Over the last five years, one approach took shape quite strongly in relation to climate change and biodiversity conservation, and that is Nature-based Solutions.
While our country does have long co-management experience regarding land and inland waters, it doesn't have it for the sea.
The Forest Department should further strengthen its leadership in biodiversity conservation by working on “conservation finance.”
A list of major environmental policy initiatives in Bangladesh that have been stuck in a limbo for many years
Are we hiding society’s structural failures by using the young as a shield?
While thinking of a sea-based economy, we must think of “Blue Justice” and “Blue Equity” to ensure people's rights over coasts, seas, and the resources therein.
The COP28 will be held in Dubai, in the UAE, from November 30 till December 12.
How to integrate the health sector more prominently in our national adaptation actions?
Since the government is now preparing its annual national budget for FY2023-24, what changes can we expect to see in the climate-relevant allocations, post-NAP2050?
In the last two months of 2022, two large global events took place on two continents flanking the Atlantic Ocean. In November, around 35,000 people met at the Egyptian tourist city of Sharm El-Sheikh for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27).
Capacity development is an important part of mainstreaming NbS and LLA.
On November 2, the government made the long-awaited National Adaptation Plan of Bangladesh (2023-2050) public.
Two concepts related to climate change – Locally-Led Adaptation (LLA) and Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) – have gained significant momentum over the last couple of years.
The 2022 JRP has five strategic objectives to support the affected Bangladeshi and Rohingya populations.
In the last couple of months, we have been listening to discussions on how to build on the outcomes of the COP26—the 26th Conference of the Parties for climate change held in Glasgow, UK last year.
As we enter the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, the societal challenges we were fighting in the pre-Covid times all got worse over the past two years—be it extreme poverty, food and water crises, biodiversity loss, ecological degradation, or climatic change and associated disasters. But, can nature still be a part of tackling these challenges?
If we want to address our development and societal challenges with the help of nature, we have three options. While nature-based solutions (NbS) have been discussed in this column extensively, let’s talk about two other options: nature-driven solutions and nature-inspired solutions.
The Government of Bangladesh has recently drafted the Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan Decade 2030.