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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

Ecuador declares national emergency as wildfires, drought intensify

The South American country faces 13 active wildfires and another nine that have been controlled, according to an update from the government's communications office

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

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

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan. Sketch: TBS

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

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

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

G20 talks in Rio reach breakthrough on climate finance: sources

Climate activists at COP29. Photo: TBS

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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