Tag: Climate Change
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Climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability of Bangladesh: IPCC assessment in the previous reports and situation on the ground
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…
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The benefits of mainstreaming circular economy in school textbooks
Incorporation of the simplified concept of circular economy in school textbooks can influence our consumption behaviour and raise awareness on climate change
Does our consumption behaviour have any impact on climate change? Yes, it has – it is driving climate change. Now the million-dollar question is how. When we waste food while dining at our home, we not only waste food but also waste energy and other interrelated elements like water it needs to grow, resources…
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First year of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: Nature-based solution (NbS) and Bangladesh
Where do we stand after COP26 and where to go?
The United Nations called for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration for the protection and revival of ecosystems around the world and for the benefit of people and nature. To achieve global goals it aims to halt the degradation and restore the ecosystem. Whereas, nature-based solutions or NbS are actions to protect, sustainably manage…
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Listen to the wisdom of local people
We’re all in the same storm, but we’re not on the same boat
The Dutch national weather service presented its latest report on sea-level rise recently. It’s stated very clearly: If we don’t succeed in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the sea level along the Dutch coast will rise up to 1.2 metres by the end of this century — compared to the beginning of this century. This…
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Facing climate change: Improving adaptation and building resilience
Extreme weather, an undesirable consequence of global climate change, is already seriously affecting the lives and livelihoods of people all around the world, especially in Bangladesh. A low-lying terrain and a high frequency of extreme events such as floods and tropical storms put Bangladesh and its 170 million people at a high risk in terms…
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50 years of cyclone preparedness: Success in saving lives, but not livelihood
Over the past 30 years, the number of cyclone shelters have increased from 400 to 14,000 but it is still insufficient for 35 million living near the coastClimate 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…
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Why COP26 failed to address loss and damage from climate change
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in BlogOn 9 August 2021, the science working group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report showed that greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are responsible for approximately 1.1°C of warming since 1850-1900. Climate change is not just what is happening now and will happen in the future but also what has been happening…
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Outcome on capacity building at COP26
The GWP-ACE has laid out elaborate action programs at local, national and international levels
The Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended a few weeks ago. Its outcomes have received mixed reviews by observers and media. Some have touted it as a success, or partially successful and some others have dubbed it as a failure. I think the level of success…
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The plight of loss and damage finance at COP 26
Key consensuses and disagreements
‘Loss and Damage’ (L&D) is a term used in climate negotiations to describe the unavoidable effects of climate change which has become increasingly evident in recent years, such as severe storms, major wildfires, frequent floods, heatwaves, droughts and so on. This year, at the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26), L&D…
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Why should poor nations agree to climate action when the rich have broken so many promises?
Developed countries must agree to pay their share of a deal agreed 12 years ago – or risk a failed Cop26
People in developing countries have been bearing the brunt of climate change for decades. But it has taken wildfires in Greece, flooding in Germany and Belgium and a heatwave and hurricanes in the US for the rich world to really sit up and take notice. The challenge now is ensuring that world leaders listen to what is being said in low-income countries…
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OPINION: We must all learn how to tackle climate-induced loss and damage
Losses are growing in rich as well as poor countries – and it’s time to have an effective system to deal with them The adverse impacts from human-induced climate change are known as “loss and damage” – and how to tackle this issue has been a politically contentious issue in the United Nations climate negotiations…
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The era of loss and damage from climate change is upon usWe must act immediately if we are to avert its worst impacts
Over the last week of July 2021, we all watched on our TV screens as the heat dome and wildfires in north-western US and Canada took many lives and destroyed the town of Lytton in Canada. Then, the devastating floods in Germany and Belgium cost several hundred lives, followed by more loss of lives from…