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27
Jul

Bangladesh green lending surges, but renewable power stays sidelined

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    Md Ibrahim Khalilullah / 2 months
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Green finance expanded rapidly in 2025, but only 7.84 per cent of outstanding lending backed renewable energy as short loan terms, collateral rules and slow approvals deterred projects. Bangladesh’s green lending has expanded more than fourfold in four years, but renewable energy remains a small part of the portfolio even as the government sets ambitious […]

28
Jan

Bangladesh moves to plug multi-billion-dollar climate finance gap

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    REN Report / 8 months
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Bangladesh has begun developing its first comprehensive national climate finance strategy in a bid to mobilise billions of dollars needed to tackle escalating climate threats, officials said, as the country grapples with rising costs of adaptation and disaster resilience. The initiative comes as Bangladesh faces intensifying climate impacts, from stronger cyclones to creeping salinity, while […]

22
Nov

COP29: A Failure of Funding!

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    Md Ibrahim Khalilullah / 2 years
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Baku, Azerbaijan “Is it a joke?“ This is how Harjeet Singh, Climate Activist and Global Engagement Director for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, reacted to the latest draft of the new Climate Finance Goal in COP 29. Mr. Singh expressed extreme disappointment and said, “It is a disgrace that despite full awareness of the […]