The climate clock is ticking faster than ever for countries like Bangladesh.
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.
The distribution of benefits is unequal between buyers and sellers.
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.
There's a prevailing tendency to attribute common issues to climate-induced factors, without reliable data to back up the claims.
Sea level rise may displace almost nine lakh people from southern Bangladesh by 2050, because their homes and livelihood will be jeopardised.
A thorough and strategic approach is required to defend against the recurrent floods and climatic disasters Bangladesh faces.
We cannot continue to allow wealthy countries to externalise the damage of their pollution spree.
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.
Several factors must be taken into consideration while developing a sustainable model for providing solutions to communities.
The ongoing flood in the northwest has so far claimed at least 22 lives in Sylhet and Netrakona, with the death toll expected to go up as information from remote areas is coming to the authorities belatedly.
Bangladesh will call for green finance and global cooperation at the Stockholm +50 that began in Sweden today (June 2, 2022), as the country bears the brunt of climate change impacts because of Covid-19 pandemic and Russian invasion of Ukraine.
