Category: Resilient Livelihood
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Water is life
Climate Tribune | April 2021 List of Articles “Water is life” by Juel Mahmud “How a man lost everything in cyclone, then became a changemaker” by Moumita Sen, Md Kamruzzaman Khan, and Ashish Barua “A stitch in time saves nine” by Ashish Barua and Kamruzzman Khan “Alternative resilient livelihood through fish farming” by Ashish Barua,…
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Water Security for Vulnerable Communities in Coastal Bangladesh in the Face of a Changing Climate
Impacts of climate change severely affect the water security of the communities in the south-west coastal region of Bangladesh. An action research conducted in two selected villages of Khulna in 2018 shed light on specific local water insecurities due to climatic and non-climatic factors, associated consequences on local communities and limitations of current coping strategies.…
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Ensuring Livelihood Security for Climate Vulnerable Communities in Coastal Bangladesh
Impacts of climate change severely affect the livelihood security of the communities in the south-west coastal region of Bangladesh. An action research conducted in two selected villages of Khulna in 2018 shed light on specific local vulnerabilities to livelihood, its consequences on local communities and limitations of current coping strategies in the view of a…
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Understanding Climate Change Vulnerability in Two Coastal Villages in Bangladesh and Exploring Options for Resilience
Panii Jibon (Water is Life) is a HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation led initiative being implemented in collaboration with its local partners, that aims to address water related threats and vulnerabilities of an already impoverished population living in the disaster-prone coastal areas of Bangladesh. The overall objective of the Panii Jibon project is to build resilience and…
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Gibika Final Research Report
An overview of research findings from the 2013 to 2018 Gibika project. Understanding how environmental stress and climatic changes influence people’s livelihood resilience and lives in Bangladesh. By: Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson Contributing authors: Kees van der Geest and David Wrathall Introduction A climate-resilient and sustainable future for people in vulnerable countries starts with resilient livelihoods. There…