ADB, World Bank approve loans worth USD 1.5 billion to BangladeshBangladesh's banking sector is set for a boost with USD 1.5 billion in loans approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Ban...
20 Jun, 2025, 02.34 PM IST
Indian youths at COP29 call for prioritising children's needs in climate policyYoung Indian climate activists are at COP29. They are demanding action from world leaders. They want policies that protect children from cl...
13 Nov, 2024, 07.54 PM IST
Pakistan secures USD 10 million in funds for climate solutionsIslamabad secures USD 10 million climate finance to enhance water resource management in the Indus River using nature-based solutions. The ...
13 Oct, 2024, 01.07 PM IST
Can better data protect fashion workers from climate risks?Much of Bangladesh's apparel industry is struggling to similarly plan for climate risks, in large part because of a lack of easily availabl...
08 Feb, 2024, 11.16 AM IST
How to teach young people about climate change? This comic strip may have the answerThe school system is not adequately set up to help them address their concerns.
16 Jul, 2022, 12.52 PM IST
US envoy Kerry discusses climate challenges in BangladeshKerry arrived in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, to hear what the low-lying South Asia delta nation has done to cope with weather extremes and...
09 Apr, 2021, 09.38 PM IST
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina wins UN award for leadership on climate changeBangladesh is the first country to set up its own Climate Change Trust Fund, supported by nearly $300 million of domestic resources from 20...
15 Sep, 2015, 10.58 AM IST
- Climate change to drastically alter face of Bengal Bay: Experts
The Bay of Bengal region will undergo a dire and drastic transformation unless urgent action is taken to deal with the disastrous effects o...
13 Mar, 2015, 12.54 PM IST
International meet calls for setting up EWS stations across Himalayas"Mountains have not received due recognition in global and national development agenda," David Molden said.
12 Nov, 2014, 08.11 PM IST
World Bank finalises plans to lend $2.7 billion for investment in BangladeshDescribing Bangladesh as a "very important" partner for the World Bank, Jim Young Kim said the World Bank has zero tolerance for corruption.
10 Apr, 2014, 01.11 PM IST
- Now, a climate model for Sunderbans
A team of nearly 50 scientists led by coastal engineering expert Robert Nicholls from Southampton University travelled to the Tiger camp in...
07 Jan, 2014, 03.24 AM IST
Warsaw Climate Conference: No discussion on agriculture in ongoing sessionDeveloping nations feel that postponing has stymied efforts by industrialised countries to focus on emission reduction in agriculture.
15 Nov, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Talks on climate change and agriculture shelved at the UN conferenceIndia, along with other developing countries has succeeded in ensuring that there is no discussion on agriculture.
14 Nov, 2013, 06.21 PM IST
- UN Climate Change Negotiations 2012: Agriculture out of the ambit of negotiations
Developing countries have guarded interests of small farmers and concerns of food security by successfully resisting moves by the industria...
04 Dec, 2012, 10.34 PM IST
- Sunderbans will drown in 60 years: WWF
The World Wildlife Fund has warned that days are numbered for much of the sensitive Sunderbans eco-system and in 60 years vast tracts of th...
23 Feb, 2010, 06.06 AM IST
Sunderbans will drown in 60 yrs: WWFThe WWF has warned that days are numbered for much of the sensitive Sunderbans eco-system and in 60 years vast tracts of the rare mangrove ...
23 Feb, 2010, 12.57 AM IST
- Himalayas hotspot of climate change
Himalayan ecosystems are 'the hotspots'. That's the message from the two-day South Asian Regional Climate Change Conference.
04 Sep, 2009, 03.21 AM IST