The Climate Watch

Farmers and agroecology practitioners highlighted indigenous seeds, traditional knowledge and nature-based farming as tools for reducing costs and strengthening climate resilience. A two-day training workshop titled ‘Agroecology and Climate Change Justice’ was held at the Borundi Agroecology Learning Center in Hatipara Union under Manikganj Sadar Upazila. The event was organised by BARCIK under the “People’s […]

The workshop highlighted how technical professionals can support climate protection through green skills, resource efficiency, waste management and environmentally responsible industrial practices. A workshop focusing on the role and responsibilities of technically skilled students in protecting the environment and climate was held in Chattogram under the title “Workshop on Green Skills for Industrial Climate Protection.” […]

Villagers have been reinforcing weakened sections with soil as tidal pressure threatens homes, farmland and fish enclosures, while officials say emergency embankment work remains suspended. Fear has gripped four villages in Satkhira’s Tala upazila as erosion along the Kopotakkho River threatens an embankment, with residents guarding the structure for three days. No action has yet […]

The plan boosts renewables and electrification while retaining gas use and new extraction, drawing criticism over missing deadlines for ending fossil fuels. The Netherlands has unveiled a national roadmap for moving away from fossil fuels, setting out a rapid expansion of renewable energy and electrification but stopping short of binding deadlines for ending fossil fuel […]

Scientists say warming has destabilised Himalayan glaciers and frozen ground, while the disaster exposed the limits of Nepal’s existing adaptation and early warning measures. Climate change contributed to the thinning of glaciers and thawing of frozen ground in the Himalayas, which likely played a role in the deadly rock and ice collapse in Nepal last […]