Bangladesh, April 20 -- The persistent narrative that the climate crisis is diverting attention and funding away from poverty eradication is not only misleading-it is dangerously flawed. This framing assumes a false trade-off between two deeply interconnected challenges. In reality, climate change is one of the most powerful accelerators of poverty and hunger in the modern world. Treating these crises as separate policy domains has led to fragmented strategies, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities for transformative change. If the global community is serious about sustainable development, it must abandon this siloed thinking and embrace an integrated approach that recognizes climate action and poverty reduction as mutually reinforcing...