Bribe-taking officials, local leaders in CHT must be brought to book

Issues centring ecological protection are inherently political, but in this dying earth, these are repeatedly depoliticised.

Conventional finance alone will not help our nation to achieve its full renewable energy potential.

The share of renewable energy is projected at merely 11 and 16 percent in 2041 and 2050.

Bangladesh’s progress towards switching to renewable energy has remained slow and uncertain.

With the state of the climate crisis, renewable energy will be very important going forward.

El Nino, La Nina, wildfire, floods, heatwaves – all these terms have been plastered on every news source, both digital and print for the past few years. It seems that the detrimental effects of global climate change have dawned upon us, it is not a phenomenon that “may happen” in the distant future.

With the investments, CIP and COP, the global leaders in renewable energy, proposed to develop a commercial, utility-scale offshore wind project off the coast of the Bay of Bengal, COP said in a press release yesterday.

The government will continue to provide incentives to 12 sectors as an alternative to direct cash support on export receipts with a view to helping exporters tackle potential challenges in the post-LDC era, a top official said yesterday.

The government must phase out inefficient power plants, rethink energy policy

Nature wants to be treated right and climate change impacts will become even harsher if positive changes are not incorporated in the current practices.

It is time to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels altogether.

Targets for carbon emissions are closing in fast on some of Bangladesh's largest trading partners. Some have set targets for 2030. Things are moving more quickly than anybody could have imagined on this issue.

The Infrastructure Development Company Limited (Idcol) is all set to get €140.5 million from German Development Bank Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) -- €41 million for energy efficiency and €99.5 million for renewable energy projects.

The latest energy master plan does not align with Bangladesh's clean energy targets

Energy generated from gravity batteries is sustainable.

Bangladesh’s dependency on coal-based power plants is gradually increasing, when countries around the world are abandoning the technology to make electricity.

Shamim Ahmed Mridha is one such young and motivated individual whose network of environmentally aware people has won him The Diana Award. The award is presented by the Diana Award Org, which according to their website, honours a cohort of “20 outstanding young leaders, visionaries and role models from across the world who have demonstrated their ability to inspire and mobilise new generations to service their communities, as Princess Diana believed they could.”

British International Investment (BII) has embarked on an ambitious plan of lending $450 million to Bangladesh over the next five years, finding that the country has a stable government and policy support for private sector development.

Algae are a remarkable candidate for biodiesel production.