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Bangladesh requires a circular economy to not only safeguard the environment, but also ensure sustainable business in the country, according to various experts and lawmakers.

Circular economies are markets that incentivise the reuse of products through repairing, refurbishing or recycli... Read More

The Earth Society, in partnership with the Climate Parliament of Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Movers Program, RR Kabel Bangladesh, and UNDP conducted Climate Expo 2023 at Gulshan Society Park on February 25, 2023, with the goal of showcasing, connecting, and collaborating on sustainable goods, serv... Read More

The government is set to be stricter about the emission standard for the power plants in order to protect the country from becoming an emission dumping station of the technology supplying country.

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A parliamentary body yesterday recommended bringing an amendment to the "Environment Court Act" so that any citizen of the country can file a case over environmental damage, pollution, and different forms of irregularities.

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Saber Hossain Chowdhury, chairman of the parliamentary body on the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, yesterday stressed the need for sustainable water governance to meet both current and future socio-economical and ecological demands.

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The government has taken an initiative to do natural resources accounting to practically make the most of them in a sustainable way, said Saber Hossain Chowdhury, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on environment ministry. 

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Politicians, academics and environmental researchers said that water governance and youth engagement were crucial for future existence.

They said these on the concluding day of a three-day 8th International Water Conference organised by ActionAid Bangladesh.

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USAID in association with The Daily Star organised a roundtable titled 'Saving mother nature, saving us – The role of youth in leading conservation and climate resilience' on December 18, 2022. Here we publish a summary of the discussion.

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Speakers at a roundtable discussed that fossil-fuel giants suppressed principles of human rights and justice at the COP27. 

They spoke at a roundtable discussion titled “Climate Diplomacy at COP 27: Whether shine is overshadowed by corporate interest” organized by the C... Read More

Because of rapidly increasing temperatures, heat-related deaths of vulnerable people, especially those aged over 65, has increased by 148 percent in Bangladesh in just two decades.

The Lancet, one of the world's leading medical journals, revealed this during the Bangladesh launch of... Read More