BSS/AFP, Washington: The United States will officially again become a party to the Paris climate agreement on Friday after a four-month break. US President Joe Biden repeatedly stated during... Read more

Residents of Agartala woke up to a bone-chilling cold on Monday as the city experienced the coldest day of the season. The minimum temperature in Agartala was recorded at 7.5 degrees Celsius... Read more

Climate aid to millions of small farmers around the world must “substantially increase” to ward off hunger and instability, a United Nations body warned Saturday. Small farmers “do little to... Read more

Light rain or drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places over six divisions including Dhaka in the next 24 hours commencing 9 am on Wednesday. The six divisions are Dhaka and Mymensingh... Read more

The Department of Environment (DoE) will demolish about 700 illegal brick kilns, one of the major sources of air pollution in the country. “As air pollution has worsened during this dry seas... Read more

2020 has tied 2016 as the hottest year on record, the European Union’s climate monitoring service said Friday, keeping Earth on a global warming fast track that could devastate large swathes... Read more

Four rare Malabar pied hornbills have been spotted at a nature reserve in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, according to local authorities. The Xiaoheishan Provincial Nature Reserve in Long... Read more

Frustrated with inaction on catastrophic global warming, citizens are hauling governments and big polluters before the courts calling for “climate justice”. Increasingly the cases invoke hum... Read more

Climate change and biodiversity loss are laying bare our dependence on the natural world for everything from the food we eat to the air we breathe. But nature also holds the solution to othe... Read more

Sumini gets up at dawn to do her household chores — then leads a team of women into the jungles of Indonesia’s Sumatra island, on a mission to battle rampant deforestation and wildlife poach... Read more

Slashing global emissions would result in “substantial” near-term rewards by reducing the risk of unprecedented warming even within the next two decades, according to a new study Monday. Mos... Read more

As the mercury has started falling fast, sightings at the Islamic University Lake in Kushtia have become greatly enjoyable with the chirps of migratory birds! The colourful birds are having... Read more

IDCOL, as the Direct Access Entity (DAE) of Green Climate Fund (GCF), received approval of its first funding proposal for the programme titled “Promoting private sector investment through la... Read more

Climate change is already buffeting Australia with extreme bushfires, droughts and cyclones, and the fossil-fuel reliant country should brace for worse to come, according to the country’s to... Read more

Rich nations are still providing more than half a trillion dollars annually to fossil fuel projects despite committing to slash greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris climate deal,... Read more

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed the former Secretary of State for International Development, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, as the UK’s International Champion on Adaptation and Resilien... Read more

Tropical Storm Eta pushed into Honduras on Wednesday after leaving behind a trail of destruction in Nicaragua, where it made landfall the day before as a Category Four hurricane. At least fo... Read more

Norwegian oil giant Equinor said Monday it aimed to reach “net-zero” carbon emissions by 2050 but it still plans to increase its oil and gas production in the short term. The company, 67-per... Read more

A low-pressure area had formed over the Bay of Bengal last week and delayed the retreat of the season Debraj Mitra, Calcutta: The monsoon is set to retreat from Calcutta for this year by Wed... Read more