The UN climate talks COP27, which closed in Egypt on Saturday, started addressing the symptoms of the climate crisis in a breakthrough decision for the most vulnerable. A historic progress was made with a commitment to set up a financial support structure for the most vulnerable to deal with “loss and damage” caused by the impact of the climate crisis …
The youth wants reparations, not charity or debt
What the climate crisis requires is action, not more words
In September last year, my organization YouthNet for Climate Justice, facilitated a joint oversight visit with parliamentarians and youth groups in the climate-affected areas of Bangladesh to observe the ground realities. As part of this field visit, we hosted some climate dialogues and heard the voices on the frontlines. Among many of the community people who faced the negative consequences …
Coordinated action needed to combat climate crisis
The world is already feeling the impacts of human-induced climate change
Over the last few weeks, I have been in Europe, and it seemed that everywhere I went, there were record-breaking weather events. And these events are unequivocally linked to human-induced climate change due to the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which are causing the global temperature to rise. Let me briefly describe some of these extreme weather events that I …
Women as rightful leaders of the movement to solve the climate crisis
Disclaimer: The issue presented, and thoughts expressed in the articles are of the authors, it does not necessarily represent the organization’s mission and program priorities
Every year International Women’s Day (March 8) honours women’s accomplishments, while also raising awareness on the issues they face. The day calls for the celebration of inclusion, and gender diversity, recognizing women and girls in all walks of life who are leading the charge to break free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination to forge women’s equality. In the year 2021, …
How is Bangladesh writing the history of adaptation?
Our nation’s role as a vanguard against the climate crisis is indisputable
After the publication of the third assessment report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2001, the world came to realize that adverse impacts of human- induced climate change would become inevitable and unavoidable and hence all countries had to prepare for those adverse impacts through adaptation. A corollary of that finding was that while all countries, both …
Lessons learnt from cyclone Amphan and the way forward
Cyclone Amphan should be treated as an eye opener and foreshadowing of what is to come
Bangladesh – a country with one of the highest rates of vulnerability to disasters and extreme weather event is a major rea of discussion for climate change related experts, academicians and development practitioners. After the devastating cyclone Amphan, which left several coastal districts shattered in May, 2020; numerous studies, reports and articles have been published – focusing not only …
Living through a climate crisis
Climate Tribune | June 2021 List of Articles Datinakhali village battles climate crisis– Sumaiya Binte Anwar Impacts of cyclones on women and girls and the way forward–Afsara Binte Mirza and Adeeba Nuraina Risha How climate change exacerbates sanitation problems in the rural areas–Adnan Qader Regional cities: A space for planned urban development in Bangladesh– Istiakh Ahmed Cyclone prediction and preparedness by …
Adaptation finance at the conflux of climate crisis, Covid-19 and debt distress
Covid-19 has hit all countries of the world, both rich and poor, but the low income countries (LICs) are hit hardest, and half of them are at high risk of or are already in debt distress. Although in April this year, the G20 Finance Ministers endorsed a Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) to grant temporary relief to the LICs to …
After 30 years of negotiations, where next on the climate crisis? In conversation with Saleemul Huq.
Click this Link to listen this interview. I sat down recently with Saleemul Huq, a scientist and activist who has attended every single global negotiation on climate change since 1992. Saleem is Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Bangladesh and Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED) in London. We discussed the evolving climate debate …
Climate crisis: ‘Dorian’ brings home new urgencies
The devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas over the last week or so has illustrated quite clearly that even though the Caribbean has a well-developed early warning system for hurricanes and is also a part of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), that deals with the residual impacts of such hurricanes, it was not immune to the …