Record monsoon rains were causing a "catastrophe of epic scale", Pakistan's climate change minister said Wednesday, announcing an international appeal for help in dealing with floods that have killed more than 800 people since June. The annual monsoon is essential for irrigating crops and replenishing lakes and dams across the Indian
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Act now on climate front, listen to countries like Bangladesh: Bachelet
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said the international community "must heed" the voice of specially affected countries like Bangladesh and act to deploy every possible resource to make the human right to a healthy environment a reality for all. "Now is the time for action. We
UN’s Education Summit: An opportunity to create a bottom-up global governance
The upcoming summit on Education, part of the UN Secretary General’s ambitious agenda, can truly bring accountability and participation to the inevitably new ways education will be imparted in the future. With scorching temperatures, uncontrolled flames and floods devastating our planet, millions of people are realizing that we are all going
Climate change conclusion: Time for bold action
With climate change bringing about increasing numbers of human deaths and untold suffering, and rising economic, social, and environmental consequences worldwide, it’s time for governments to take bold action to address the climate change emergency. Climate scientists have warned that there is only a dozen years for global warming to be
Raise voices to stop global warming: Speaker urges UK parliamentarians
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has called upon the UK parliamentarians to raise their voices at Westminster in favour of financing climate vulnerable nations such as Bangladesh, and advocate among G20 parliaments to arrest emissions and global warming. Shirin was delivering her speech as chief guest at the interactive dialogue "Bangladesh
Climate change wipes out $525b in two decades
A V20-commissioned report launched on Wednesday alongside the UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany, shows how climate change has already eliminated one fifth of the wealth of these countries, or US$ 525 billion, over the last two decades. The V20 Group of finance ministers from climate vulnerable economies including Bangladesh called
PM for building climate-tolerant infrastructures
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged engineers to play more effective role in constructing infrastructures suitable to cope with adverse impacts of climate change. "Engineers must play more effective role in building infrastructures tolerant to climate change and its adverse impacts, and ensuring food and energy security," she said in a
Bangladesh to play a significant role at COP26
EU to help Bangladesh fight climate adversities
European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Rensje Teerink on Thursday said the EU countries will help Bangladesh fight the adverse impacts of the climate changes. "EU member countries will support Bangladesh to face climate changes," the outgoing EU Ambassador said when she met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter's official residence
Momen bats for joint climate event during COP26
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has underscored the need for hosting a climate eventon the sidelines of COP26 in Glasgow in early November to bolster cooperation among the climate-vulnerable nations, including Bangladesh. Dr Momen batted for the joint climate event --Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) -- during bilateral discussions with COP26