Climate Tribune | June 2023 Articles in the series Circular economy for food: A glimpse of Dhaka City by Afsara Binte Mirza and Joyee Chakma Safeguarding children in Dhaka amidst urban heat waves: A growing concern in 2023 by Chowdhury Abrar Zahin and Gausia Islam Keya Unveiling the silent injustice: The poverty premium for marginalized people in urban areas by Md Lutfor …
Incorporation of the simplified concept of circular economy in school textbooks can influence our consumption behaviour and raise awareness on climate change
Does our consumption behaviour have any impact on climate change? Yes, it has – it is driving climate change. Now the million-dollar question is how. When we waste food while dining at our home, we not only waste food but also waste energy and other interrelated elements like water it needs to grow, resources required for harvesting, transportation and …
Climate Tribune | January 2022 Articles in the series An entrepreneur’s journey to resilience in his own words by M M Jakaria and Amir Khasro Facing climate change: Improving adaptation and building resilience by Shahrina Akhtar First year of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: Nature-based solution (NbS) and Bangladesh by Sakib Rahman Siddique Shuvo Listen to the wisdom of …
There is today a wide scientific consensus on the existence of global warming, driven by the increased Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions (due to historic human activities) and concentration in the atmosphere. The latest IPCC 1.5°C Special report, released a couple of weeks ago in October 2018, made a clear statement that the world need to cut carbons emission as fast …
At the heart of the Paris Agreement lies mitigation — the seemingly insurmountable task of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions to curtail the consequences of climate change. According to various studies, 65% of greenhouse gas emissions comes from fossil fuels combustion, 24% from industrial activities among which up to 67% is estimated to come from management of materials activities. Since …