Global warming
From rhetoric to realisation of climate actions at COP27
Despite demands from climate-change-affected countries, the issue of loss and damage has been contentious at the global forum.
6 November 2022, 16:00 PM
Conservation science has moved on. We, too, must adapt and change.
The threats resulting from climate warming and loss of nature are no longer theoretical, but a brutal reality.
5 November 2022, 18:56 PM
How erratic weather has affected our food production
More investment is needed in research work to understand the dynamics and impact of loss and damage in climate-vulnerable communities.
30 October 2022, 06:15 AM
Climate pledges still ‘nowhere near’: UN
International climate pledges remain far off track to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to a UN report released yesterday, less than two weeks ahead of high-stakes negotiations to tackle global warming.
26 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Burn less fuel, build better cities
Imagine for a moment our city without cars, but with high-quality public transport, people zipping by on bicycles, others on foot.
21 September 2022, 18:30 PM
Climate change is all about ‘power’
Instead of effectively tackling the issues related to climate change, world leaders have politicised it over the last 30 years.
17 September 2022, 14:00 PM
Sizzling summer of 2022: Heat wave, heat dome, wet-bulb temperature
The summer of 2022 has not yet reached the mid-point, yet we are staring at another year of bleak climate news.
13 August 2022, 08:44 AM
Scorched rail tracks, melting museum and global warming
The naysayers and nonbelievers of global warming are mum as the scorching heat waves paint nations red hot worldwide. Last week, the waves of heat have been high enough to deform and melt infrastructures as millions of citizens of the world are suffering through the rise of the searing temperature. To put things into perspective, you can fry slices of meat in a frying pan under the Texas sun. That being said, the sweltering conditions, as of late, have also raised awareness of ageing infrastructures worldwide, most of which are roads, bridges, railroads, and buildings.
25 July 2022, 12:03 PM
Coordinated action needed to combat climate crisis
The world is already feeling the impacts of human-induced climate change.
19 July 2022, 14:00 PM
G7 to launch ‘climate club’
G7 leaders will create a “climate club” by the end of the year to allow willing nations to coordinate and speed up efforts to tackle global warming, they said in a statement yesterday.
28 June 2022, 18:20 PM
Bangladesh may see more severe weather events due to changing rainfall patterns
Experts have warned that the Himalayan region, which is already suffering from severe flooding, notably in the northeastern portion of Bangladesh, may see even more devasting natural disasters brought on by climate change as a result of changing rainfall patterns.
24 June 2022, 13:11 PM
Climate Change: Bangladesh one of the most vulnerable countries
We're witnessing unexpected changes in the global climate following global warming. What are the risks for Bangladesh? How severe are they?
8 June 2022, 15:42 PM
Carbon debt-free future for every child
I became fully aware of the environmental challenges that we face when I visited Boracay Island in the Philippines a few years ago. The amazing picturesque beaches with white sand and blue lagoons were disturbed by the over-interest of tourists like me.
5 June 2022, 04:30 AM
Climate change may lead to more infectious diseases such as Covid, HIV, ebola
Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that’s likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, according to a new study.
28 April 2022, 14:31 PM
Climate Change: Are we doing enough?
The world on Friday observed Earth Day celebrating environmental diversity of Earth and highlighting ways of protecting our habitat, the only place in the known universe where life can survive.
22 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Global warming: Bangladesh loses 7b working hours a year
Bangladesh is losing 7 billion working hours annually due to extreme heat exposure caused by global warming, a new study reveals.
25 February 2022, 18:00 PM
The absence of climate change in fiction and other great derangements
The book explores our inability at the level of literature, history, and politics to grasp the scale and violence of climate change.
3 June 2020, 18:00 PM
2018 was 4th warmest, but next 5yrs could break records
While 2018 was the fourth-warmest year on record, British meteorologists are predicting the next five years will be much hotter, maybe even record-breaking.
7 February 2019, 06:30 AM
Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere hit new high: UN
The levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, have hit a new record high, the UN says, warning that the time to act is running out.
22 November 2018, 16:13 PM
Global warming will make insects hungrier, eating up key crops: study
Researchers find a new way that global warming is bad for the planet: more hungry bugs.
31 August 2018, 05:18 AM