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Infographics: TBS

How climate change drives up your grocery bill

2024 was the hottest year on record, with global temperatures exceeding 1.5 ◦C above preindustrial climate conditions for the first time and records broken across large parts of Earth’s surface

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Extreme heat threatens lives, livelihoods of workers in Bangladesh: Climate Rights report

This map illustrates the extent of flooding, highlighting eastern Bangladesh. Data sources: ARIA Water Maps (from the OPERA Dynamic Surface Water Extent suite) and flood extent data from the UNOSAT SAR AI model for the August 2024 floods. Illustration: Arun Karki

August 2024 floods in Bangladesh and Tripura: A nexus of erratic rainfall, vanishing waterways, and neglect

Women are forced to fish in saline waters every day, risking their health to provide for their families. Photo: TBS

How Mongla’s women are bearing the brunt of rising salinity

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Syrian authorities evacuate citizens amid major forest fires

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US steps out, Brazil steps in

Speakers during an event on climate budget allocation on 4 June 2025. Photo: Courtesy

‘Unacceptable and inadequate’: Experts slam govt for allocating only 0.67% of GDP to 25 climate-related ministries

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Budget FY26: Tk100cr allocation proposed for tackling climate change risks

Photo shows some participants and speakers of the discussion titled "Manifesto Talk: Youth, Environment and Climate" organised at the Department of Environment in Agargaon, Dhaka on Saturday, 31 May 2025. Photo: TBS

BNP wants to prioritise climate change, environmental protection in election manifesto: Mahdi Amin

ISDE Bangladesh, Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network (CLEAN), and Bangladesh Working Group on Ecology and Development (BWGED) jointly organise a protest and campaign event in Chattogram on 28 May 2025. Photo: Courtesy

Japanese SMBC's $1.86b fossil fuel investments draining Bangladesh's public funds, civil society orgs claim

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Climate change: BPATC trainers receive specialised training to develop course modules for enhancing locally-led adaptation

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19 million at risk of climate displacement by 2050 without effective measures, warns Prof Tasneem Siddiqui

Speakers at the Fourth Annual Climate Child Conference in Khulna. Photo: TBS

Climate change impacts put 3.5cr Bangladeshi children at risk: Unicef official