Climate Change Bangladesh

Bangladesh should endorse the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

Being a low-lying delta, we are highly susceptible to sea-level rise, which is causing coastal erosion, displacement of communities, and saltwater intrusion into agricultural lands.

Opinion / COP29 and the stakes for Bangladesh

The distribution of benefits is unequal between buyers and sellers.

Sea-level rise in Bangladesh: Faster than global average

Bangladesh is experiencing a faster sea-level rise than the global average of 3.42mm a year, which will impact food production and livelihoods even more than previously thought, government studies have found.

Why the lack of data on how climate change affects public health?

There's a prevailing tendency to attribute common issues to climate-induced factors, without reliable data to back up the claims.

Rising Sea Levels: 9 lakh in south may be displaced by 2050

Sea level rise may displace almost nine lakh people from southern Bangladesh by 2050, because their homes and livelihood will be jeopardised.

Rising sea levels and the lessons to learn

A thorough and strategic approach is required to defend against the recurrent floods and climatic disasters Bangladesh faces.

A window of opportunity to phase out fossil fuels

We cannot continue to allow wealthy countries to externalise the damage of their pollution spree.

Global loss and damage initiative launched in Dhaka

This new initiative aims to support both governments and civil societies in the vulnerable countries to enhance their knowledge of and responses to the adverse impacts of human-induced climate change.

Taxing air travel could fund climate victims

Public financing from developed countries will never be sufficient.

November 15, 2024
November 15, 2024

Bangladesh should endorse the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

Being a low-lying delta, we are highly susceptible to sea-level rise, which is causing coastal erosion, displacement of communities, and saltwater intrusion into agricultural lands.

November 2, 2024
November 2, 2024

COP29 and the stakes for Bangladesh

The distribution of benefits is unequal between buyers and sellers.

May 19, 2024
May 19, 2024

Sea-level rise in Bangladesh: Faster than global average

Bangladesh is experiencing a faster sea-level rise than the global average of 3.42mm a year, which will impact food production and livelihoods even more than previously thought, government studies have found.

March 4, 2024
March 4, 2024

Why the lack of data on how climate change affects public health?

There's a prevailing tendency to attribute common issues to climate-induced factors, without reliable data to back up the claims.

February 12, 2024
February 12, 2024

Rising Sea Levels: 9 lakh in south may be displaced by 2050

Sea level rise may displace almost nine lakh people from southern Bangladesh by 2050, because their homes and livelihood will be jeopardised.

August 27, 2023
August 27, 2023

Rising sea levels and the lessons to learn

A thorough and strategic approach is required to defend against the recurrent floods and climatic disasters Bangladesh faces.

March 31, 2023
March 31, 2023

A window of opportunity to phase out fossil fuels

We cannot continue to allow wealthy countries to externalise the damage of their pollution spree.

March 8, 2023
March 8, 2023

Global loss and damage initiative launched in Dhaka

This new initiative aims to support both governments and civil societies in the vulnerable countries to enhance their knowledge of and responses to the adverse impacts of human-induced climate change.

February 14, 2023
February 14, 2023

Taxing air travel could fund climate victims

Public financing from developed countries will never be sufficient.

January 18, 2023
January 18, 2023

The whos and hows of allocating loss and damage funds

The estimates of the total losses and damages run into many trillions of US dollars.