Blogs

climate change

• Eyes in the sky: tracking methane through satellites to facilitate emissions reduction for climate mitigation (November 2022)

• Are nations fulfilling their carbon pledges? Introducing a satellite-based carbon emissions database to enable easy tracking (September 2022)

• Deploying ‘Sentinel Satellites’ to monitor Green House Gas Emissions (November 2021)

• Cutting Global Carbon Emissions: Where do Cities Stand? (January, 2022)

• The Perils of Prawn-Catching for Women in Sundarbans (January, 2022)

• Are nations fulfilling their carbon pledges? Introducing a satellite-based carbon emissions database to enable easy tracking (September, 2022)

• Managing coastal out-migration in Bangladesh  (February 2021)

• Mangroves and coastal protection: A potential triple-win for Bangladesh  (July 2020)

• Proactive, crosscutting adaptation measures are needed to reduce climate change impacts on the poor  (May 2020)

• Increasing resilience to climate change is good development policy  (April 2020)

• Protection from cyclones: Benefits of integrating green and gray infrastructure  (April 2019)

• Can Mangroves mitigate catastrophic consequences of cyclone-induced storm surges? 

also featured in https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/64752  (April 2019)

• Risk of sea-level rise: high stakes for East Asia & Pacific region countries  (March 2018)

• When cyclones strike: Using mangroves to protect coastal areas  (November 2017)

• Climate change drives up river salinity in Bangladesh  (March 2017)

• The progressive salinization of water and soil in a changing climate will significantly alter the UNESCO Heritage Sundarbans ecosystem and impact the people dependent on it  (January 2017)

• Left unattended, 5.3 million of Bangladesh’s poor will be vulnerable to the effects of climate change in 2050  (April 2015)

• The Hidden Dimensions of Poverty: Prospective Impacts of Climate Change on Land Degradation and Rural Livelihoods in Bangladesh (January 2015)

• Dhaka needs climate-smart policies to avoid waterlogging in a changing climate (December 2015)

• River Salinity in Coastal Bangladesh in a Changing Climate  (March 2014)

• Coastal Wetlands Highly Vulnerable to Sea-Level Rise  (February 2013)

• A High Cost to Bangladesh if it Remains Unprepared for Climate Change  (April 2011)

• Sea-Level Rise and Storm Surges: New Data on 500 Cities  (September 2009)

• Risk of intensified storm surges: High stakes for developing countries  (April 2009)

• Will availability of fish decline in Sundarbans with climate change?  (in Bengali) (May 2018)

biodiversity conservation

• Supporting Global Biodiversity Conservation with Broader Species Coverage (December 2022)

• Managing with mangroves: cost-effective coastal protection for Ghana (May 2023)

• Restoring Guinea’s mangroves for coastal resilience (May 2023)

• Understanding the women-mangrove nexus in coastal Ghana (May 2023)

• The intersecting needs of women and mangroves in coastal Guinea (May 2023)

• Overlapping priorities: Data for mapping biodiversity and development activities  (October 2019)

• Habitat Threats for Bengal, Indochinese, Malayan and Sumatran Tigers  (October 2012)

Environmental health

• Drinking Water Scarcity in Indian Sundarban  (March 2020)

• The Perils of Prawn-Catching for Sundarbans Women (March 2020)

• May our children always have fish and rice  (in Bengali) (April 2018)

• Addressing Household Air Pollution: A Case Study in Rural Madagascar  (January 2014)

• Health Costs and Benefits of DDT Use in Malaria Control and Prevention  (October 2012)