COP 29

Rizwana at the “Formal Statements” session of the ongoing UNCCD COP16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 3 Dec. Photo: BSS
Environment

Dhaka urges global community for legal recognition of water, land, food and environment

While it was Sohanur Rahman’s (bottom-right) fourth time at COP, Barishal’s Saila Sobnom Richi (with the red placard in hand), Cox’s Bazar’s Jimran Mohammad Saiak (top-right) and Sathkhira’s SM Shahin Alam attended COP this year for the first time. Photos: Courtesy
Panorama

COP29 in the eyes of Bangladesh’s climate youth activists

Climate activists worldwide criticised the NCQG ministerial text, accusing it of shirking responsibility and shifting the burden onto developing countries to manage the essential $1.3 trillion on their own by 2035. Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

Why the COP29 finance deal is deemed ‘a joke’ and ‘an insult’

The $1 trillion dilemma of climate justice for the LDCs
Panorama

The $1 trillion dilemma of climate justice for the LDCs

The Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, June 9, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Climate Change

Methane from tropical wetlands is surging, threatening climate plans

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus today (16 November) speaking at the international geopolitical conference. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Future Bangladesh will be of justice, human rights, freedom of speech: Prof Yunus

Sketch: TBS
Panorama

‘The LDCs should never accept loans for adaptation’

Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus. File Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Second lady of Brazil calls on CA

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus meets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan [on left], UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan [on middle], Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic [on right] at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday, 12 November 2024. Photos: CA Press Wing
Bangladesh

CA Yunus meets top global leaders at climate summit

A view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, during a media tour ahead of the summit beginning in Baku, Azerbaijan November 8, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
Climate Change

Trump and trade worries cloud COP29 climate summit in Baku

Farah Kabir. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

What does the limited progress of the Bonn Conference mean for CoP29?

A student takes part in a global protest against climate change in Mumbai, India, March 15, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
Climate Change

BASIC bloc slams 'leadership void' on climate change, finance

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Copenhagen climate ministerial: Bangladesh closely monitoring outcome of meeting