In a first in Asia, development partners have come together to announce an $8 billion fund to help Bangladesh mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change.

A decade ago, developed countries pledged to provide developing countries with USD 100 billion each year, from 2020 onwards.

Green Climate Fund approves almost US$25 million in grant funding to support the efforts of UNDP towards development of women and adolescent girls in Bangladesh.

The UN's Green Climate Fund (GCF) says it approved its first financing of projects to help developing countries fight global warming, three weeks before a summit opens in Paris to ink a climate rescue pact.