The Regional Resilience Hub at COP26 was home to the Race to Resilience (R2R) campaign connecting people, communities, organizations, and non-state actors driving climate action. The program was led by hubs from around South Asia, Latin America, Africa, South East Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific to bring local experience and knowledge on building resilience to impacts of climate. The …

Sand mining can be regarded as a silent threat to the global ecosystem, having a significant impact on climate change, if it is not done appropriately. Unsustainable sand mining could result in riverbank collapse, deepening of river beds, sinking deltas, and coastal erosion as well as biodiversity loss, especially when coupled with the impacts of dams and climate change. Illegal, …

The latest from COP24 The transfer of innovative technologies is a central issue for developing countries, allowing them to act on climate change. With institutional challenges on the national and local levels, and complex set of vulnerabilities, developing countries often lack the capacity to assess and address critical risks in specific sectors and territories. Bangladesh is one of the countries …