Climate change impacts in Bangladesh
With the Himalayas to the north and the Bay of Bengal to the south, Bangladesh sits on one of the world’s largest and most densely populated deltas, where the Jamuna, Padma and Meghna rivers converge.
Bangladesh
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Development-bank climate funds seek new dollars, as competition heats up
Ministers from more than 30 developing countries on Monday urged wealthy nations to top up a set of climate funds that channel money to international development banks, in a year when competition for limited
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Gathering storm: climate change clouds the future of children in Bangladesh
More than 19 million children in Bangladesh are at risk from devastating floods, cyclones and other environmental disasters linked to climate change, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned in a new report
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Churni river pollution due to discharge of untreated effluents, West Bengal, 02/04/2019
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs Union of India dated 02/04/2019 regarding Churni river pollution due to discharge of untreated effluents. Municipal
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Dairy contract farming in Bangladesh: implications for welfare and food safety
Contract farming is emerging as an important institutional innovation in the high value food chain in developing countries including Bangladesh, and its socioeconomic implications are topic of interest
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Moving more money: can aggregation catalyse off-grid financing?
The off-grid energy sector continues to have a tremendous funding gap. Aggregation has great potential to channel finance into the millions of off-grid projects and products that will make universal energy
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World Bank Approves $185 Million For 310 Megawatt Renewable Energy In Bangladesh
The World Bank earlier this month approved $185 million in financing to help Bangladesh develop up to 310 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy and to mobilize private sector participation to help meet the
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Fifteen of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India
Bangladesh, Pakistan, India most polluted Fifteen of the top 20 most polluted cities in the world are located in India, according to an analysis of air quality in several cities around the world.
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Bringing adaptive management to life: insights from practice
An adaptive programme management approach is well suited to address the complex and interconnected impacts of climate change facing developing countries. The pathway to adapting to climate change is unknown,
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Crop residue burning is a major contributor to air pollution in South Asia
While fossil fuel emissions in New Delhi account for 80 percent of the air pollution plume during the summer, emissions from biomass burning (such as crop residue burning) in neighboring regions rival
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B’desh hopeful on India’s assurance over Teesta water-sharing issue
Bangladesh is hopeful over the assurance that was given by India over the contentious dispute on the water-sharing issue of Teesta river. Dhaka: Bangladesh is hopeful over the assurance that was given