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BEN ENVIRONMENT NEWSLETTER, Year 18, No. 11 (November, 2021) |
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Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) had a busy November. Towards the beginning of the month, the organization announced the annual BAPA-BEN conference. The Feb 10-11, 2022 virtual conference focuses on the energy policy of Bangladesh and related issues. One other area where BEN put substantial efforts during the last month is the Teesta River. BEN experts contributed opinion pieces on the issue to reputed Dhaka dailies, which are reprinted in this newsletter with the permission of the authors. BEN’s monthly Sunday adda for November was dedicated to an online dialogue on the management of the River Teesta. Ten experts, activists, and national and local leaders discussed the environmental and economic consequences of the Teesta River Comprehensive Management Project for three hours. This issue of the newsletter covers a summer 2021 environmental lecture series where Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) played a key role. It also includes a follow-up piece on our previous issue’s commentary on the sixth-assessment report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). |
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Annual BAPA-BEN Conference 2022 |
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BEN Desk |
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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… |
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BEN-BAPA Online Dialogue on the Teesta River |
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BEN Desk |
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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 of Lock Haven University presented the keynote, laying out the environmental impacts of the proposed Teesta River Comprehensive Management Project (TRCMP). A… |
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Some Lessons from the Untimely Teesta Flood |
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Nazrul Islam |
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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… |
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তিস্তা মহাপরিকল্পনা প্রকৃতিবিরোধী প্রকল্প |
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Mohamed Khalequzzaman |
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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… |
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Extreme Weather Outcomes of Global Temperature Rise: IPCC AR6 Assessment |
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Ahmed Badruzzaman |
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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… |
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UK and India Announce “Green Grids” Initiative at COP26 |
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Mehraj Awal |
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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… |
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An Overview of Flooding in Bangladesh |
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Tanzilla Purnota |
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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… |
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Environmental Lectures at the EMK Center, Dhaka |
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Dipen Bhattacharya |
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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… |
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