Masum Billah

COP30 President Correa do Lago addresses delegates during the closing plenary in Belem. Photo: Masum Billah
Climate Change

Belem delivered big declarations, but Bangladesh returns home to rising seas and shrinking finance

Astrid Puentes Riaño, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Photo: Masum Billah/TBS
Interviews

The world can't solve climate change without naming fossil fuels, says UN Rapporteur Puentes Riaño

An activist at the People’s March holds the flag of Palestine, highlighting the interconnectedness of land, climate and liberation struggles worldwide. Photos: Masum Billah
Panorama

Call for climate action in Belém expands to call for free Palestine

Participants shout slogans for a free Palestine, highlighting the interconnectedness of land, climate and liberation struggles worldwide. Photo: Masum Billah/TBS
World+Biz

In the mouth of the Amazon, a march for climate justice, debt freedom and a free Palestine

Members of the Bangladesh delegation speak at a press conference during COP30. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Bangladesh warns of deepening divisions centring climate finance as COP30 enters crucial phase

TBS Illustration
Panorama

How Bangladesh’s youth-led climate organisations battle funding gaps

Protesters at the COP30 venue in Belem, Brazil. Photo: Masum Billah
World+Biz

'Fill up the adaptation finance tank': COP30 amplifies calls to close the $365 billion gap

Farah Kabir. Sketch: TBS
Panorama

Finance must follow the suffering: Farah Kabir slams weak commitment behind Loss and Damage pledges

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other delegates attending the Belem Climate Summit ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) raise hands as they pose for a family photo, in Belem, Brazil, 7 November 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Climate Change

Bangladesh presses for debt-free climate justice as COP30 opens in Belem

Elderly residents remain in rural and coastal areas as younger relatives migrate to cities, leaving them isolated. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Panorama

Ageing amid the storm: How coastal Bangladesh’s elderly survive alone

Faced with the absence of a sufficient workforce, Friendship introduced a ‘Cash for Seeds’ programme, which offers local communities cash incentives for raising and planting mangrove saplings. Photos: Courtesy
Panorama

When the protected become protectors: Coastal communities rise to nurse their mangroves

After years of suffering (submerged homes and lost livelihoods), 12 of the 21 sluice gates were finally opened this year, instilling hope among the locals. Photo: Mumit M
Panorama

New Bhabadaha plan in place, but its future hinges on tidal river management

‘Simi Apa’, who used to set up her stall in front of the Election Commission office, rose to prominence almost overnight by selling cakes. Photo: Jahir Rayhan
Panorama

‘Cake Potti’ at Agargaon: As eviction drives go on, what’s next for the rising entrepreneurs and vendors?