Bangladesh climate change
Fragile embankments must be fortified ahead of monsoon
Five unions in Khulna at risk of severe flooding
Strict oversight is vital to end the tree-cutting bonanza
Latest incident saw the startling transformation of Altadighi National Park
Ramping up preparedness amid severe heatwaves
In Bangladesh, heatwaves have historically not been a prominent concern.
Don't make a habit of felling trees
PWD felling trees shows how indifferent government bodies still are to the environment
Climate change will further widen the class divide
The summer of 2023 has tested the patience and tolerance of Bangladeshis, both in urban and rural areas. This year has seen an unprecedented rise in temperature, breaking many previous records.
How far off is climate justice for Bangladesh?
A Swiss Embassy project – Bangladesh Microinsurance Market Development Program – ranks Bangladesh as the seventh most vulnerable country in the world to the effects of climate change and fifth in the world in terms of losses incurred due to climate change.
Tree for tree, but at what cost?
High Court ruling on planting new trees shouldn’t be taken as a licence to cut trees at will
Understanding the game of COP
During the annual COP, all the world’s media turn up to follow the negotiations on different topics, and many civil society actors, especially the youth, make great efforts to attend.
Time to rebuild life in St Martin's Island
Relief and rehabilitation are priority in Mocha-hit areas after the worst was averted
JS unanimously adopts proposal on climate change impact
Parliament unanimously adopts a motion declaring a “planetary emergency” on account of existential crisis of climate changes and making a call to the global community to act urgently and decisively in achieving the net zero (carbon) emissions well before 2050.
‘Over 19m Bangladeshi children at frontline of climate change disaster’
Over 19 million children -- a quarter of them under 5 -- spread across Bangladesh are at the front line of climate change disasters, a UN report says mentioning that climate change threatens child nutrition here.
UK to spend £6b for Bangladesh, other climate vulnerable countries
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson today said the United Kingdom (UK) would be spending some 6 billion pounds to help Bangladesh and other vulnerable countries combat climate change with adaptation and mitigation.
Rising sea levels, rising threats
Almost all states now agree on the emerging threats to security from climate change, especially risks from sea-level rise to global peace and security. Bangladesh is no exception. In fact, Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries from the threats of sea-level rise.
Climate change blights children's lives in Bangladesh
Environmental disasters linked to climate change are threatening the lives and futures of over 19 million children in Bangladesh, including prompting many families to push their daughters into child marriages, Unicef says.
“Reuse, reserve and recycle water to increase efficiency”
There are hundreds of rivers in the northern and central part of the country which have been allowed to be silted up. At present, river
How children are educating adults on climate change
Over the last two decades or more, the global scientific community has been raising the alarm about climate change, through the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which were then considered by the governments of the world at the annual Conference of Parties (COP) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Manpura forests in peril
Felling of trees by “influential people” is damaging the biodiversity of Bhola's Manpura Island, making it prone to natural disasters.