Real Stories of Adaptation from Vulnerable Communities by Runa Khan 100% of the core work of Friendship since it started 20 years ago has been in the most climate-impacted regions in Bangladesh. Whilst working with these vulnerable communities, the one important...
by Runa Khan, Founder and Executive Director, Friendship Tackling the impact of Covid-19 on a country of 170 million people and frequent natural disasters, we felt that the year 2020 was not like any other in our lifetimes. We shared our struggle to contain the spread...
by Runa Khan, Founder and Executive Director, Friendship The blessing that gives Bangladesh its natural abundance also leaves it vulnerable to nature’s more destructive forces. Bangladesh is formed at the mouth of two of the largest rivers of the world: the...
by Marc Elvinger, Chairman Friendship Luxembourg Chères amies, chers amis,Dear Friends of Friendship (English translation below), J’espère que vous vous portez le mieux possible en ces temps si particuliers de confinement et je...
by Saleemul Huq, Climate Advisor for Friendship The COVID-19 virus pandemic is still making its way around the world and it will be some time before it is over. Nevertheless, we can draw from it some lessons on how to deal with Climate Change. The problems we are...
by Marc Elvinger, Chairman Friendship Luxembourg Chères amies, chers amis,Dear Friends of Friendship (English translation below) Inutile de vous dire que les deux événements d’exception auxquels nous vous avions conviés pour ces 24 et 25 mars – ouverture, au LUCA, de...
by RUNA KHAN, back from Davos Davos, the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, is a gathering of the cream of market leaders who are driving the change in our world today. Over 3,000 leaders in different fields and 53 heads of state, attended its 50th iteration...
by Marc Elvinger, Chairman Friendship Luxembourg Chères amies, chers amis, Dear Friends of Friendship (English translation below) En me joignant de tout cœur à ses vœux, je partage avec vous (même si certains d’entre vous auront déjà pu le recevoir) le message de...
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,...
by Marc Elvinger, Chairman Friendship Luxembourg Chères amies, chers amis, Dear Friends of Friendship (English translation below) Pour Friendship, ce mois de novembre a été un mois particulièrement fort en émotions et c’est le moment d’en passer brièvement revue...
Climate change and modern technology have stolen the wind from the gorgeous ochre Bengali sails. Are they gone for good? The B613, a malar boat preserved by Friendship. ©Arif Syed/Friendship by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryMay 30, 2022 There is no image quite as nostalgic...