I have just returned from a visit to the Khulna region, both Khulna city and the Sundarbans. With the Padma Bridge cutting down the journey between Dhaka and Khulna to just a few hours means that the Khulna region is already seeing development at a much faster rate than before. This has both positive and potentially negative results – if we don’t …
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This past week, the entire country has been rightly celebrating the successful completion and inauguration of the historic Padma Bridge, which links the south-western part of Bangladesh to its northern and eastern regions with prospects of unhindered transport between the two major regions of the country. However, while the prospects for economic progress are certainly most welcome, it may also …
International Centre for Climate and Development (ICCCAD) and Nature-based Solutions Initiative (NBSI) at the University of Oxford are jointly organizing a session on “The contribution of nature-based solutions to vulnerability reduction and sustainable development in Bangladesh and the Global South” under the South Asia Regional Resilience Hub at COP 26. Date: Thursday, 4 November, 2021 Time: 09:00 -10:30 am (GMT) …
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The title of this article has been borrowed from an on-line discussion organised by the Policy Research Institute on June 20, 2021. I was a panelist at the event, which some current and former World Bank officials had participated in, together with most of the famous environmental experts of Bangladesh. With its physical and socio-economic parameters, Bangladesh can be …
Bangladesh is regarded as one of the most climate-vulnerable regions in South Asia due to its unique geographical location and socio-economic conditions. Natural disasters, changing temperatures, precipitation, and sea level rise have affected agricultural production, infrastructure, and livelihoods in the country. To face these challenges, nature-based solutions (NbS) can address climate change adaptation, protection and management of natural ecosystems, and …
Climate Tribune | January 2021 List of Articles “Nature-based solutions should be an integral part of locally-led adaptation” by Haseeb Md Irfanullah “Imagining a pristine Dhaka by adopting NbS” by Tasfia Tasnim and Saleemul Huq “Climate-induced displacement can be prevented through NbS” by Kazi Amdadul Hoque and Towrin Zaman “How environmental restoration and refugee protection are connected” by Mokhlesur Rahman “Trap that carbon” by Joy …
In 2020, Nature-based Solutions, or NbS, has emerged as a much-talked-about environmental concept in Bangladesh. While the Covid-19 pandemic has put the whole world in turmoil, we do have other challenges to tackle—climate emergency, disaster risks, food and water insecurities, extreme poverty, and unprecedented biodiversity loss. In simple terms, NbS are the actions we take with the help of nature …
This webinar took place on 16 September 2020 (via zoom). Watch the recording here: Event Date: 16 September 2020 Jointly organized by International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and Center For Natural Resource Studies (CNRS) . CNRS and ICCCAD organized the first webinar under the “NbS Bangladesh Network” webinar series on “Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to enhance ecosystem services in the Hail Haor Wetlands, Bangladesh”. The presenters …