Economics of climate change should dictate policies
DESPITE all sluggishness and odds across the globe, including U-turn from Donald Trump and couple of others, under the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 195 member states can still be rescued from runaway climate
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Make cities greener, healthier and happier places to live in
Against the backdrop of the ever-increasing rate of deforestation and encroachment in almost every country in the world including Bangladesh, every year since 2012, March 21 has been celebrated as International Day of Forests.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Conserving wetlands to tackle climate change
Every year on February 2, nations have been celebrating the World Wetlands Day since 1997. But unfortunately, despite national and international efforts, wetlands are still treated as revenue-generating machines or wastelands in many countries including Bangladesh.
3 February 2019, 18:00 PM
The mixed results of COP24
Amid deep frustration of scientists and activists, the political economy of climate change has taken a new turn at the ever-widening gulf between science and politics as a depleted number of official delegates from around 200 countries struggled to reach a common ground at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP24, in Katowice, Poland.
23 December 2018, 18:00 PM