Salinity intrusion makes thousands of hectares of land barren in coastal Bangladesh  Coastal districts 25% of the country’s rice production.” BRRI-47 first salt-tolerant rice variety Salt-tolerant rice changing fortunes and circumstances across country 5,216 hectares in Satkhira, most climate-affected district, cultivated with BRRI-47 2.86 million hectares of coastal and off-shore arable lands available In the 1970s, Nandi Dulal, a 70-year-old …

One of the significant challenges that Bangladesh faces is ensuring food security of a growing population. The most viable and holistic solution to this problem is regenerative agriculture. Although the term may not sound familiar to many, it has become a game-changing initiative to sustain agriculture worldwide.  Regenerative agriculture is a farming system that attempts to conserve soil and contribute …

The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of Working Group II (WGII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was published on February 28, 2022. AR6 by Working Group I, published in August 2021, clearly stated that increasing anthropogenic activities have increased the global mean temperature by over 1°C, resulting in increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. The WGII …

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) successive reports are the most valued evidence of climate change’s drastic impacts on society, economy, and the natural system. These reports have served to alert laymen and policymakers alike about the changes the world has witnessed over the years and will witness in the future. IPCC reports gather information from three working groups. …

Climate change has and will continue to increase the intensity and frequency of global hydro-meteorological events such as cyclones and storm surges. Bangladesh is a country of more than 160 million people, with 35 million people residing near the coastline. Naturally, it is a hotspot for such cyclonic events. Numerous researches have highlighted that, on average, Bangladesh faces the most …

Climate change and disaster risks are increasingly affecting the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) across the world. Bangladesh, a lower- middle-income country which graduated from the LDC status in 2015, is no exception. In this backdrop, the Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment and Forests is executing the Formulation and Advancement of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Process funded by the …

Saleemul Huq is a leading climate expert and is the co-author of a number of Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports. On the eve of an international climate conference in Dhaka, titled “6th Gobeshona: International Conference on Research into Action” The Business Standard has talked with him on a number of burning issues. The interview was done by Shibabrata …