Climate

Climate change is blowing up our electricity expenses
Thoughts

Climate change is blowing up our electricity expenses

Climate change in Bangladesh is causing a surge in electricity consumption and associated costs. It is not only posing a challenge to the nation's resilience, but also mounting economic burdens

Cracks run through a partially dried-up river bed. Photo: REUTERS
World+Biz

Climate change to wreck global income by 2050, study shows

]Rosmarie Wyder-Walti and Anne Mahrer, of the Swiss elderly women group Senior Women for Climate Protection, attend the hearing of the court for the ruling in the climate case Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland, at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg,, France April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Hartman
World+Biz

Swiss women win landmark climate victory at human rights court

Saber launching UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)'s “Nature-Based Adaptation Towards Prosperous & Adept Lives & Livelihoods in Bangladesh” project at a programme on 1 April. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

Govt spending $3.5b per year for climate adaptation: Saber 

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Environment

PKSF to work on carbon trading

A climate resilient house built by Brac for the poor living in coastal areas. Photo: Ashraful Haque
Environment

Climate-resilient houses can reduce disaster damage: Experts

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Environment

New climate pledges will determine safety of world's people: UN

ADB logo. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

ADB approves $71 million loan for climate-resilient water management in Bangladesh

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Saber Hossain Chowdhury (right) meets US State Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Afreen Akhter at the Bangladesh Secretariat on 25 February, 2024.
Bangladesh

Bangladesh-US relations will strengthen based on environment, climate actions: Environment minister

Bangladesh, a significant clothing producer, suffers environmental damage. While the consumers of these products are predominantly in Western countries, the country bears the brunt of intense climate change effects. Photo: Mumit M
Corporates

Climate crisis intensifies in Bangladesh: Urgent call for immediate adaptation, int’l support

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World+Biz

Thunderstorms batter Australia's east, heatwave grips north

This aerial photo shows people walking on a snow-covered street during snowfall in Yantai, in China’s eastern Shandong province on December 21, 2023. Temperatures in cities across northern China hit record lows on December 20, as authorities issued an alert for extreme cold across swathes of the country. AFP
China

Beijing breaks a seven-decade cold-weather record

Financing will be vital to eliminating fossil fuels. Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

The COP28 deal is missing one big thing: Money