Bangladesh News
Carbon & Climate
Are bricks environmentally friendly?
South Asia's construction boom relies on clay bricks, but pollution from kilns is killing tens of thousands of people each year.
UNICEF warns that heatwaves are pushing millions of children out of school and calls for climate policy to protect classrooms.
Corporate Responsibility
Fashion brands drag feet on their green promises
Despite net-zero pledges, few clothing brands are taking steps to decarbonise their supply chains to make fashion more sustainable.
Singapore and Australia are solely focused on climate disclosures, while South Korea omits industry-specific data. As standard-setters ease Scope 3 reporting requirements, the ISSB may also drop facilitated emissions for financial firms.
Bangladesh Opinion
Policy & Finance
Street vendors are workers – they should have workers’ rights
Street vendors work together to fight multiple challenges but they should not have to stand alone: governments must do more.
The treaty, signed in 1996, expires next year, and there are unresolved issues with regards to water sharing arrangements. Both Bangladesh and India will need to negotiate a more thorough, equitable and climate-resilient deal.
There are worries the construction of a hydropower dam across the transboundary Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet will intensify both water scarcity and flooding. These smaller-sized river basins are often neglected in academic research.
Most Rohingya end up in the Aceh province of Indonesia where they not only face hostility from locals, but more uncertainty about their future.
Carbon & Climate
Strengthening Asia's voice for sustainable development
Bangladesh Videos
Carbon & Climate
What you need to know about sustainable cooling and climate change
EB Studio
What makes cooling such a hot topic when it comes to climate change? This year's #Innovate4Climate summit will look at the problem and potential of sustainable cooling.
At the 2017 World Economic Forum, former US Vice President Al Gore criticised the development of coal-fueled power plants near the world’s largest mangrove forest while Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina defended the projects.
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a water purification plant that provides clean water far beyond …
Carbon & Climate
Women don’t talk, they deliver results to tackle climate change
A group of women worldwide are taking action to improve their lives by helping address climate change issues, such as the '1 Million Women' movement in Australia. Watch this video.
Bangladesh Podcasts
Carbon & Climate
Gardens beneath the bay: The existential threat of rising sea levels
Climate change is causing sea levels to rise at an alarming rate, and nowhere is more at risk than archipelagic Southeast Asia. Climate scientist Professor Benjamin Horton of the Earth Observatory of Singapore tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the risks of rising waters and what can be done to address the problem.
Bangladesh Press Releases
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
'Engines of opportunity, centres of vulnerability': The growing challenges of Asia Pacific's cities
World Economic Forum
World leaders outline bold visions for future at Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos
Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)
Orange Forum 2024: A global celebration of inclusive and sustainable finance
UN Trade and Development
Empowering women digital entrepreneurs in South Asia
Bangladesh Research
Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS)
Public-private partnerships for social good
BirdLife International
State of the World's Birds 2018—taking the pulse of the planet
