(This article was originally published here) We travel by car and speed-boat to the island of Kitubdia in the Bay of Bengal. From the ferry ghat, it is a bumpy 15-minute ride into town in the back of a jalopy. I’ve come to the island with Bangladeshi friends to research the impact of climate change…
(This article was originally published here) Islamic leaders from around the globe tomorrow will unveil a declaration calling on the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims to embrace climate change action as part of their religious duty. Activists gathering in Istanbul for the event said that just as Pope Francis declared climate change essential to the Catholic…
(This article was originally published here) How is the fossil fuel industry responding to growing pressure to address future emissions in the run-up to the Paris summit? It is just under four months until COP21 gets underway in Paris, and momentum for a deal is building. Consequently, business attention should be starting to evolve…
(This article was originally published here) Climate change is a “sexy” topic in contemporary global discourses. In Bangladesh, recurrent natural disasters over the past few decades stand witness to the manifestations of climate change. Scientific research, peer-reviewed literature, and social studies posit the country to be one of the most vulnerable in the world. As…