Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) has started a bi-monthly webinar series in June 2022. The two-hour webinars are held on the last Saturday of the month, every other month, at a time convenient for as many time zones of the world as possible, currently 11 AM US Eastern/NY Time. BEN experts from all over the world contribute to the discussion focused on issues related to the environment and climate in Bangladesh in a global context. One fourth of the session is dedicated to audience engagement that follows one or more keynote presentations and discussions. The webinars are held in Zoom and livestreamed on YouTube. A flyer with the Zoom link to join the webinar is posted on the BEN FB group and mailed to BEN mailing lists well ahead of the event. The links to previous webinar videos, flyers, and slides are documented below.
Ganga (Padma) Barrage: Questions and Proposals
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Md. Khalequzzaman, Professor, Geology and Oceanography, Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania; Global Coordinator, BEN
Discussants:
Md. Abdullah Al Baky, GIS and Remote Sensing Professional; Director, Geospatial Intellect, Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Ahad Chowdhury, Geologist; Faculty, Jefferson Community and Technical College, Louisville, Kentucky; Member, BEN
Md. Zakir Hossain, Geologist, BWDB, Dhaka; Research Scholar, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Mr. Soumya Dutta, Former Member, Advisory Board, UN CTCN; Co-convener, SAPACC, West Bengal, India
Mr. Dipak Gyawali, (Pragya), Academician, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Bagmati, Nepal
Parineeta Dandekar, Associate Coordinator, South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People, Delhi, India
Dr. Priya Gahlot, Academician,Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi, India
Chair:
Dr. Nazrul Islam, Professor, Asian Growth Research Institute; Former Head of Development Research, United Nations; Founder, BEN
DIRECTORY OF PAST WEBINARS
Earthquake Risk in Bangladesh
Nuclear Energy in Bangladesh
Waste Management in Bangladesh: Technical-Policy Challenges, and Way Forward
Crisis of the Teesta River: Which Way Forward?
Drinking Water and Sanitation in Bangladesh
Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Bangladesh
Evolution and Reform of Bangladesh’s Forest Policy: Implications for Forest Management
Future of Energy in Bangladesh?
Recent Floods: Causes, Consequences, and Countermeasures
Impact of Sea Level Rise on Arsenic Contamination in the Drinking Water in Bangladesh
Mathematical Modeling of Human, Social and Natural Systems
Climate Change, Gender and Development
Climate Change, Development, and Livelihood in Coastal Bangladesh
Underlying Causes of Flooding and Waterlogging in Greater Sylhet and the Haor Region
Air quality in Bangladesh: Sources, Atmospheric Interactions, Impacts, Control Strategies, and Recommendations
Spatiotemporal Variation in Heatwaves and Urban Heat Island Intensity in Bangladesh
Sustainable Transportation: Potential for e-Mobility in Bangladesh
Sedimentation Rates Vs. Sea-Level Rise at the Bangladesh Coast
The Renewable Energy Transition: A Global Revolution, Climate Action & Bangladesh’s Sustainable Energy Future
Water Development in Bangladesh: Past, Present and Future
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This session was originally live-streamed on Facebook and was unfortunately removed by Meta. The recording is currently unavailable.
