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Climate activists at COP29. Photo: TBS
Climate Change

COP29: Countries, activists upset as climate finance negotiations end first week at an impasse

Developing countries’ eyes are now on ministerial-level discussion set to begin in the second week

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Climate Change

Civil Society demand $1.5 trillion under new climate finance goal for 2025-30 period

A general view during the Opening Ceremony of the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan November 12, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
Climate Change

6th Day of COP29: Progress on climate finance, but consensus still out of reach

One of the speakers addresses an event, titled “Untold Story of Coastal People of Bangladesh: Sandwip Perspective”, at the COP29 venue in Baku, Azerbaijan on Friday, 15 November, 2024. Photo: TBS
Climate Change

Urgent action needed to protect Bangladesh’s coastal communities: Speakers at COP29

Bangladeshi CSOs protest against the gas industry during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), in Baku, Azerbaijan on 15 November 2024. Photo: Courtesy
Climate Change

Bangladesh civil society demands fossil fuel phase-out

Global environmental activists protest against the gas industry during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), in Baku, Azerbaijan 15 November 2024. Photo: Reuters
Climate Change

Fragile countries make $20 billion climate finance push at COP29, letter says

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Climate Change

Bangladesh faces per capita climate debt burden of $79.61: CDRI 2024

Reef fish swim above recovering coral colonies on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia 25 October 2019. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
Climate Change

Nearly half of tropical coral species face extinction: Report

A general view during the Opening Ceremony of the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan November 12, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
Climate Change

COP29: Why are countries fighting over climate finance?

A general view of debris and sludge filled Barranco del Poyo ravine as it passes through the town of Catarroja, which was seriously affected due to severe flooding, in Valencia, Spain, November 11, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Eva Manez
Europe

Spanish flood-hit towns brace for another storm

A drone view shows forest fire devastation amid smoke in the Amazon, in Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil September 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Phot
Climate Change

Global CO2 emissions to hit record high in 2024: report

Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus speaks at a discussion on ‘Access to Finance for Small-Scale Farmers’ in Baku, Azerbaijan on 12 November. Photo: TBS
Climate Change

Changing people's habits essential to combat effects of climate change: Yunus

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a plenary session at the COP29 UN Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan on 12 November 2024. Photo: AFP
Climate Change

'Pay up or humanity will pay the price', Guterres warns world leaders at COP29 climate summit