Saleemul Huq outlines the major talking points at the Conference of Parties The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is a global treaty that was signed and ratified by 195 countries obligating themselves to take actions to protect the planet,...
Young volunteer rescuers spring into action during climate disasters Shahjadi Begum on the spot where her home was before the flood by Naushad Ali HuseinNovember 21, 2019 Shahjadi Begum woke up at 1 a.m. to find the river roaring through her veranda. Before going to...
I love the world and all that it brings. I love to travel, meet new people, experience other cultures and explore nature. Loving the world does not only include travelling for me, but it is also striving to reduce the causes and effects of climate change. Loving the...
Bangladesh, a low-lying, deltaic country criss-crossed by 300 rivers and streams is at the forefront of climate change. In the southern coastal belt, lies the village of Jhapa, in the sub-district of Shayamnagar, in the district of Sathkhira. If that sounds remote,...
Floods in Bangladesh hit 5 million people A Woman leaves with a clutch of medicine from an emergency medical camp in Sundarganj, Gaibandha. PC: Jakariya by Naushad Ali HuseinAugust 5, 2019 Jasim Uddin has managed to get within a stone’s throw from his home by boat....
Humanitarian services remain open despite catastrophic monsoon On what was previously just a hilly forest, The Kutupalong Expansion Sites which shelter some 600,000 of a million Rohingya people living in Bangladesh were built in a matter of weeks. Denuded two years...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HVwI_8gVlw In Bangladesh, heavy monsoon rainfall since 9 July 2019 has caused massive flooding and erosion, breached dams, snapped road and rail links, inundated crop fields and forced educational institutions to close. It has also led...
Donate for the flood victims: http://goto.gg/41225 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxU09RmvJZ0 A surge in flood waters in the second week of July has inundated 21 districts in Bangladesh, particularly in the north.The main challenge caused by floods usually has to do...