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June 18, 2025

This Bangladeshi Woman Can Tell You Why the Latest Round of Climate Talks Matter

Bhokul has faced the loss of her family’s land, and the loss of their income. Now climate change threatens her livelihood even more. Photo: Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson/UNU-EHS This article is featured as part of the United Nations University Sustainable Development Explorer. UNU’s work is uniquely comprehensive, spanning the full breadth of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With some 400 […]

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‘Climate change is happening faster than it was predicted’

Saleemul Huq was a leading climate expert and was the co-author of a number of Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports. On the eve of an international climate conference in Dhaka, titled “6th Gobeshona: International Conference on Research into Action” The Business Standard talked with him on a number of burning issues. The interview […]

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June 18, 2025

From Floods to Droughts: Understanding Bangladesh’s Climate Vulnerability

Bangladesh has long been known as a land of rivers—a deltaic wonder shaped by the mighty Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna. But today, this same geography places the country at the frontline of climate change, with growing volatility in rainfall patterns, extreme weather events, and rising sea levels reshaping the landscape of life and livelihoods. Once […]

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June 18, 2025

The Hidden Costs of Urban Air Pollution in Dhaka

Imagine, for a moment, walking through the streets of Dhaka on a cold winter morning. The smog hangs thick in the air, wrapping the city in a grey blanket. The sun, struggling to break through, casts a dull light over the buildings. This isn’t just an unpleasant sight, it’s a sign of a public health […]

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June 18, 2025

How Southeast Asia can seize the renewable energy opportunity

Southeast Asia needs to scale-up its renewables. IEEFA’s Grant Hauber explains how the region can unlock investment and cut volatility Southeast Asia stands at a crossroads in its energy transition. Rapid economic growth, volatile fossil fuel markets and intensifying climate risks are pushing governments to rethink their energy strategies. Rising trade tensions between China and […]

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June 18, 2025

After Trump cut funding for energy transitions overseas, could China step in?

Chinese international cooperation mechanisms such as the Belt and Road Initiative could fill the gaps left by US withdrawal, writes Zhou Xiaozhu On the day he became president again, Donald Trump signed an executive order to take the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. That was followed by a termination of US […]

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Interview with Dr. Ainun Nishat: Bangladesh ‘cannot have’ a fixed delta plan for 2100

Ainun Nishat, a leading South Asia water expert, analyses the capacity of the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 to secure sustainable livelihoods and a less vulnerable ecosystem The Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers form the world’s largest delta, two-thirds of which is in Bangladesh. The three rivers and their 700-odd tributaries have brought down silt from […]

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Why is biodiversity so important?

The term biodiversity (from “biological diversity”) refers to the variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to ecosystems, and can encompass the evolutionary, ecological, and cultural processes that sustain life. Biodiversity includes not only species we consider rare, threatened, or endangered but also every living thing—from humans to organisms we know […]

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June 18, 2025

What is biodiversity? Why it matters?

Why it’s under threat and why it matters Biodiversity is all the different kinds of life you’ll find in one area—the variety of animals, plants, fungi, and even microorganisms like bacteria that make up our natural world. Each of these species and organisms work together in ecosystems, like an intricate web, to maintain balance and […]

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June 18, 2025

Causes and Effects of Climate Change according to United Nations

Fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – are by far the largest contributor to global climate change, accounting for over 75 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 per cent of all carbon dioxide emissions. As greenhouse gas emissions blanket the Earth, they trap the sun’s heat. This leads to global […]

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