Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is due to deliver her speech in the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday afternoon (NY time) focusing on world peace, stability and impacts of global warming. “The main focus of Bangladesh is it wants peace and stability. We will say that
Tag: Climate Change
How to make COP27 a success
Each year, low-emitting countries like Bangladesh are the greatest sufferers and, paradoxically, pay the biggest price in losses and damages resulting from climate change. The most vulnerable communities are the ones who are facing the reality which the COP27 climate summit in Sharm-El-Shaikh is attempting to avert. According to the Centre
Pakistan flooding shows adapting to climate change can be a dangerous illusion
Bangladesh deserves funding as victim of climate change: UN expert
UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change Ian Fry has said the major greenhouse emitting countries have a clear obligation under international law to provide funding to help highly vulnerable countries like Bangladesh to recover from the impacts of climate
Are Bangladesh’s development measures leading to climate change readiness or maladaptation?
Bangladesh, a least developed country in South Asia, has made remarkable progress in various development sectors over the last few decades. From agricultural production and food security to infrastructural development, the country has set milestones within the region, in spite of being a nation vulnerable to climate change. Mainly, the
As stronger storms hit Bangladesh farmers, banks are climate collateral damage
Protection too small, pressure too high for tree species globally, study finds
Climate change puts Bangladeshi farmers’ reliance on rice varieties to the test
Bangladeshi farmers overwhelmingly cultivate rice using the BRRI-28 and BRRI-29 varieties developed by the government, despite the availability of more than 100 alternative varieties, some of them better suited to changing climatic patterns.Yields are declining for these two popular varieties as arable land becomes more saline, dry, or submerged due
Climate change a factor in ‘unprecedented’ South Asia floods
Scientists say climate change is a factor behind the erratic and early rains that triggered unprecedented floods in Bangladesh and northeastern India, killing dozens and making lives miserable for millions of others. Although the region is no stranger to flooding, it typically takes place later in the year when monsoon rains
By deliberately ignoring risk, the world is bankrolling its own destruction
It is often said that a pessimistic person is an optimistic but well-informed person. Here, a good number of people may believe that human wit and inventiveness are capable of facing both the current and the looming disasters, like the impact of climate change, for instance. Others, instead, may think that