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A natural gas flare burns near an oil pump jack. Subsidies for fossil fuels have risen over the past two years despite nations’ commitments to phasing them out and reducing emissions. Photo: Bloomberg

Global fossil fuel expansion plans threaten Paris climate goals: Report

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180 fossil fuel companies linked to hundreds of extreme heatwaves: Study

An interactive session titled “Energy Expansion: Impact on Bangladesh’s Economy, Ecosystem and Fair Transition” held at Premier University in Chattogram yesterday (26 August). Photo: Collected

Bangladesh faces energy vulnerability amid rising fossil fuel dependence

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

As of June 2023, renewable energy sources make up a modest 4.5% of Bangladesh’s total energy capacity. Photo: TBS

To embrace green energy, Bangladesh must break free from fossil fuel

NGO Forum on ADB and Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network (CLEAN) officials at the press conference at Banglamotor in Dhaka on 22 April 2025. Photo: Courtesy

Civil society groups lambast ADB for $17b fossil fuel investment in Bangladesh

A natural gas flare burns near an oil pump jack. Subsidies for fossil fuels have risen over the past two years despite nations’ commitments to phasing them out and reducing emissions. Photo: Bloomberg

G-7’s failing renewables commitment, pushing fossil fuel in Bangladesh, beyond: Report

A natural gas flare burns near an oil pump jack. Subsidies for fossil fuels have risen over the past two years despite nations’ commitments to phasing them out and reducing emissions. Photo: Bloomberg

New York to fine fossil fuel companies $75 billion under new climate law

Experts urged the government not to adopt hydrogen, ammonia based power plants on 13 December. Photo: TBS

Experts urge govt not to adopt ammonia, hydrogen power projects

Overproduction of plastic has led to an urgent global waste problem — yet production continues. Photo: Nayem Ali

Can suing fossil fuel companies slow plastic production?

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

Former vice president Al Gore speaks during a session on Climate Trace, a database that monitors emissions, at the COP29 UN Climate Summit, Friday, 15 November 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo: AP via UNB

COP29 reveals world's most polluting cities amid fossil fuel frustration

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South Asian CSOs demand decarbonisation through ending fossil fuel commitment