As global government representatives met about the state of the climate crisis, most people in Bangladesh were well aware of what was going as they earnestly followed the summit.

A man rides a boat in Bonnotola in Satkhira, Bangladesh on Oct. 5, 2021. The effects of global warming, particularly increased cyclones, coastal and tidal flooding that bring saltwater further ...

In The Wall Street Journal, director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center says that ordinary people such as Momota Begum worry about hunger, not climate change.

For countries such as Bangladesh, fossil fuels cannot be abandoned overnight, at least not within any global framework for mitigating climate change that could be characterized as sustainable or just.

Bangladesh is ranked seventh among the most climate vulnerable countries in the world, but its contribution to global warming is negligible.

A country of about 160 million, Bangladesh has historically contributed a fraction of the world’s emissions but is being devastated by climate change.

Studies suggest that global average sea levels have risen by more than 8 inches since 1880, and scientists have predicted that roughly 17% of Bangladesh could be submerged by 2050.

Challenged by global warming, Bangladesh faces frequent extreme weather conditions, including prolonged heatwaves which makes workers lethargic, less productive, and consequently millions of poor ...

Climate change is therefore a life-and-death issue for Bangladesh, and our media cover it accordingly. Most news outlets—TV, radio, print, and digital—run climate stories on a regular basis.

Climate change is creating an unpredictable future. As the world gathers for the climate summit, the Climate Generation is already showing how to adapt.

When scientists and researchers predict how global warming will affect populations, they usually use 20- and 50-year trajectories. For Bangladesh, the effects of climate change are happening now.