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Located in Khulna District in Bangladesh, the installed reverse osmosis plants with ATM booth, are providing drinking water to the local communities. A water kiosk system installed in Dacope with the help of the community, local entrepreneurs and government stakeholders, decreased the problem of sa

Universal Health Coverage: Our Role in Advancing the Agenda in Bangladesh

Nadia Ishrat Alamgir To overcome poor quality health services, high expenses and a corrupt health system, policies around universal health coverage need to be developed Recently, a colleague pointed out to me that in Bangladesh, the Government provides free healthcare through public facilities, ye

Climate , Sustainable Development / 07/16/2017

Community-led adaptation: Myth or reality?

Smallholder farmers have much experience of adapting to their complex, diverse, and risk-prone environments Climate change is an outcome of human civilisation and undoubtedly the antidote to climate change is the community, either victims or contributors to global warming. Climate change poses threa

Climate , Energy , Sustainable Development / 06/08/2017

Clean energy for green environment

M Zakir Hossain Khan and Sifat E Rabb Clean energy will ensure the achievement of SDG 3 that has emphasised on ensuring healthy lives and promote well-being by reducing the public health damages caused by coal “The environment and the economy are really both two sides of the same coin. If we ca

Energy , Sustainable Development / 03/24/2017

Solar for work in Bangladesh

Abu Siddique The government is providing solar power systems as welfare payment in job schemes for the poor For nearly two years now, Bangladesh has been providing solar home systems as part of its welfare programmes targeted at the 40 million citizens who still live below the poverty line. Banglade

Climate , Data & Reports , Water / 03/10/2017

Climate change drives up river salinity in Bangladesh

Susmita Dasgupta Already facing increasing river salinity due to climate change, parts of coastal Bangladesh could become zones of poverty with limited freshwater available in rivers It has been established by now that coastal Bangladesh is being seriously affected by climate change. It is now imper

Climate , SDGs / 03/09/2017

Effective climate adaptation requires effective financing

Developed countries claimed that, altogether, around $33bn have been disbursed during 2014-2016 but overall disbursement rates remain relatively low The world has been struggling against three “V”s or vulnerabilities to climate change, corruption and conflicts (four “C”s). However, before

Climate , Gender , Migration , Sustainable Development / 01/04/2017

Women bear the brunt of climate-forced migration

Manipadma Jena The feminization of environmental migration is already underway in South Asia but governments are slow to recognise the role of climate change and there’s no policy action Hafiza Khatun remembers one morning two years ago. Her husband had come running back from work in a state of di

Climate , Data & Reports , Energy , Sustainable Development / 12/08/2016

Renewables remain marginal to Bangladesh’s energy plans

Pinaki Roy Bangladesh’s economy has been growing steadily at over 6%, making it one of the steady high performers among large countries. This growth is intimately tied to energy supply, but in a country of 161 million, only about 65% have access to electricity, which is itself a significant improv

Climate , Opinions , Sustainable Development / 11/05/2016

The road to Marrakech

In the COP22, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) should raise their voices to ensure time-bound specific targets of the reduction of carbon emission by developed countries with robust monitoring and evaluation. A road map for COP 22 and beyond With the alarming progression of climate risks across the

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