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Rising tides, sinking chalkboards: How climate change threatens Bangladesh’s primary education
Source: The Daily Star
Date: 19 Sep 2023
Climate change is severely affecting children’s education in Bangladesh. Extreme weather events driven by climate change, such as cyclones and flooding, put millions of children at risk. Economic challenges can lead to lower school enrollment rates and increased child labor. Climate-related illnesses disrupt learning, and poor hygiene further hampers students. Children’s emotional well-being suffers due to anxiety about climate change. Extreme weather events disrupt school operations and damage infrastructure, causing student displacement and attendance issues.
Addressing these challenges requires climate-resilient infrastructure, digital resources, and community-based education, with collaboration between government, NGOs, and communities. A comprehensive plan is needed to ensure a climate-resilient education system and a brighter, sustainable future for Bangladesh’s children.
National adaptation plan for climate – resilient development strategy
Source: Kuensel Online
Date: 18 Sep 2023
Bhutan launched its first National Adaptation Plan (NAP) on September 16, becoming one of 17 Least Developed Countries with such a plan. The NAP, developed over five years, aims to reduce vulnerability to climate change impacts and integrate adaptation into policies and activities. It focuses on sectors like water, agriculture, forestry, health, and disaster risk reduction. Bhutan has faced climate-related hazards like floods, landslides, and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). The NAP also addresses challenges in forest health, agriculture, and livestock. This initiative seeks to raise public awareness and engagement in climate adaptation and mitigation, aligning with Bhutan’s commitment to climate-resilient and low-emission development.
G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration commits resilience in a riskier planet
Source: UNESCAP
Date: 19 Sep 2023
The G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi adopted the New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration, emphasizing disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the context of a warming planet. This marks the first time the G20 established a Working Group to integrate DRR across its work, aiming to reduce risk, prevent new risk creation, and build resilient economies. The declaration commits to accelerating early warning and action, supporting disaster resilience of infrastructure, and sharing recovery experiences. In Asia and the Pacific, where disasters have claimed two million lives since 1970, the focus is on early warning systems. A regional strategy aims to enhance transboundary synergies for comprehensive early warnings.
