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Climate activists at COP29. Photo: TBS
Climate Change

COP29 expected to conclude with $250b annual climate finance pledge

However, this pledge comes amid demands from developing countries for over $1.3 trillion annually

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan speaks in an exclusive interview with UNB at the COP29 recently. Photo: UNB
Climate Change

COP29: Unity among climate-affected nations more important than funding, Adviser Rizwana says

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hossain at COP29 in Baku. Photo: BSS
Climate Change

COP29: Bangladesh seeks EU support for $200 billion to LDCs

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan speaks at a press conference of Bangladesh delegation at the press conference room at Karabakh, Baku in Azerbaijan on 20 November 2024. Photo: UNB
Climate Change

Bangladesh wants to see balanced outcome at COP29, rightful decision on NCQG

Fatma Varank, Turkish Deputy Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, and Azerbaijan?s Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Umayra Taghiyeva visit the Turkish pavilion during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Climate Change

COP29 climate talks: What is needed for a deal by Friday's deadline?

Photo: Courtesy
Foreign Policy

Bangladesh, Japan to sign MoU on climate and waste management cooperation

Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and other leaders of the G20 pose for a photo of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty at the G20 summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Picture date: Monday November 18, 2024. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS
Climate Change

G20 leaders turn focus to climate change on Rio summit's last day

A cloud of smoke and ash is seen covering Quito, as the city has five active fires in its surroundings, Ecuador September 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Karen Toro/File Photo
Climate Change

Ecuador declares national emergency as wildfires, drought intensify

Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud arrives at the OPEC headquarters in Vienna, Austria December 6, 2019. Photo: Reuters
Climate Change

Saudi Arabia is a ‘wrecking ball’ in global climate talks

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan. Sketch: TBS
Climate Change

Bangladesh to hold minister-level meeting with Nepal, Bhutan on climate change risks in January: Rizwana

US President Joe Biden signs a proclamation designating November 17 as "International Conservation Day", during his tour at the Museu da Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil, November 17, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Climate Change

Biden visits Amazon rainforest en route to G20 summit in Rio

The Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, June 9, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Climate Change

Methane from tropical wetlands is surging, threatening climate plans

Members of the Indigenous People Association stage a protest to demand action on climate change, holding big head cut-outs of world leaders US President Joe Biden, China's President Xi Jinping, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, on the waters of Botafogo Bay, ahead of the G20 Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil November 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Tuane Fernandes
Climate Change

G20 talks in Rio reach breakthrough on climate finance: sources