Since late August, severe flash floods and monsoons plaguing Bangladesh have affected nearly 6 million people. Bangladeshi officials have declared the floods to be the country’s worst climate disaster in recent memory. These recent floods follow the wake of Cyclone Remal, which devastated Bangladesh and West Bengal earlier this year. Floods
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The price women pay for climate change
Climate change, pollution push Karnaphuli fishers out of profession
Jishuram Das, a sexagenarian who was born in Jelepara, located in Chattogram, has been catching fish from the Karnaphuli River since his childhood. But nowadays, he often sits idle without going to catch fish, as their catches have drastically fallen. “Once there were plenty of fish in the Karnaphuli River, where
What you need to know about climate change and blue carbon
The area where land meets the sea, known as coastal ecosystems, could be the key to reducing the effects of climate change. What is blue carbon? Blue carbon refers to the carbon dioxide (CO2) stored within marine or coastal ecosystems worldwide. These ecosystems include coastal plants such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt
Climate change poses threat to livestock production
Adverse impacts of climate change along with the present prolonged heat wave has been posing threats to the production of livestock, particularly beef cattle. Professor Dr SM Kamruzzaman depicted that climatic stress is a major limiting factor of production efficiency in beef cattle and in dairy cattle in tropical environments. Referring to
The impact of climate change on a biodiversity hot spot
If there is a place where the interlinkages and dependencies between the effects of climate warming and biodiversity loss are clearly at display, it’s Nepal. There is clear evidence on the impact of climate change on the country’s ecosystem considering the fact that Nepal is an important biodiversity hotspot. Climate change
Climate change taking a major toll on Bangladesh agriculture
Half the world eats rice. In Bangladesh, everyone eats it. The small, densely-populated nation is the third-highest rice-producing country in the world. For a nation of 170 million people which has suffered through some of the world’s worst famines, this ranking holds special significance. While Bangladesh is mostly self-sufficient in food
EBL to launch climate change award
Eastern Bank PLC (EBL) is set to launch the Climate Change Adaptation Award this year, a press release said Tuesday. The award, to be given annually, aims to recognize and celebrate the best practices and innovations in climate change adaptation, resilience, and mitigation in Bangladesh by different business entities, organizations,
World Bank, Global Fund team up to tackle health toll of climate change
The World Bank has teamed up with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria to fortify health systems in the global south against the effects of climate change. The two signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday “to support more efficient, effective, and sustainable financing to improve health outcomes
COP28: Time to convert climate change rhetoric into action
It is crucial to narrow the gaps and ensure that climate finance goes to where people are most vulnerable, says Gernot Laganda, Director of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction at the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)—especially as the most fragile states only receive USD 2.1 per capita