Tahmid Zami

Dhaka

Climate Correspondent at Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Are bricks environmentally friendly?

4 days ago | flipboard.com | Tahmid Zami

4 hours agoTrump administration rescinds 'Roadless Rule' that protects 58 million acres of national forestsThe United States Department of Agriculture on Monday announced that it will rescind a decades-old rule that protects 58.5 million acres of national forestland from road construction and timber harvesting.
Are bricks environmentally friendly?

4 days ago | context.news | Tahmid Zami

What’s the context? South Asia's construction boom relies on clay bricks, but pollution from kilns is killing tens of thousands of people each year. DHAKA - About a quarter of the world's bricks are produced in South Asia to build houses and factories in the region as more people move to urban areas in search of work. But brick-making contributes to air pollution and emits greenhouse gases, while attempts to reduce emissions have faltered.
Q&A: Red Cross hopes AI and insurance can help with climate chaos

3 weeks ago | context.news | Tahmid Zami

Alexander Matheou, Asia-Pacific regional director of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, speaks with Thomson Reuters Foundation/ Context on May 29, 2025. Shameul Islam Shovon/ Handout via Thomson Reuters FoundationWhat’s the context? Better early-warning systems make for better disaster preparedness - but the vulnerable are still missing out on long-term help.
Panthakunja Park movement is a symbol of Bangladesh’s climate vulnerability

1 month ago | scroll.in | Tahmid Zami

It is day 137 of a round-the-clock sit-in to save Dhaka’s Panthakunja Park – aka “the pedestrians'‘ oasis”. Hundreds of trees have already gone and more are under threat due to plans for an elevated expressway across the Bangladeshi capital. Green spaces in the city have shrunk from 17% in 1989 to 2% in 2020, driven by Dhaka’s rapid urbanisation, yet temperatures are on the rise – making shade a priority.
No trees, no birds, no shade: A sit-in for Dhaka's last parks

1 month ago | context.news | Tahmid Zami

Amirul Rajiv and Naim Ul Hasan, two coordinators of Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement, pose before the makeshift tent where they have been staging a sit-in for more than four months, Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 26, 2025. Md. Tahmid Zami/ Thomson Reuters FoundationWhat’s the context? In the fast-growing Bangladesh capital, sun-scorched activists demand protection for city's last green oases.
Analysis-Textile Giant Bangladesh Pushed to Recycle More Waste

2 months ago | usnews.com | Tahmid Zami

By Md. Tahmid ZamiNARAYANGANJ, Bangladesh (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Bangladesh's limited capacity to deal with the enormous waste generated by its textile sector may prove unsustainable as the global fashion industry faces pressure to reduce its environmental footprint. Bangladesh, the world's second-largest apparel producer, only recycles a small percentage of its textile waste, with the rest shipped abroad or left to pollute the landscape.
Analysis-Textile giant Bangladesh pushed to recycle more waste

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Tahmid Zami

By Md. Tahmid ZamiNARAYANGANJ, Bangladesh (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Bangladesh's limited capacity to deal with the enormous waste generated by its textile sector may prove unsustainable as the global fashion industry faces pressure to reduce its environmental footprint. Bangladesh, the world's second-largest apparel producer, only recycles a small percentage of its textile waste, with the rest shipped abroad or left to pollute the landscape.
How does fast fashion deal with textile waste?

2 months ago | context.news | Tahmid Zami

What’s the context? The world's fashion industry is producing an increasingly unmanageable amount of wasteDHAKA - The world's fashion industry not only emits a large amount of carbon dioxide emissions but also produces an increasingly unmanageable heap of textile waste. Waste textile fibres, scraps and cutout parts - amounting to more than 92 million tonnes a year - pose a global challenge as textile production has doubled in the last two decades.
Starlink internet enters new countries, faces new competitors

Mar 17, 2025 | context.news | Tahmid Zami

What’s the context? Musk's satellite internet service is coming to South Asia, but its soaring power may be checked by growing competition. DHAKA - The satellite internet service Starlink is entering South Asian countries in its latest expansion, offering fast internet connections to people left offline but raising concerns about the dominance of a company owned by billionaire Elon Musk.
How can fashion workers adapt to climate change?

Mar 13, 2025 | context.news | Tahmid Zami

A worker works in a factory of Ananta Garments Ltd in Savar June 10, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew BirajWhat’s the context? Decent, annually revised wages could fill part of the financing gap for fashion workers' climate adaptation.

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