Panii Jibon (Water is Life) is a HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation led initiative being implemented in collaboration with its local partners, that aims to address water related threats and vulnerabilities of an already impoverished population living in the disaster-prone coastal areas of Bangladesh. The overall objective of the Panii Jibon project is to build resilience and reduce well-being loss of climate …
Learning resilience from the people of Bangladesh
C. Emdad Haque one of our Visiting Researcher share his story. Learning resilience from the people of Bangladesh By C. Emdad Haque In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, a panel of experts on CNN suggested that if any country or society needs to learn about resilience to natural disasters, they should look to Bangladesh. This is because Bangladeshis have confronted …
Locating ‘livelihood resilience’ in climate adaptation discourse
(This article has been originally published here) This blog is inspired by research which I undertook for my PhD, which aimed at refocusing livelihoods research and analyses in the context of contemporary vulnerability dynamics, patterns and trends using the resilience perspective. Climate change is one of the major drivers of contemporary vulnerability dynamics, patterns and trends around the world and therefore …