The lights are out here in my home city of Dhaka as I write these words. Cyclone Sitrang has knocked out the electricity in Bangladesh’s capital, plunging much of this city of 22 million people into ...
Bangladesh is ranked seventh among the most climate vulnerable countries in the world, but its contribution to global warming is negligible. It contributes less than half of 1 percent of all ...
Through the Connected Schools Project organised by Friendship NGO, a team of 12 students and teachers from Luxembourg recently visited Bangladesh’s chars and interacted with local residents to learn w ...
Matiur Rahman has been forced to slash his annual rice cultivation almost by half due to low rainfall and lack of water for irrigation over the past fifteen years. Rahman, 55, from Kurigram district ...
The effects of climate change, including extreme heat, humidity, and flooding, are linked to increased rates of depression and anxiety in Bangladesh. The corresponding study was published in The ...
Four key climate change indicators set records in 2021 — a year that was among the seven warmest on record. Scientists outlined their findings in the World Meteorological Organization’s annual State ...
A typical consequence of climate change, drier monsoons with sudden bursts of heavy rain has led to days of inundation and long periods of standing water, creating an ideal situation for breeding ...
Bangladesh’s all-important hilsa fishery is declining amid pressures from human-driven factors and climate change, experts and authorities warn. The fish, Tenualosa ilisha, contributes around 12% of ...
The silence of climate change considerations in the master plans of Bangladesh’s major cities, despite the nation’s reputation as one of the most climate-vulnerable in the world, exposes a planning ...
When Super Cyclone Aila hit Bangladesh in May 2009, the house of Rekha Rani and Alan Goldar and their two children was swept away. About 500 people died in the cyclone. The Goldar family survived, but ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Priya covers the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. This article is more than 3 years old. Blocks of ice drift ...
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