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People walk on Kartavyapath near India Gate on a hazy morning in New Delhi, India, November 1, 2024.Photo: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavi
South Asia

Diwali celebrations hit air quality in New Delhi

India's national capital battles pollution each winter as cold air traps dust, emissions, and smoke from farm fires in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana, with firecrackers...

Heat exposure cuts labour capacity, causes $21b income loss in Bangladesh: Lancet report
Climate Change

Heat exposure cuts labour capacity, causes $21b income loss in Bangladesh: Lancet report

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Climate Change

Climate change is making temperatures deadlier, food less reliable, experts warn

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Climate Change

Bangladesh's young climate activists demand urgent action

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows brick factories as smoke rises from the stacks in the town of Nahrawan in Baghdad, Iraq June 5, 2022. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani/File Photo
Climate Change

Countries' carbon-cut plans 'miles short' of 2030 goal: UN

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan. Sketch: TBS
Bangladesh

Rizwana for cutting fossil fuel use to address climate change

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Climate Change

Experts call for clear definition of climate finance ahead of COP29

A person walks through the Valle del Pacifico event center, ahead of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16), in Cali, Colombia October 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Juan David Duque/File Photo
Climate Change

UN nature talks debate rules for genetic information. What does that mean?

Dutch Ambassador in Dhaka Irma van Dueren meets Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan at Secretariat on 22 October 2024. Photo: PID
Bangladesh

Netherlands keen to help Bangladesh improve water resources management: Envoy

China's Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu shakes hands with Colombia's Environment Minister Susana Muhamad during the opening plenary of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16), in Yumbo, Colombia October 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
Climate Change

Leaders urge world to pay up to save nature as COP16 talks open

Colombia's Environment Minister Susana Muhamad and other participants attend the opening plenary of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16), in Yumbo, Colombia October 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
Climate Change

What's on the agenda at the COP16 nature summit in Colombia?

This photo, during Cyclone Remal, was taken from the Jelepara area of South Halishahar in Patenga, Chattogram in May 2024. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Economy

Bangladesh faces climate debt risk with $79.61 per capita burdens: Report

People cross the bridge amid the overflowing Bagmati River following heavy rains, in Kathmandu, Nepal September 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo
Climate Change

Climate change worsened deadly Nepal floods, scientists say