Climate Change Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s current heat emergency and the roadmap to COP30

As the climate crisis escalates, Bangladesh faces a critical challenge.

Takeaways from COP29

The climate clock is ticking faster than ever for countries like Bangladesh.

Bangladesh should endorse the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

Being a low-lying delta, we are highly susceptible to sea-level rise, which is causing coastal erosion, displacement of communities, and saltwater intrusion into agricultural lands.

Opinion / COP29 and the stakes for Bangladesh

The distribution of benefits is unequal between buyers and sellers.

Sea-level rise in Bangladesh: Faster than global average

Bangladesh is experiencing a faster sea-level rise than the global average of 3.42mm a year, which will impact food production and livelihoods even more than previously thought, government studies have found.

Why the lack of data on how climate change affects public health?

There's a prevailing tendency to attribute common issues to climate-induced factors, without reliable data to back up the claims.

Rising Sea Levels: 9 lakh in south may be displaced by 2050

Sea level rise may displace almost nine lakh people from southern Bangladesh by 2050, because their homes and livelihood will be jeopardised.

Rising sea levels and the lessons to learn

A thorough and strategic approach is required to defend against the recurrent floods and climatic disasters Bangladesh faces.

A window of opportunity to phase out fossil fuels

We cannot continue to allow wealthy countries to externalise the damage of their pollution spree.

February 14, 2023
February 14, 2023

Taxing air travel could fund climate victims

Public financing from developed countries will never be sufficient.

January 18, 2023
January 18, 2023

The whos and hows of allocating loss and damage funds

The estimates of the total losses and damages run into many trillions of US dollars.

January 16, 2023
January 16, 2023

Can parametric insurance be a tool for climate resilience?

There has been a wave of climate change policies in recent years, but unfortunately, implementation efforts have remained fragmented.

January 2, 2023
January 2, 2023

Leaving no one behind

Poverty rates in recent years have demonstrated an impressive steady improvement in Bangladesh.

November 16, 2022
November 16, 2022

How does our new National Adaptation Plan consider nature?

On November 2, the government made the long-awaited National Adaptation Plan of Bangladesh (2023-2050) public.

November 13, 2022
November 13, 2022

Bangladesh must advocate for legal migration opportunities for the climate-vulnerable

The young population in the coastal villages want to develop their skills and knowledge and advance their career.

November 2, 2022
November 2, 2022

Forget COP27, the youth should hold an 'Accountability COP'

There is a great need for an annual “Accountability COP” to hold those who have pledged to act against climate change to account.

September 10, 2022
September 10, 2022

Climate loss and damage are clearly visible in southwest Bangladesh

People living in climate-vulnerable areas urgently need government support

September 3, 2022
September 3, 2022

Ensuring climate justice for the urban poor

It is estimated that Bangladesh may see 13 million internal climate migrants by 2050.

August 22, 2022
August 22, 2022

Stop abusing and start utilising the environment

Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to all kinds of climate-change-induced disasters such as floods, droughts, cyclones, storm surges, sea-level rise, landslides, heat, and cold stresses.