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…
দীর্ঘ সময় ধরে তিস্তার পানি বণ্টন চুক্তির অপেক্ষায় থেকে বাংলাদেশের মানুষ, বিশেষ করে তিস্তাপাড়ের জনগণ ভারতের অনৈতিক আচরণে অনেক বেশি হতাশ ও ক্ষুব্ধ। শুকনা মৌসুমে প্রয়োজনের সময় ভারত প্রায় সব পানিই উজানে তৈরি গজলডোবা বাঁধ এবং একাধিক দীর্ঘ ক্যানেল তৈরি করে তিস্তা অববাহিকার বাইরে নিয়ে যায়। ফলে ভাটিতে অবস্থিত বাংলাদেশের কৃষি, সেচ, নৌ-চলাচল এবং মত্স্যসম্পদ … Read more…
An untimely flood wreaked havoc on the Teesta basin in Bangladesh, beginning on the night of Wednesday, October 20, 2021. A sudden onrush of Teesta water flooded the area to a level that has not been witnessed since 1968. Several people have died, while thousands of people have lost their crops, their houses have been … Read more…
Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change, in part due to its geographical positioning and low-lying land. The geography and other environmental elements have also made Bangladesh historically prone to flooding, especially during the monsoon season, from early July to late September. The regular flooding already often comes … Read more…
1. Introduction In the October Newsletter, we reported that the sixth assessment report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I , published in August, reiterated the global temperature rise and noted that the scale of recent changes across the climate system due to the temperature rise are unprecedented over many … Read more…
The Edward M. Kennedy (EMK) Center, in collaboration with the Anushandhitshu Chokro Science Organization and Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA), hosted an online lecture series consisting of three lectures on the impact of climate change on the environment of Bangladesh and related vulnerability issues. BEN/BAPA members were the speakers for this series. Created in 2012, the … Read more…
Use of renewable energy sources, especially solar, continues to grow worldwide as solar energy prices continue to drop relative to conventional sources. However, solar energy cannot be relied on at night, forcing a switch to other energy sources, including fossil fuels. The “Green Grids” initiative, developed originally by the International Solar Alliance, seeks to … Read more…