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.
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.
Participants in a workshop on Tuesday stressed the need for taking integrated steps for effective disaster management and lessening the losses caused by natural calamities.
DWELLERS of Chalna Municipality under Dacope upazila in Khulna have been facing crisis for safe drinking water for long. They are also facing water crisis for performing household chores including cooking and washing.
An integrated plan involving government and non-governmental organisations is needed to mitigate the adverse effects of the climate change, said speakers at a meeting on Monday. Pradipan, an NGO, arranged the meeting on alternative livelihood in the context of climate change at a city hotel with the help of Bread for the World and Christian Aid for Overseas Development.
The green and civic rights activists on Monday urged the government to adopt a national transport policy, which would facilitate the expansion and use of public transports instead of private cars to reduce the traffic jam in the capital.
Speakers at a meeting yesterday called on the government to impose restrictions on private car use during the rush hour in the cities in order to ease traffic congestion. Terming the car an inefficient mode of transport, they said private cars are mainly responsible for the traffic jam in the cities.
The European Commission (EC) will continue its support for the Bangladesh government's Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan through substantial contribution to various programmes, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the EC to Bangladesh Dr Stefan Frowein said yesterday
Health experts and rights activists at a seminar yesterday rejected the National Health Policy 2008, saying that it has ignored several fundamental issues and that such a policy should be formulated by an elected government, not the caretaker government.
Dhaka Ahsania Mission has organized a photo competition titled 'Natural Disaster of Bangladesh'. Photo journalists, professional and amateur photographers have been invited to participate in the photo competition, said a press release on Sunday.
Compost, organic fertiliser, is being made in all the unions of Gobindaganj Upazila of the district from water hyacinth under 100-day unemployment programme of the government. Upazila Nirbahi Officer Abdul Mannan formally inaugurated the scheme at Masta village under Kamardaha union in the upazila on Monday.
Human health, incorporating physical, social and psychological well-being, depends on an adequate supply of potable water and a safe environment. Human beings are exposed to climate change directly through weather patterns (more intense and frequent extreme events), and indirectly through changes in water, air, food quality and quantity, ecosystems, agriculture, livelihoods and infrastmcture.