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Parliamentarians from around the world on Saturday sounded the alarm as carbon emissions are set to hit a new high in 2022, erasing declines achieved during the Covid pandemic.

They warned of the serious consequences of failing to achieve a fossil fuel-free future.

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Different civil-society organisations called for escalating actions to limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius to rescue the earth from a catastrophe.

They also underscored the need for a separate funding facility for addressing loss and damage (L&D), and Wa... Read More

The Society of Experts on Environment Development (SEED) has organised a webinar on the occasion of the COP-27 Conference 2022, scheduled to be held on Sunday, to highlight what to expect from the conference and its global importance.

Saber H Chowdhury, president of the... Read More

Bangladesh should improve its data collection systems and build up scientific evidence of losses and damage to strengthen its negotiations in international forums, such as the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), experts have said.

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Speakers at a seminar suggested that the government develop self-funded mechanisms to fight climate change as history suggests the commitment made by the developed countries in the Conference of Parties (COP) will not be kept.

They came up with the suggestion during a seminar, titled &q... Read More

A group of civil society organisations (CSO) has urged the government to formulate a strong negotiating game plan to achieve its goals at this month's UN climate talks, attributing many past failures to the lack of specific strategies.

The Center for Participatory R... Read More

Sustainability reporting by private sector companies should be gradually made mandatory in Bangladesh as the country has one of the lowest rates of such reporting among publicly-listed companies in South Asia, said stakeholders at a dialogue.

According to the Global Rep... Read More

Experts and businesses on Saturday said that along with good governance, the sustainability reporting by private sector has emerged as an important tool for the next transition of Bangladesh to middle-income country.

At a dialogue titled ‘Sustainability Reporting by the Private Se... Read More

Saber Hossain Chowdhury, MP, Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, cutting a cake at a programme organised by North South University Model UN Club on its campus on Monday, marking the 77th United Nations Day.

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Centre for Research and Information’s (CRI)’s youth platform, Young Bangla, held its latest instalment of “Let’s Talk” – an interdisciplinary discussion between policymakers and university students – in Chattogram city on October 23, 2022.

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