A new local oversight structure needed to achieve SDGS, climate action

The links between Agenda 2030 and SDGs, including climate action and biodiversity preservation are clear and straightforward. Yet, leveraging them, and bringing them to together in a unified framework, remains extremely challenging. The only way possible to create synergies would be to rethink the way governments are accountable towards these issues

Entrepreneurs urged to invest in climate resilience projects

Entrepreneurs can take policy support through investing in climate resilience projects in line with the government's target to generate 40 percent of the energy from renewable sources, according to special envoy to prime minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury. "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has committed and made a bold statement that we want

What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic

While climate change is relentlessly progressing, threatening life on earth, world leaders continue to meet while planning for a future where this immense menace to human existence remains a minor item on the agenda. Recently, the BRICS countries held their 15th annual summit in Johannesburg. BRICS, an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India,

World’s richest nations must set more ambitious climate goals

Individually and collectively, member countries of the G20 are falling far behind in their greenhouse gas reduction goals and are failing to make the significant cuts on emissions that would be needed to keep global temperatures low, despite possessing the technological and financial capabilities for reducing emissions. And with the hottest

May the race for climate justice leader begin

Super-charging efforts and setting a fresh direction for the next phase of climate policymaking is what’s urgently needed and on offer this month during the 78th UN General Assembly in New York, as mass heat waves, devastating wildfires, fatal floods, and withering droughts continue to wreak havoc across continents. These extreme

On climate & biodiversity, where are we?

With the world busy evaluating the conclusion of the latest meeting under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal (COP15), and the publication of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, it’s easy to forget that just a few short weeks ago the decision text of the United Nations Climate

BII to give $50m climate loan to Pubali Bank

British International Investment (BII) has announced a $50 million loan to Pubali Bank Limited, a press release said Saturday. The loan facility will help to increase climate-related lending and boost climate mitigation projects across Bangladesh. This green loan from BII will primarily be used for projects in the renewable energy,