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Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo addressed the opening of the Bangladesh Climate Development Partnership (BCDP) Knowledge Conference 2026 in Dhaka on 7 October 2026. Photo Courtesy

Bangladesh needs better climate projects to unlock global finance: Environment minister

The National Adaptation Plan 2023–2050, Bangladesh Delta Plan and NDC 3.0 now need to be translated into implementable programmes and projects, he says.

File photo of a cabinet meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat, chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. Photo: PMO

National Committee on Climate Finance formed with PM as chairman

AKM Sohel, Additional Secretary and UN Wing Chief at the ERD, inaugurated the programme. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh starts five-day programme to build climate finance proposal capacity

Astrid Puentes Riaño, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Photo: Masum Billah/TBS

The world can't solve climate change without naming fossil fuels, says UN Rapporteur Puentes Riaño

Members of the Bangladesh delegation speak at a press conference during COP30. Photo: Courtesy

Bangladesh warns of deepening divisions centring climate finance as COP30 enters crucial phase

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan. File Photo: Collected

Climate losses cannot be compensated: Adviser Rizwana

The Business Standard organised a roundtable on “COP30: Challenges and Expectations for Small-scale Farmers and Fishers" at its Eskaton office in Dhaka on Wednesday, 24 September 2025. Photo: TBS

10-15% of climate finance should be directly accessible to farmer organisations: Experts

Representational Photo: TBS

Bangladesh among most climate-indebted countries; CDRI warns of 'debt trap'

Vast areas of Chattogram and Feni submerged in flood water on 23 August 2024. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Bangladesh faces $3b annual disaster loss, 6.3m affected

People attend the United Nations climate change conference COP29 opening in Baku, Azerbaijan 11 November 11, 2024. Photo: Reuters

'Death sentence for millions': COP29's proposed $250b annual climate finance pledge draws criticism from advocates, experts

Climate activists at COP29. Photo: TBS

COP29 expected to conclude with $250b annual climate finance pledge

The COP29 summit is ongoing in Baku. Photo: Collected

COP29: Bangladesh 'does not want' climate loans, demands fair financing

Climate activists at COP29. Photo: TBS

COP29: Countries, activists upset as climate finance negotiations end first week at an impasse