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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Enhanced climate action in response to 1.5°C of global warming: scaling up Nationally Determined Contributions
Even a small increase in global warming will have profound impacts on communities, new ACT report finds. Climate change experts from the ACT Alliance network have published a report assessing the threats
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Bangladesh development update: powering the economy efficiently
Driven by strong domestic demand, Bangladesh's economy remains among the fastest growing economies in the developing world and it would grow at an even faster pace if it implemented economic reforms, according
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28MW solar plant in Bangladesh bags Asian Power Award 2018
Global installation and O&M service provider, Proinso, in partnership with Joules Power Limited (JPL) took home the Asian Power Award 2018 in the category “Solar Power Project of the Year – Bangladesh”.
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Enhancing opportunities for clean and resilient growth in urban Bangladesh: country environmental analysis 2018
Bangladesh has sustained robust economic growth, led by industrial development and urbanization, for the past three decades. In tandem with its economic development, country has been increasingly urbanizing
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Ecosystem-based adaptation: a handbook for EbA in mountain, dryland and coastal ecosystems
This handbook provides practical guidance for planning and implementing community-led ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in three vulnerable ecosystems: mountains, drylands and coastal areas. It is intended
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Enhancing opportunities for clean and resilient growth in urban Bangladesh: country environmental analysis 2018
Bangladesh has sustained robust economic growth, led by industrial development and urbanization, for the past three decades. In tandem with its economic development, country has been increasingly urbanizing
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Vienna tops Melbourne as world's most liveable city: Economist survey
Vienna has dislodged Melbourne for the first time at the top of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Index, strengthening the Austrian capital’s claim to being the world’s most pleasant
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of river Churni, Nadia District of West Bengal, 06/08/2018
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs. Union of India. The proceedings were initiated on an allegation of severe pollution of river Churni passing through
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Sundarbans threatened by ‘heedless industrialisation’, says UN expert
Last year, the High Court of Bangladesh directed the Government not to approve any industrial development within the 10-kilometre buffer zone of the reserved forest, but according to UNESCO, approvals
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Mainstreaming adaptation benefits for Bangladesh’s freshwater ecosystems
The unplanned climate change adaptation benefits of a programme focused on Bangladesh’s freshwater ecosystems is making a case for this kind of initiative to be formally included in the country’s ecosystem-based