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

November 13, 2019
November 13, 2019

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.

October 22, 2019
October 22, 2019

‘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.

September 21, 2019
September 21, 2019

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.

April 21, 2019
April 21, 2019

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.

April 5, 2019
April 5, 2019

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.

March 22, 2019
March 22, 2019

“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

March 20, 2019
March 20, 2019

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).

March 13, 2019
March 13, 2019

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.

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