Shekhar R Biswas

Even an hour-long rain generates flooding and waterlogging in many areas.

We should plant trees, but the right tree at the right time and place.

The threats resulting from climate warming and loss of nature are no longer theoretical, but a brutal reality.

Locally-led approaches are community-focused but differs from our traditional practice in several ways, and are more effective.

Two high-profile environmental conferences—the UN Biodiversity Conference under the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) and the UN Climate Change Conference under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—were held recently in Kunming, China and Glasgow, Scotland, respectively.

Frequent cyclones, flooding, riverbank erosion, salinity intrusion, and increased waterlogging are among the typical climate-induced adversities affecting Bangladesh.