COP29

Members of the Indigenous People Association stage a protest to demand action on climate change, holding big head cut-outs of world leaders US President Joe Biden, China's President Xi Jinping, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, on the waters of Botafogo Bay, ahead of the G20 Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil November 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Tuane Fernandes
Climate Change

G20 talks in Rio reach breakthrough on climate finance: sources

Heads of state arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for the G20 summit and will spend Monday and Tuesday addressing issues from poverty and hunger to the reform of global institutions. The talks...

Climate activists at COP29. Photo: TBS
Climate Change

COP29: Countries, activists upset as climate finance negotiations end first week at an impasse

The recent flood in Southern region is just one of the many impacts of climate change gripping Bangladesh over the last several years. Photo: TBS
Panorama

COP29: Where is it heading? What Bangladesh & LDCs stand to gain

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Climate Change

Civil Society demand $1.5 trillion under new climate finance goal for 2025-30 period

A general view during the Opening Ceremony of the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan November 12, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
Climate Change

6th Day of COP29: Progress on climate finance, but consensus still out of reach

One of the speakers addresses an event, titled “Untold Story of Coastal People of Bangladesh: Sandwip Perspective”, at the COP29 venue in Baku, Azerbaijan on Friday, 15 November, 2024. Photo: TBS
Climate Change

Urgent action needed to protect Bangladesh’s coastal communities: Speakers at COP29

Former vice president Al Gore speaks during a session on Climate Trace, a database that monitors emissions, at the COP29 UN Climate Summit, Friday, 15 November 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo: AP via UNB
World+Biz

COP29 reveals world's most polluting cities amid fossil fuel frustration

Global environmental activists protest against the gas industry during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), in Baku, Azerbaijan 15 November 2024. Photo: Reuters
Climate Change

Fragile countries make $20 billion climate finance push at COP29, letter says

Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus. File Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Chief adviser returns home

File photo shows Chhagalnaiya upazila of Feni submerged in flash floods caused by heavy rainfall and rush of water from upstream. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Environment

$1 trillion needed in climate cash for developing nations, experts say at COP29

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday (14 November) met Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev at the COP29 climate conference venue and discussed issues of mutual interest. Photo: CA's press wing.
Bangladesh

Chief adviser meets Azerbaijan president

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus of the Bangladesh interim government. Sketch: TBS
Bangladesh

Dream to achieve goals in life, Prof Yunus told youths at COP29

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Environment

COP29: Big and small nations get chance to bear witness to climate change