Development

The oil-rich hosts of the UN climate conference, the United Arab Emirates, are under great pressure to step up action on global warming and wean the world off fossil fuels as the summit gets underway in...

At the UN’s COP28 conference on Thursday, the introduction of a climate “loss and damage” fund was greeted with applause and hundreds of millions of dollars in pledges, but there were also cautions that much more...

Hurricane force winds, snowfall and flooding that swept parts of southern Russia, Ukraine and Moldova left at least 13 people dead Monday and almost two million without power, authorities said. Dubbed the ‘storm of the century’...

Today, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bangladeshi government inked loan agreements totaling around $1.026 billion for five projects pertaining to energy, health, education, Chattogram Hill Tracts, and road connectivity inside the nation. $100 million...

According to The New York Times, which cited a White House official, US President Joe Biden will not attend COP28, a significant UN climate conference being held in Dubai. The spokesperson did not provide an explanation...

According to a news release, the British High Commission Dhaka has scheduled a multi-stakeholder climate debate for Thursday, November 23, 2023, at the High Commissioner’s Residence. “Towards COP28: Building momentum for climate action” titled discussion brought...

The government of Somalia announced on Thursday that about two million people had been affected by the disastrous floods that had claimed close to 100 lives. Like other nations in the Horn of Africa, Somalia is...

According to a government announcement on Thursday, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will present a plan to boost Brazil’s accessible agricultural lands by 60% without causing deforestation at the UN’s upcoming COP28 climate summit. A...

According to official data released on Thursday, net migration to the UK reached a record high of 745,000 in 2022, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who has pledged to cut back on immigration. One...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed a financial agreement recently with the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) to enhance locally appropriate and socio-economically beneficial adaptation and promote climate-resilient crop value...