Mizan R Khan

We have been witnessing a de-emphasis of public responsibility in the post-Paris years and a re-emphasis on financing by the private sector.

The COP30 presidency wishes to achieve some tangible outcomes.

UNOC3 concluded with the adoption of the Nice Ocean Action Plan, a two-part outcome comprising a political declaration.

Tariffs will serious impact on climate change, an unfolding crisis of our time.

A deep dive into the ICJ hearings on climate change and state responsibilities.

The distribution of benefits is unequal between buyers and sellers.

Paradoxically, Bangladesh is also regarded by many as a test case of sustainable development.

She alleges that the development paradigm still reflects the colonial framework of power relationships.

Bangladesh, as the host, has many lessons to share

“The time to take action to save the planet is not tomorrow, but today.”

Bangladesh can bank on the decision of renewable and energy efficiency.

Public financing from developed countries will never be sufficient.

At a minimum, we must set a goal of ecological literacy for all our students at the tertiary level.

One reason behind the lack of progress on L&D is that it has no agreed definition yet.

Bangladesh is regarded globally as one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts.

The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) ended on November 13, 2021, a day after the scheduled date of closing.

The recently-published report of Working Group-I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a renewed wakeup call on the urgency of taking action at the global level to address climate change.

The title of this article has been borrowed from an on-line discussion organised by the Policy Research Institute on June 20, 2021. I was a panelist at the event, which some current and former World Bank officials had participated in, together with most of the famous environmental experts of Bangladesh.

In a desperate move to inoculate from Covid-19, we are witnessing a kind of vaccine nationalism worldwide, which has manifested in a race to procure vaccine doses, particularly by those having the means and power to do so.

What will Bangladesh look like in 2050? A layman’s projection allows us to draw a picture of its basic parameters. In terms of population, Bangladesh can reach a number of 230-240 million, with an average growth rate of 1.2 percent/year.