh forum calls for inclusive climate finance and just transition

Swiss envoy hosts talks on Bangladesh’s climate priorities before COP31

Loss and damage Fund delays aid for frontline communities at Manila

Climate project faces scrutiny as only Tk8cr set aside for beneficiaries

Sustainability

Arla launches lactose-reduced milk in Bangladesh to improve nutrition

Denmark, Bangladesh step up cooperation on milk safety testing

Solar tricycles overtake vintage cars on cuba’s fuel-strapped roads

Bangladesh outlines climate and innovation goals at UN SDG forum

Addressing the UN forum, Bangladesh outlined measures spanning water...

Green skills gap threatens Bangladesh’s climate transition, study finds

Researchers from three Bangladeshi universities say climate education must...

Climate Change

Moustapha Kamal Guèye: “Human well-being must be at the heart of climate action”

68MW Jamuna solar park signals Bangladesh’s renewable energy transition

120 Hills Destroyed, 1,200 Dead: Chattogram’s Deadly Cost of Hill Cutting

Bangladesh warning system under strain as weather platforms hacked

Misplaced emergency contact details, compromised data portals and stalled...

COP31 partnership, side event applications close August 14

Applications for partnerships and side events at the COP31...

Biodiversity

Bangladesh wildlife rescuer Sitesh Ranjan Deb dies at 81 in Sreemangal

Injured sloth bear cub rescued from Madhya Pradesh forest floor

Irrawaddy dolphin washes ashore on Bangladesh’s Kuakata beach

PM Tarique launches tree campaign, pledges greener Bangladesh future

The five-year plantation drive will be digitally monitored and...

Common Kingfisher: A bright bird facing a darker climate reality

As climate change disrupts rivers and wetlands, the Common...

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Amazon’s Hidden Data Centers in India and Beyond

The Lights Dim on Laos’ Brief Bitcoin Dream

A digital boom in a thirsty Indonesian city

Inside Malaysia’s Data Center Boom

Climate Justice

Young volunteers lead life-saving relief as Bangladesh floods affect 1 million

Climate loss fund faces $2.8bn shortfall as board meets in Manila

Illegal saltwater pipes now threaten $100m coastal shield in Southwestern Bangladesh

Bangladeshi journalist wins second EJN fellowship on climate loss

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Common Hoopoe: The crowned bird of open fields under growing climate pressure

Light pollution: The silent threat stealing our night sky

Key West’s overlooked cattle egret reveals a remarkable migration story

The Climate Watch among 14 Asian newsrooms recognised in 2026 Osborn Elliott Prize citation

Crime

Forest department seizes 150 kg of shrimp, poison bottles and boat in Sundarbans raid

Bangladeshi national arrested in India for smuggling endangered golden langurs

Bangladesh hunts wildlife traffickers after 1,104 exotic animals seized

Illegal lead smelting resumes again in Savar despite government raids

Wildlife

Wild mother elephant dies after fall from Teknaf hill in heavy rain

Tigress returns to Sundarbans as deer traps threaten tigers

10-foot python rescued from fishing net in bagerhat

Rope bridges help monkeys cross highway safely in Madhupur forest

Installed by the Forest Department, five canopy ropeways aim...

Ancient DNA confirms Nepal’s ‘Chinese pangolin’ is Himalayan species

Ancient DNA from a 190-year-old museum specimen has resolved...

Energy

Kaptai hydropower output tops 200 MW as lake water levels rise

Bangladesh targets 60MW rooftop solar expansion across public universities to cut energy costs

Bangladesh approves roadmap to raise renewable energy to 20% by 2030

Groups urge Bangladesh to scrap Tk 57.45bn North Dhaka waste power project

Environmental groups urged Bangladesh to scrap the North Dhaka...

Bangladesh to scale up ‘Soleman Solar Irrigation Pump’ nationwide: Mirza Fakhrul

Bangladesh will expand the locally developed Soleman Solar Irrigation...

Environment

VBD urges landslide-risk Rangamati residents to move to shelters

Chattogram floods affect 754,590 people, destroy rural homes as aid falls short

Philippines launches national policy to expand nature-based solutions

Bangladesh honours environmental champions at 2025 national awards

The awards spotlight conservation, education and innovation efforts as...

Seven jackals killed in Barishal, sparking wildlife concerns

Conservationists warn that myths around jackal meat, habitat pressure...

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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

COP30’s overlooked breakthrough on just transition

Migration

Climate change raises deadly heat risks for Gulf migrant workers: HRW

Faridpur villagers demand removal of dredger as river erosion worsens

Climate-displaced children find new hope through skills training

Barishal slowly sinking as scientists warn of long-term flooding risk

A scientific study finds Barishal is gradually sinking due...

IOM and International Federation of the Green Crescent partner to support migrants mental health

IOM and IFGC signed a Geneva agreement to strengthen...

Thoughts

The death of a river: The impending Teesta catastrophe

What traditional creative industries teach us about sustainability

How much is population growth really to blame for Bangladesh’s food insecurity?

How natural disasters accelerate the mental health crisis

As climate-driven disasters intensify across Bangladesh, survivors face not...

Time to reduce Bangladesh’s dangerous dependence on imported edible oil

Bangladesh’s heavy dependence on imported edible oil is draining...

News Digest

Bangladesh PM plants trees, meets women receiving welfare cards

More than 200 homes flooded in Sitakunda as residents blame Abul Khair Steel plant

Europe heatwave highlights need for deeper China-EU climate ties

Government issues 10-point flood response plan for Chattogram region

Authorities have expanded emergency coordination across the flood-hit Chattogram...

Girls in Netrakona welcome newborns with trees to begin zero-carbon journey

Teenage volunteers in a Netrakona village combine tree planting,...

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