Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN …
Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with development partners on establishing a climate change fund to channelize 110 million US dollars or more in grant funds to millions of Bangladeshis in order to build their resilience to the effects of climate change. The fund, known as Bangladesh Climate Change …
Bangladesh has called upon the developed countries for quick disbursement of the `fast track' fund of 30 billion US dollar as committed in the climate conference in Copenhagen for adaptation. In the informal climate dialogue held in Petersburg last week, Bangladesh also stressed the need for technology transfer to developing …
rack' fund of US$ 30 billion as committed in the climate conference in Copenhagen for adaptation. In the informal climate dialogue held in Petersburg last week, Bangladesh also stressed the need for technology transfer to developing countries for free to strengthen their capacity to combat climate change. German Chancellor Angela …
The US is going to more than double its financial assistance in the coming fiscal year to help Bangladesh addresses challenges of climate change. United States Climate Envoy Ambassador Todd Stern stated this when he met with Bangladesh Speaker Abdul Hamid Advocate, MP in the State Department on Tuesday. Ambassador …
This note outlines a scheme for mobilizing financing to help developing countries confront the challenges posed by climate change. The idea is to create a
Bangladesh as a most vulnerable country will seek 15 percent of the US$ 30 billion fund agreed at the Copenhagen climate conference to tackle the adverse impact of the changing climate."This money is not enough to enhance our adaptation capability
President Mohamed Nasheed has said US $ 30 billion has been pledged for climate change adaptation out of which 10% or US$ 3 billion will come to the small island countries to help fund their climate adaptation programs. He said this will help Maldives and other low-lying small island countries …
The United Nations should set up a war chest to help process the billions of dollars poor countries will be paid to slash their greenhouse gas emissions, the European Union has proposed. The facility would sit separately from an existing "Adaptation Fund," which aims to soften the impact of climate …
Several recent studies have reported adaptation costs for climate change, including for developing countries. They have similar-sized estimates and have been influential in discussions on this issue. However, the studies have a number of deficiencies which need to be transparent and addressed more systematically in the future. A re-assessment of …
IT IS indeed disquieting that the World Bank will take away a little over eight per cent of funds pledged to the people of Bangladesh. According to a report published in New Age on Wednesday, the World Bank, as secretariat and administrator, has been allocated $8 million of the $98 …
Environmentalists and civil society activists from Asia-Pacific and African countries vulnerable to global warming Wednesday urged the industrialised nations to act urgently for greenhouse gas emission cut from 1990 levels by at 95 per cent within 2050. Wrapping up a three-day conference, they adopted the Dhaka Declaration with a call …
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka addressing the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change South Asian Sub Regional Meeting in Colombo yesterday said Sri Lanka would propose three amendments to the Kyoto Protocol because the present Carbon Emission cut included in it was not enough to save humanity in …
Rich countries should immediately mobilize billions of dollars in development aid to the poorest nations to win their trust in the run-up to global climate talks in Copenhagen, a draft EU report says. OECD countries should also fulfill their existing commitments on overseas aid, which would more than double those …
Not a single penny from 300-crore Taka Climate Change Fund allocated for 2008-09 fiscal either was released or spent due to indecision of the governments. The army backed caretaker government led by Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed allocated the fund for the first time in the country to deal with impacts and …
Indian negotiators have played down a proposal for major economies to consider setting a goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, saying there were contentious ideas in the draft on the cuts needed. The proposal is part of a draft document put forward by the United States and Mexico …
Lawmakers at a dialogue yesterday said an international research centre on climate change could be set up in the country to monitor and forecast the impacts of global climate change. The utilisation of climate change funds should be monitored from time to time and the funds be released in the …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will now work for climate change in the Capital. MCD mayor Kanwar Sain today said that the corporation will have funds earmarked for mitigating the effects of climate change. He made the announcement after attending the C-40 Large Cities Climate Summit held at Seoul …
This study sought to identify the initial impact that C&S; might have on the USA, based on a set of limiting assumptions. In particular, it attempts to quantify the immediate impact
NEW DELHI: Hoping for an ambitious, comprehensive and ratifiable agreement at Copenhagen later this year to deal with the climate crisis, United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon has said the negotiations will have to resolve three main political challenges
