The Lived Experience of Climate Change

Climate and COVID-19 crises both need feminism – here's why.

Read Prof Farhana Sultana's op-ed in The Hill

Climate and COVID-19 crises both need feminism – here's why Instead of analyzing each crisis separately, we learn more by looking at how they intersect.

Beyond resilience, we need to prosper in the face of climate change

Beyond resilience, we need to prosper in the face of climate change Last week, I wrote in this daily about the need for Bangladesh to take a “whole of society” approach to international diplomacy on tackling climate change globally, rather than depending on the annual Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC...

Are you a budding social scientist, looking to gain hands-on experience in social science research and improve your research methodology skills? BRAC Institute of Governance and Development - BIGD is now accepting applications for the Young Researchers' Fellowship Program, a 4-month, full-time opportunity open to applicants with a minimum Bachelor's degree from any discipline, to attain experiential learning under the mentorship of senior researchers.

✅ Details: https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/young-researchers-fellowship-program/

⏰ Deadline: 20 May, 2021 (Thursday)

Happy 50th birthday Bangladesh! 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

Dr Naomi Hossain's fascinating collection of essays that asks 'Are we rich yet?' makes an important contribution to the conversation about Bangladesh at 50.

Becoming Bangladesh A collection of essays about Bangladesh in its 50th year of independence, featuring deadly cyclones, some of The Beatles, digital nostalgia in Dhaka, airports and travellers, and a pair of diamond shoes.

'The Unbearable Whiteness of Climate Anxiety' https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-unbearable-whiteness-of-climate-anxiety/ via

The Unbearable Whiteness of Climate Anxiety Is it really just code for white people wishing to hold onto their way of life or get “back to normal?"

In Bangladesh, the marginalised Munda face extra barriers to climate adaptation Shut off from microfinance and benefits, members of the Hindu minority in coastal Bangladesh have struggled to rebuild their lives after Cyclone Amphan

‘On the brink of destitution’: Covid and climate change push Bangladeshi farmers back into poverty.'

‘On the brink of destitution’: Covid and climate change push Bangladeshi farmers back into poverty Access to foreign markets pulled farmers hit by climate change out of hardship – but the pandemic has switched progress into reverse

How Dhaka's urban poor are dealing with COVID-19

How Dhaka's urban poor are dealing with COVID-19 COVID-19 presents not only a health crisis, but a food crisis for Dhaka’s poorest. Guest blogger John Taylor describes how urban poor communities have risen to the challenge

New paper | I reflect on my experience of using personal stories, subjective experiences & non-fictional events to create theatre জলবায়ু পরিবর্তনের যাপিত অভিজ্ঞতা

Now out in the Journal of Applied Theatre & Performance https://doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2020.1791696

If you would like a copy DM me or there are 50 free online copies of the article here https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9SDRT4RF5AGBTHKCXDES/full?target=10.1080/13569783.2020.1791696

Climate justice cannot happen without racial injustice.

Climate justice can't happen without racial justice Why has there been so little mention of saving Black lives from the climate emergency? For too long, racial justice efforts have been distinguished from climate justice work, says David Lammy, Member of Parliament for Tottenham, England. In a stirring talk about building a new movement to care for t...

If you would like to learn more about climate impacts, displacement, and adaptation in Bangladesh join the webinar on 10 September 👉

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: [Climate:RED] Session: Climate impacts, displacement, and adaptation in Bangladesh (#158). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. This session will demonstrate the collaborative action taken and impact to reduce risks, adapt systems and manage climate related displacement in Bangladesh. It will explore what further needs to be done at the policy and practice levels, informed by the ground realities of vulnerable communities im...