Cataclysmic wildfires, the intensity and frequency of which have increased due to human-caused climate change, are not just an American phenomenon.

Women are more adversely impacted by natural disasters than men due to gender-based roles and responsibilities.

As far as climate change is concerned, the Asia Pacific is highly significant.

A thorough and strategic approach is required to defend against the recurrent floods and climatic disasters Bangladesh faces.

Protests by climate activists are anything but terrorism.

The answer is the soil on which we live, the primary producer of our food and water.

Leaders who attend COP28 will have to rise to the occasion with the sense of urgency that the climate change crisis requires today.

People who grow crops and those who garden are often the first ones to sense any climate changes. These people also watch these changes first-hand because they spend a considerable amount of their time in and with nature.

Carbon capture and storage involves capturing CO2 emissions from industrial processes or power plants and storing them underground.

Response and rehabilitation strategies need to be more effective 

But more needs to be done achieve real sustainability  

Last month the PM Sheikh Hasina appointed Saber Hossain Chowdhury, member of parliament, as her climate envoy.

The concept is expected to reduce losses and damages associated with the sudden onset of climate disasters.

By delivering accurate and compelling narratives, climate journalists have the power to shape policy discussions.

Take urgent stock of the impact of El Nino on our agriculture

The summer of 2023 has tested the patience and tolerance of Bangladeshis, both in urban and rural areas. This year has seen an unprecedented rise in temperature, breaking many previous records.

Across the world, in the Pacific Ocean, we are seeing the beginning of a new El Nino year, which means that we have to expect significantly higher temperatures globally – not just for one year, but for several years to come.

Last week, the world witnessed the hottest day in modern history, with the global temperature average rising to a record 17.23 degrees Celsius.

A Swiss Embassy project – Bangladesh Microinsurance Market Development Program – ranks Bangladesh as the seventh most vulnerable country in the world to the effects of climate change and fifth in the world in terms of losses incurred due to climate change.

Prof Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury  is one of two Bangladeshis who were recently named among the top 100 Asian scientists. In an interview with Abida Rahman Chowdhury of The Daily Star, she talks about her current projects, the scope of Bangladesh's policies and why they do not work, and how to encourage more women to take up STEM.