Bareesh Chowdhury

Bareesh Chowdhury works at the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association. His Twitter handle is: @brshhc

Forests in Bangladesh are disappearing when we need them most

The rate of deforestation in Bangladesh is almost double the global average due to land use change and human activities.

5m ago

Who owns the public spaces of Dhaka?

Ideally, a geographical area is supposed to have 25 percent tree coverage to protect its environment, but Dhaka has less than 7 percent.

6m ago

Human rights are scrambling to catch up to climate change

For my Masters dissertation a few years ago, I decided to focus on the linkages between climate change and human rights, especially as they pertain to renewable energy transitions.

2y ago

The outcomes in Glasgow were an unmitigated betrayal

In the leadup to COP26 in Glasgow, the first in two years, there was much talk about how this COP would make or break the collective global target to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

2y ago

Climate anxiety and the rights of future generations

I was around 10 when I first heard about the idea of, as it was then known, global warming and how Bangladesh will one day go underwater as sea levels rise.

3y ago
June 5, 2024
June 5, 2024

Forests in Bangladesh are disappearing when we need them most

The rate of deforestation in Bangladesh is almost double the global average due to land use change and human activities.

May 18, 2024
May 18, 2024

Who owns the public spaces of Dhaka?

Ideally, a geographical area is supposed to have 25 percent tree coverage to protect its environment, but Dhaka has less than 7 percent.

February 10, 2022
February 10, 2022

Human rights are scrambling to catch up to climate change

For my Masters dissertation a few years ago, I decided to focus on the linkages between climate change and human rights, especially as they pertain to renewable energy transitions.

November 29, 2021
November 29, 2021

The outcomes in Glasgow were an unmitigated betrayal

In the leadup to COP26 in Glasgow, the first in two years, there was much talk about how this COP would make or break the collective global target to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

October 18, 2021
October 18, 2021

Climate anxiety and the rights of future generations

I was around 10 when I first heard about the idea of, as it was then known, global warming and how Bangladesh will one day go underwater as sea levels rise.