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Climate-Resilient Rural Roads in Bangladesh- Features and Benefits
Photo Credit- ADPC Transport Team, Bangladesh, 2022 Climate change has widespread, disproportionate, and unpredictable impacts on Bangladesh's remote, vulnerable, and high-risk regions. The rural inhabitants are more at risk due to socio-economic challenges and extreme weather events. The rural communities are deeply intertwined with the natural environment and reliant on traditional livelihoods. The recurrent impacts [...] Read More
Coping Mechanisms in the Charland’s of Bangladesh
Photo: Charland in North-Western Bangladesh The charlands (raised shoals within the river), situated along the Brahmaputra River, face severe climate impacts, compelling the local communities to devise coping mechanisms to combat climate-induced disasters. The charlands encircled by the Dharla, Dudhkumar, and Shankosh rivers are exposed to hazards like riverine erosion, floods, and cyclones. The local [...] Read More
Re-evaluating Coastal Risks: Land Elevation Data and Climate Change
Dr. Benjamin Strauss (Photo by ADPC) Dr. Benjamin Strauss is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientist at Climate Central based in New York, USA. While most of the scientific community researches disasters and climate change, we’ve focused 99% of our energy on how far and how quickly the sea-level will rise or how high storms [...] Read More
Water and Health: Impact of Climate Change in 6 Hotspots of Bangladesh
The blog post was first published on 14 November 2022 and retrieved from World Bank Blogs As part of the Country Climate and Development Report, studies showed the effects of the change of water on health in hotspots around Bangladesh and found the consequences pronounced for women and children. (Photo taken from World Bank Blogs) [...] Read More
The Relationship between Climate Change and Disasters with Prof. Ilan Kelman
Ilan Kelman is a Professor of Disasters and Health at the Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction at University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom. He is also the author of the book ‘Disaster by Choice: How our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes’ which considers the social, political, and economic factors involved in [...] Read More
Fishing for Responsible Recreation
An offroad vehicle plows through a stream (photo by: Ahmad Syahrir/ Pexels). The Transport sector is both a driver and victim of climate change impacts. According to the World Bank, transport accounts for 20 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and with urbanization and motorization on the rise in developing countries, this could grow [...] Read More
Patched-up and Pothole-free with Dr. Prathap Rao
Dr. Prathap Rao, a.k.a PotHole Raja, helping fix potholes in Bengaluru, India (photo by: PotHole Raja, 2022) Potholes are a proper pain for road-users, damaging cars and putting lives at risk. They are predominantly caused by water and traffic. Water weakens the soil beneath the pavement while traffic applies the loads that stress the pavement [...] Read More
Scaling Up Effective Climate Investments: A Discussion at COP-27
The article was first published on Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) website on 14 November 2022 available here. Click on the group photo below to watch the full panel session recording. Panelists discussing the importance of scaling-up actions for effective climate investments at a panel discussion at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Financing is [...] Read More