Access to sustainable and affordable energy services (e.g. small-scale and community-based renewable energy projects) is a crucial factor in reducing poverty in developing countries. Global finance to developing countries in support of clean and renewable energy in 2017 (USD 21.3 billion) doubles the level from 2010 (USD 10 billion) according to the latest figures of … Read more…
The passage of the annual International Day of Education a week ago marks the commemoration of a global commitment to work toward quality, equitable education for everyone. As we go into this new year, one thing is clear: education must emphasize sustainability and environmental education to adequately prepare young minds for the climate reality they … Read more…
Bangladesh Environment Network has recently funded a safe drinking water project for the flood victims in the Teesta Area. BAPA leader Faridul Islam supervised the installation of twenty tube wells at various villages in the area. The locations were identified through a field survey by BAPA volunteers. Tube well installation events were followed by town … Read more…
Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) greets all on the occasion of the approaching new year of 2022. It wishes all good health, success, and happiness in the new year. The year of 2021 continued to be a difficult one due to the persistence of COVID-19, in particular the emergence of its new variants. People continue to … Read more…
Conference organizing committee (COC) of the Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon-Bangladesh Environment Network (BAPA-BEN) 2022 annual conference held a press conference at the Sagar-Runi Auditorium of Dhaka Reporters’ Unity at Dhaka on Friday December 17, 2021. Sultana Kamal, the President of BAPA and the Chairperson of the COC, announced the theme and the date for the upcoming … Read more…
The Haor Oncholbasee–a civic society organization working for the people living in the Haor region in Bangladesh organized a webinar on Causeways or Viaduct in the haor region. Architect Khondker Neaz Rahman, the Deputy Team Leader of the DAP, presented the keynote paper. Discussions from Engineer Malik Fida A. Khan, the Executive Director of CEGIS … Read more…
Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) distributed 900 blankets among the people affected by the October 2021 Teesta flood. Purchased with a fund of Taka 200,000 collected by Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) the blankets were distributed in the following areas: – four villages of Ulipur and Rajarhat upazila in the district of Kurigram – five villages of … Read more…
Experts and activists of Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) continue to work towards the 2022 BAPA-BEN annual conference. Dr. Ahmed Badruzzaman, a faculty at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, is leading the BEN efforts. as the Co-Chair of the technical committee of the conference. BEN leaders from around the world, … Read more…
BAPA-BEN announced its 2022 annual conference. Titled “Energy, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development,” the conference will be held virtually on February 11-12 (Friday and Saturday), 2022. The event will be organized in cooperation with other pro-environment universities, organizations, and institutions from different parts of the world and Bangladesh. The conference will address the issues around … Read more…
BEN Desk Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) hosted an online dialogue on the management of the Teesta River, a trans-boundary river flowing through India and Bangladesh. Dr. Md. Khalequzzaman, professor of Geology at Lock Haven University, Pennsylvania, USA, presented the keynote, laying out the environmental impacts of the proposed Teesta River Comprehensive Management Project (TRCMP). A … Read more…
