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Around one million people have been evacuated from their homes and at least 16 people were killed as a cyclone hits the coastal districts of Bangladesh
Officials also advised nearly 33,000 Rohingya refugees, moved from camps to a flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal, to stay indoors.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said. "They don't act. They can talk but they don't act," she said on a visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
US climate envoy John Kerry will travel to the UAE, India and Bangladesh ahead of next month's climate summit hosted by Washington.
The Rohingya influx has contributed to air pollution, deforestation, groundwater pollution, and soil erosion in a country that has already struggled to respond to climate change, writes Austin Bodetti.
South Asia’s skies are choked with smog, posing a severe threat to public health and daily life. Urgent, coordinated action is essential to combat this crisis
The number of children affected by flooding in Chad, Gambia, Pakistan and north-east Bangladesh is the highest it has been in over 30 years.
Bangladesh has overcome a history of famine by pioneering aquaculture, the process of farming seafood. This strategy can become a model for Middle Eastern countries struggling with economic shortages.
Israel's foreign minister is using the idea of an artificial island off Gaza to potentially facilitate further forced displacement of the Strip's population.
Around the world, climate change-induced extreme weather events and environmental changes are driving more and more people to flee their homes. However climate refugees remain invisible in international frameworks that protect other displaced people.