Shamsuddin Illius

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, November 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Environment

COP30 in Belém: Adaptation gains and equity progress, but fossil fuel phase-out stalls

Dr Md Arifur Rahman, CEO of Young Power in Social Action (YPSA). Photo: Collected
Interviews

'Adaptation finance must triple and become grant-based'

Delegates remain split over whether COP30 will commit to a fossil fuel phase-out and how responsibility will be distributed across developed and developing economies. Photo: Shamsuddin Illius/TBS
Environment

COP30 talks stumble as finance, fossil fuel, tech & gender negotiations deadlocked

File photo of Manjeet Dhakal. Photo: TBS
Interviews

Adaptation finance one of the main agenda as COP30 edges forward, says LDC negotiator Manjeet Dhakal

M Zakir Hossain Khan. Photo: Courtesy
Interviews

'COP30 must mark the end of Climate Debt'

The Bangladesh pavilion at COP30/TBS
Environment

Bangladesh pavilion springs to life after three silent days at COP30

Activists at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém/TBS
Environment

Adaptation finance gaps, just transition clash dominate COP30 in Belém

Representatives from Nepal speak at the COP30 conference in Belem, Brazil. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal unite for climate justice, regional cooperation at COP30

Days into the COP30 conference the Bangladesh pavillion remains empty. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

No escape from red tape: Bangladesh's pavilion stands empty at COP30 despite millions spent

Chattogram Port. Photo: Md Minhaz Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

Ship turnaround now faster but customs delays choke Ctg Port

Infograph: TBS
Environment

Factories rise as forest falls: Mirsarai’s troubling trade-off

Turning the tide: Bangladesh shipbreaking sheds hazardous past for green future
Economy

Turning the tide: Bangladesh shipbreaking sheds hazardous past for green future

A file photo of Professor AKM Saiful Islam. Photo: Collected
Interviews

Bonn Climate Talks: Bangladesh presses for grants, equity and climate justice