Haseeb Md. Irfanullah

Dr Haseeb Md. Irfanullah is an independent consultant working on the environment, climate change, and the research system. He is a visiting research fellow at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). He can be reached at [email protected].

Scaling up nature-based solutions requires policy commitment

Humanitarian agencies are fighting climate change and building community resilience by adopting NbS, which will, in turn, improve local biodiversity and ecosystem services.

2w ago

The climate budget for FY26 is disappointing

The new climate budget of Bangladesh should have allocated funds under the Just Transition theme—not just for emission reduction, but also for ensuring workers’ rights during such transitions

1m ago

Five climate action reforms that are doable

No space for Climate change in the ongoing reform debates but actions are needed.

3m ago

Biodiversity conservation requires more than just frameworks

For ecological monitoring of wildlife, Bangladesh government needs to fund and implement projects as per the new framework.

9m ago

To reform Bangladesh's environment sector, focus on biodiversity conservation

Environment is one of three pillars of sustainable development, while society and economy are the other two.

10m ago

Why should Bangladesh have Sundarbans biosphere reserve?

Bangladesh does not have any of the 748 biosphere reserves spread all over the world.

11m ago

Bangladesh’s way forward to biodiversity conservation

Bangladesh needs to contextualise the global Biodiversity Plan to take it forward over the next decade or so.

1y ago

In tackling climate change, we must aim for just resilience

Climate change affects different groups of people differently creating further inequity in an already unjust society.

1y ago
March 27, 2024
March 27, 2024

Integrating our conservation and adaptation approaches

Over the last five years, one approach took shape quite strongly in relation to climate change and biodiversity conservation, and that is Nature-based Solutions.

March 20, 2024
March 20, 2024

Creating a community for conservation

While our country does have long co-management experience regarding land and inland waters, it doesn't have it for the sea.

February 7, 2024
February 7, 2024

Forest Department’s leadership crucial for conservation

The Forest Department should further strengthen its leadership in biodiversity conservation by working on “conservation finance.”

January 22, 2024
January 22, 2024

Overcoming our environmental policy inertia

A list of major environmental policy initiatives in Bangladesh that have been stuck in a limbo for many years

December 22, 2023
December 22, 2023

Are we stealing youth from the young?

Are we hiding society’s structural failures by using the young as a shield?

December 13, 2023
December 13, 2023

Strengthening our blue economy

While thinking of a sea-based economy, we must think of “Blue Justice” and “Blue Equity” to ensure people's rights over coasts, seas, and the resources therein.

November 23, 2023
November 23, 2023

Bangladesh should advocate nature conservation at COP28

The COP28 will be held in Dubai, in the UAE, from November 30 till December 12.

August 13, 2023
August 13, 2023

Health needs more focus in our climate actions

How to integrate the health sector more prominently in our national adaptation actions?

July 19, 2023
July 19, 2023

Our climate budget needs some adjustments

Bangladesh’s youth ministry or its Department of Youth Development (DYD) isn’t one of the 25 ministries and divisions receiving climate-relevant allocations.

May 5, 2023
May 5, 2023

Combatting the Rohingya refugee crisis with nature-based solutions

Environment and ecosystem rehabilitation has always been a cross-cutting issue in the JRPs. It is indeed exciting for environmentalists to see NbS finding its place in the world's largest refugee camp sheltering about a million of Myanmar’s Muslim minority.