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Inside Stories on Climate Compatible Development: Bangladesh

Kirsten Luxbacher

December, 2011

Bangladesh is afflicted by a multitude of natural hazards including tropical cyclones, tornadoes, tsunamis, drought, earthquakes, riverbank erosion, landslides, salinity intrusion and arsenic contamination. In an average year, roughly 10 million Bangladeshi citizens are affected by one or more such hazards, and their frequency and severity is projected to increase as a result of climate change. The impacts of these disasters are exacerbated by the fact that almost one third of the nation’s population lives below the poverty line and has little capacity to adapt.

Report from Bangladesh: Turning Local Adaptation Lessons into National Policy

By Heather McGray on April 27, 2011

How can national policies support communities to adapt to climate change?

Adapting to Climate Change In Bangladesh

By Aarjan Dixit on April 14, 2011

Floating gardens, raised homes, and reflections from the field.

The Access Initiative: a Network in Action

By Monika Kerdeman and Andrew Rizzardi on July 24, 2009

Here is a quick summary of recent progress by Access Initiative partners working to strengthen civil society, increase participation, and improve environmental policy choices.

Commission Proposes Plan to Battle Climate Change on the Ground

May 14, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C. and NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.

A path for financing smart economic development through strong institutions was announced today by a 14-person commission appointed to advise political leaders on climate change.

Growing the Wealth of the World's Poor

By Jonathan Lash on October 7, 2008

With Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director, UN Under-Secretary General

The food crises of the present will seem as nothing to those of the future unless the world brings some urgency and intelligence to managing the planet’s nature-based assets.

Potential For Scaling Up Community-Based Fishery Management

July 24, 2008

To better understand the need and potential for scaling up environmental income and resilience through good ecosystem stewardship, consider the plight of inland fisheries in Bangladesh.

What Does Environmental Democracy Look Like?

By Monika Kerdeman on April 28, 2008
Environmental democracy is about government being transparent, accountable, and involving people in decisions that affect their environment. 20 countries in The Access Initiative (TAI) network are expanding their work to promote environmental democracy. Here is a summary of what’s ahead in 2008 and beyond.

Global Civil Society Network to Examine Access to Information, Justice, Participation in Bangladesh

May 4, 2007

The Access Initiative Expands to South Asia, with a New Focus on Poverty and Water