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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Landslides, floods kill five children in southeastern Bangladesh
Heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding in southeastern Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing five children and forcing a thousand people to relocate, including in the Rohingya refugee camps.
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Integrating variable renewable energy in the Bangladesh power system: a planning analysis
Integration of large-scale variable renewable energy (VRE) generation resources -- wind and solar -- into national grids has been gaining importance as costs of these technologies, especially that of solar,
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Toward great Dhaka: a new urban development paradigm eastward
A unique strategic opportunity beckons Bangladesh. Dhaka, the economic powerhouse of the country, stands on the cusp of a dramatic transformation that could make it much more prosperous and livable. Today,
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Climate change and the cost of capital in Developing Countries
Increased risk from vulnerability to climate change is increasing the cost of capital and is projected to cause an additional USD 168 billion of debt payments over the next ten years among the most climate
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Bangladesh is keen on buying renewable power from India
Aims to supply electricity to all households by next July, says its Power Secretary India’s neighbour Bangladesh is exploring the possibility of expanding electricity trade between the two countries
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Accelerate progress—sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: report of the Guttmacher–Lancet Commission
<p>Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are fundamental to people’s health and survival, to economic development, and to the wellbeing of humanity. Several decades of research have shown—and
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Development of monsoonal Asia climate risk analysis maprooms
The Asian monsoon plays a major role in the variability of seasonal temperature and precipitation and the sub-seasonal statistics of these and other climate variables. Due to its considerable impact on
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Improving lead time for tropical cyclone forecasting: review of operational practices and implications for Bangladesh
The main objectives of this report are to: assess the current state-of-the-art tools and operational practices in tropical cyclone and storm surge forecasting, assess existing operational practices at
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Paraquat induced acute kidney injury and lung fibrosis: a case report from Bangladesh
<p>Since Bangladesh government issued a ban on the use of highly toxic WHO Class I pesticides, annual consumption of herbicides like Paraquat have been sharply increasing in the markets. Paraquat poisoning
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A global map of mangrove forest soil carbon at 30 m spatial resolution
<p>With the growing recognition that effective action on climate change will require a combination of emissions reductions and carbon sequestration, protecting, enhancing and restoring natural carbon sinks