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FILE PHOTO: Roberto Klarich from Canada cools off at a fountain near the Pantheon, after giving up queuing to enter because it is too hot and the queue is too long, during a heatwave across Italy as temperatures are expected to cool off in the Italian capital, in Rome, Italy July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

World not ready for rise in extreme heat, scientists say

Climate change is making heatwaves longer and stronger and access to cooling -- especially air conditioning -- will be vital in future.

A firefighter uses a hose as smoke and flames from a wildfire rise in Vilar de Condes, in the province of Ourense in Galicia, Spain, August 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo

2025 was the world's third-warmest year on record: EU scientists

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103 people die of cold-related illnesses in Rangpur in 3 days

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7 quiet wins for climate and nature in 2025

Mild cold wave grips northern Bangladesh, disrupting life as authorities distribute warm clothes to vulnerable riverbank residents. Photo: BSS

Cold wave continues, affecting normal life in northern districts

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Dhaka calls for predictable financing to address climate change & biodiversity loss

An aerial view of submerged houses in a flooded area caused by heavy rainfall following Cyclone Ditwah in Niyamgamdora, Sri Lanka, December 2, 2025 Photo: REUTERS/Akila Jayawardena//File Photo

Deadly November Asian storms 'supercharged' by climate change: Researchers

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2025 on track to tie second hottest year on record: EU monitor

Higher temperatures turbocharge the planet’s weather engines, leading to more unpredictable, frequent and severe floods. File Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Youth and women leaders call for stronger coordination in climate governance

Astrid Puentes Riaño, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Photo: Masum Billah/TBS

The world can't solve climate change without naming fossil fuels, says UN Rapporteur Puentes Riaño

Mohammad Navid Safiullah, deputy head of delegation and additional secretary at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, delivered the country’s national statement in Belém, Brazil on Wednesday, 19 November 2025. Photo: Collected

Bangladesh calls for 1.5°C target, scaled-up finance, and climate equity at COP30

Campaigners press negotiators to put meaningful funds into adaptation as debates over the GGA framework intensify. Photo: Sohanur Rahman

Climate adaptation works. So why is the world still dragging its feet?

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

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