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09
Oct

Bangladesh’s AI climate adaptation tool among five finalists for UN Climate Action Award 2026

REN Report / 1 month
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6 min read

The Bangladesh-developed Climate Action Copilot aims to help governments identify vulnerable communities and prioritize climate adaptation investments. The winner will be announced in Cambodia on October 14. A Bangladesh-developed artificial intelligence solution designed to help governments identify climate-vulnerable communities and make better-informed adaptation investments has been selected among five global finalists for the 2026 UN […]

06
Oct

Bangladesh’s green finance surges, but renewables get just 7.8%

Md Ibrahim Khalilullah / 1 month
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7 min read

Energy-efficiency projects hold more than five times as much outstanding green finance as renewable energy, exposing a widening mismatch between Bangladesh’s banking system and its clean-power ambitions. Bangladesh’s banks and finance companies have built a green-finance portfolio worth more than Tk 77,000 crore, but only a small fraction of that money is financing renewable energy, […]

25
Sep

More Than Half of Bangladesh’s Climate-Tagged Project Budget Cannot Be Mapped to Districts

Md Ibrahim Khalilullah / 2 months
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8 min read

Data analysis of Bangladesh’s FY2026-27 climate budget suggests several highly vulnerable districts receive far less visible funding than their population-and-climate-risk share, while a lack of geographic disclosure makes it impossible to fully judge whether climate money is reaching those who need it most. On the bank of the Meghna River in Hijla, Barishal, 65-year-old Meher […]

28
Aug

Nepal’s deadly glacier collapse lays bare global climate injustice

REN Report / 3 months
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9 min read

The Himalayan nation produces a negligible share of global emissions, yet a wall of ice, rock and water has killed hundreds, destroyed communities and exposed the brutal arithmetic of climate injustice. At 8:40 on Wednesday morning, part of a Himalayan mountain appeared to come apart. A lower section of a glacier near Langtang Lirung collapsed […]

23
Aug

A seat at the climate table needs rules, not connections

Jubayer Islam / 3 months
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8 min read

Bangladesh can make youth participation in climate diplomacy credible by combining technical skill, lived experience and transparent public selection. As Bangladesh prepares its national position for COP31 in Antalya, to be held from 9 to 20 November 2026, the environment ministry has reportedly invited youth-organisation representatives into the drafting process. That is a welcome change. […]

30
Apr

Santa Marta summit shifts global focus from fossil fuel debate to action

REN Report / 7 months
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6 min read

Santa Marta, Colombia – A landmark international conference in Colombia has marked a turning point in global climate diplomacy, with governments, experts, and civil society groups moving beyond debates over fossil fuel phase-out to focus on how to implement it in practice. The First International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, held […]

29
Apr

Countries push for global treaty to phase out fossil fuels at Santa Marta summit

REN Report / 7 months
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4 min read

Santa Marta, Colombia — More than 50 countries have called for the creation of a new legally binding international mechanism to phase out fossil fuels, marking a significant shift in global climate diplomacy at the opening of a landmark conference in Colombia. The call came during the high-level segment of the First Conference on Transitioning […]

29
Apr

Santa Marta conference presses Australia to lead global fossil fuel phase-out push

Md Ibrahim Khalilullah / 7 months
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6 min read

Santa Marta, Colombia – A major international gathering in Colombia has intensified pressure on Australia to take a leading role in the global transition away from fossil fuels, with civil society groups calling for concrete commitments, a national phase-out roadmap, and stronger international cooperation ahead of upcoming UN climate talks. The First International Conference on […]

29
Apr

France unveils national roadmap to phase out fossil fuels at Santa Marta conference

REN Report / 7 months
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5 min read

Santa Marta, Colombia- France has announced a comprehensive national roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels, marking one of the clearest policy signals yet from a major economy on how it plans to phase out coal, oil, and gas across its economy. The roadmap was presented at the Santa Marta conference on transitioning away from […]

28
Apr

Coalition of nations pushes for binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels at Santa Marta talks

REN Report / 7 months
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6 min read

Santa Marta, Colombia — A coalition of countries is calling for the creation of a new international legal framework to drive a fair and accelerated global phase-out of fossil fuels, marking a significant shift in the politics of climate action ahead of a major international conference in Colombia. The proposal emerged from a three-day ministerial […]