Tag: Nature-based Solutions (NbS)
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Climate Tribune | May 2023
Climate Tribune | May 2023 Articles in the series A snapshot of the governance issues of natural resources management of Bangladesh by Madiha Chowdhury and Tasfia Tasnim Tenure insecurity: An unseen threat for the climate induced IDPs within urban discourse by Shamrita Zaman Correlation of loss and damage and internal displacement by Nazmus Sakib Insights…
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Global recognition of the importance of nature-based solutions to the impacts of climate change
According to the World Economic Forum (2020) Global Risks Report, failure to mitigate and adapt to climate change presents the greatest risk to the global economy in terms of severity of impact. Meanwhile, extreme weather – which is exacerbated by climate change (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2016) – is listed as the risk…
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Making Khulna a green and fair climate city
I have just returned from a visit to the Khulna region, both Khulna city and the Sundarbans. With the Padma Bridge cutting down the journey between Dhaka and Khulna to just a few hours means that the Khulna region is already seeing development at a much faster rate than before. This has both positive and…
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Climate Tribune | September 2022
Climate Tribune | September 2022 Articles in the series ‘Financing climate adaptation at the last mile’ by Abdullah Zahiruddin Ahmad ‘Global goal on adaptation’s potential to incorporate local communities’ voices’ by Afsara Mirza and Md Bodrud-Doza Zion ‘Evolution of LLA: How locally- led adaptation came into the climate change arena’ by Fatema Akhter, Dr. Saleemul…
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Making the Padma Bridge towards Green Bangladesh
This past week, the entire country has been rightly celebrating the successful completion and inauguration of the historic Padma Bridge, which links the south-western part of Bangladesh to its northern and eastern regions with prospects of unhindered transport between the two major regions of the country. However, while the prospects for economic progress are certainly…
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WEBINAR | BANGLADESH: LEADER IN NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
Watch Webinar – Bangladesh: Leader in Nature-Based Solution hosted by EcoShape . Highlights from webinar Bangladesh: Leader in Nature-based Solutions
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Building back a greener Bangladesh
The title of this article has been borrowed from an on-line discussion organised by the Policy Research Institute on June 20, 2021. I was a panelist at the event, which some current and former World Bank officials had participated in, together with most of the famous environmental experts of Bangladesh. With its physical and…
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The Integration of Nature-Based Solutions into Climate Adaptation Policy and Planning in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is regarded as one of the most climate-vulnerable regions in South Asia due to its unique geographical location and socio-economic conditions. Natural disasters, changing temperatures, precipitation, and sea level rise have affected agricultural production, infrastructure, and livelihoods in the country. To face these challenges, nature-based solutions (NbS) can address climate change adaptation, protection and…
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Nature-Based Solution
Climate Tribune | January 2021 List of Articles “Nature-based solutions should be an integral part of locally-led adaptation” by Haseeb Md Irfanullah “Imagining a pristine Dhaka by adopting NbS” by Tasfia Tasnim and Saleemul Huq “Climate-induced displacement can be prevented through NbS” by Kazi Amdadul Hoque and Towrin Zaman “How environmental restoration and refugee protection are connected” by Mokhlesur…
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2020 has been a year of nature-based solutions.
So what awaits us in 2021?In 2020, Nature-based Solutions, or NbS, has emerged as a much-talked-about environmental concept in Bangladesh. While the Covid-19 pandemic has put the whole world in turmoil, we do have other challenges to tackle—climate emergency, disaster risks, food and water insecurities, extreme poverty, and unprecedented biodiversity loss. In simple terms, NbS are the actions we take…