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(A Nature Insights Therapy Session)   Welcome back, eco-enthusiasts. Today, Nature Insights is hosting an emergency therapy session, not for humans, but for something far more stressed: the Weather .  This month, as complaints about “unusual weather” flood our timelines faster than our streets, we decided to do the responsible thing: book Weather a therapy session. Not to fix it, but to finally listen.  Once predictable, politely seasonal, and rarely invited into policy discu

When the cold season hits Bangladesh in November-February every winter, the skies in Dhaka, Chattogram, Narayanganj, Gazipur and other large cities of the country appear perfectly familiar and at the same time terribly threatening. The cityscape is regularly blanketed with a heavy and gray blanket. It might seem to the careless eye an air of mist or fog, but this haze of seasonal fog is much darker. It is smog, a heavy layer of air pollutants that suffocates millions of peopl

Pakistan sits at the top of an extraordinary geological endowment. Underneath its soil, more than 90 different minerals have been identified, ranging from copper, gold, lithium and cobalt to critical rare earth elements (REEs) required for the 21st-century economical, digital, energy and defense architecture. Various estimates have placed the potential value of Pakistan’s minerals between USD 50 trillion and USD 68 trillion. Yet mining contributes only 3.2 per cent to Pakista

“We've got this one beautiful blue and green planet, and we have to get together and do something to protect it before it's too late.”- Jane Goodall (1934-2025)  Credit: UN Photo/Michos Tzovaras The Pursuit of Climate Action   Since its inception in 1995, the Conference of the Parties (COP) has become the stage for global climate diplomacy under the UNFCCC member states. Through negotiations, framework agreements, and discussion, COP has slowly turned big promises into polici

In this interview, Shahin , a young climate activist from Bangladesh, shares his reflections on attending last year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP). Speaking from firsthand experience as a youth activist and also a victim of climate change-induced adversities, he highlights the gap between global discussions and local realities - and what must change to make climate conferences truly impactful.    Era: When you went to the last COP, what do you think was the outcome of

A Turning Point in Global Biodiversity Thinking Biodiversity represents the full spectrum of life-genes, species, and ecosystems, and the intricate web of interactions that sustains Earth’s productivity, resilience, and capacity to adapt. Its value extends far beyond species counts or economic metrics; it is the living infrastructure that purifies air and water, stabilizes climate, and nurtures human and ecological wellbeing. The true worth of ecosystems lies in their self-re

Photo by Ryan Woo and Joe Cash According to the International Monetary Fund, the People’s Republic of China is a global superpower and the world's second-largest economy, with a projected GDP of $19.23 trillion in 2025. (IMF, July 2025) Over the last decade, this country has had a tremendous influence on geopolitics, global trade, and technology. However, amid the symbols of its high-tech and industrial supremacy, shiny city skyscrapers, high-speed rail, and overseas bridges,

The night was heavy, the kind of darkness where even the stars seemed afraid to shine. In a small riverside village of Sirajganj, Aisha Begum lay awake, her three children curled beside her on a straw mat, their soft breaths rising and falling in fragile rhythm. The Jamuna River, usually a distant hum, had turned into a living beast. It growled in the blackness, its waves thrashing like restless arms, clawing closer with every surge. The air smelled of wet earth and silt, thi

It begins with water Not just the monsoon rain that floods low-lying villages in southern Bangladesh, but the creeping brine that poisons...