Sustainability & Climate Finance.
Renewable energy, the environmental economy, industrialization strategy, and logistics.
The Real Test of Bangladesh’s 25 Crore Tree Pledge
The gap between planting a seedling and keeping it alive is the real test of the pledge to plant 25 crore (250 million) trees in five years. The Prime Minister formally launched the programme on 13 June at the Malumghat reserved forest in Cox’s Bazar. According to the progress report prepared for the implementation cell’s […]
Can the New Strategy Achieve Bangladesh’s Renewable Energy Targets?
Bangladesh has made renewable energy promises before. The 2008 policy aimed for 10 per cent of power from renewables by 2020. A 500 MW solar programme followed in 2012, then the 2023 Integrated Energy and Power Master Plan. In 2025, a new policy arrived alongside a National Rooftop Solar Programme that aimed to add 3,000 […]
Bangladesh Needs One Green Bond Taxonomy, not Three
Bangladesh has been building a green finance framework for over a decade. It started early and is still, in some ways, ahead of its peers. But the framework has grown in pieces, issued by different regulators at different times for different issuers. The result is a green bond market with more than one rulebook and […]