Coastal farmers in Bangladesh are already adapting to the harsh realities of climate change, but without recognition, resources, or a voice in the decisions that shape their future Salinity spreads quietly. One season, the paddy field turns pale. Next, the pond water tastes bitter. Over time, the soil hardens, tubewells dry up, and even the rain feels unreliable. In Bangladesh’s …
Sweden and Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) have launched a four-year partnership to strengthen climate action in Bangladesh. The Embassy of Sweden in Dhaka and IUB signed the project agreement on Monday (23 January), said a press release. Tanweer Hasan, vice chancellor of IUB, and Maria Stridsman, head of cooperation and deputy head of mission of the Embassy of Sweden in …
Bangladeshi scientist Professor Saleemul Huq has made it to the coveted list of people who helped shape the biggest science stories of 2022. Saleemul Huq, a climate researcher, has been recognised for his role in forcing wealthy countries to pay for the losses and damages from climate change. The list prepared by Nature – one of the world’s top science …
Adaptation is more urgent than ever before as climate change-induced catastrophes sweep across the globe, mostly targeting the least developed entities and fragile ecosystems. More urgent, it seems, is the investment and effort needed to implement different types of adaptation to spearhead long-term solutions The global community has been citing Bangladesh as one of the most vulnerable countries ever since …
Salinity intrusion makes thousands of hectares of land barren in coastal Bangladesh Coastal districts 25% of the country’s rice production.” BRRI-47 first salt-tolerant rice variety Salt-tolerant rice changing fortunes and circumstances across country 5,216 hectares in Satkhira, most climate-affected district, cultivated with BRRI-47 2.86 million hectares of coastal and off-shore arable lands available In the 1970s, Nandi Dulal, a 70-year-old …
One of the significant challenges that Bangladesh faces is ensuring food security of a growing population. The most viable and holistic solution to this problem is regenerative agriculture. Although the term may not sound familiar to many, it has become a game-changing initiative to sustain agriculture worldwide. Regenerative agriculture is a farming system that attempts to conserve soil and contribute …
Around 850,000 households and 250,000 hectares of harvestable lands were lost in climate-induced disasters; loss of agricultural land also resulted in crop failure, which increased the price of rice by 30% between 2014 and 2021
The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of Working Group II (WGII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was published on February 28, 2022. AR6 by Working Group I, published in August 2021, clearly stated that increasing anthropogenic activities have increased the global mean temperature by over 1°C, resulting in increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. The WGII …
Bangladesh ranks as the 7th most vulnerable country to climate change and has received significant attention in the last IPCC reports including the AR6 WG I report. However, in the upcoming AR6 WGII report the country must receive attention for its remarkable progress in achieving resilience
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) successive reports are the most valued evidence of climate change’s drastic impacts on society, economy, and the natural system. These reports have served to alert laymen and policymakers alike about the changes the world has witnessed over the years and will witness in the future. IPCC reports gather information from three working groups. …
Climate change has and will continue to increase the intensity and frequency of global hydro-meteorological events such as cyclones and storm surges. Bangladesh is a country of more than 160 million people, with 35 million people residing near the coastline. Naturally, it is a hotspot for such cyclonic events. Numerous researches have highlighted that, on average, Bangladesh faces the most …
Climate change and disaster risks are increasingly affecting the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) across the world. Bangladesh, a lower- middle-income country which graduated from the LDC status in 2015, is no exception. In this backdrop, the Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment and Forests is executing the Formulation and Advancement of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Process funded by the …