Interviews – Prakrity

June 18, 2025

‘Youth can drive positive change in fight against climate change’- Hasin Jahan

Water is one of the most threatened resources in Bangladesh, with levels rapidly declining due to climate change, pollution, and unchecked urbanisation. Many water bodies have been filled in or destroyed, disrupting natural recharge systems and straining groundwater supplies. Climate change depletes water tables, while pollution and urbanization suffocate water bodies. Traditional solutions like dredging […]

6 mins read

June 18, 2025

Bonn Climate Talks: Bangladesh presses for grants, equity and climate justice

More than 5,000 government delegates and stakeholders from around the world are set to gather in Bonn tomorrow (16 June) for the opening of the 62nd session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB62), a key milestone on the road to the COP30 UN Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil, this November. This ten-day mid-year negotiation is considered […]

9 mins read

June 18, 2025June 18, 2025

‘Climate change is happening faster than it was predicted’

Saleemul Huq was a leading climate expert and was the co-author of a number of Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports. On the eve of an international climate conference in Dhaka, titled “6th Gobeshona: International Conference on Research into Action” The Business Standard talked with him on a number of burning issues. The interview […]

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June 18, 2025June 18, 2025

Interview with Dr. Ainun Nishat: Bangladesh ‘cannot have’ a fixed delta plan for 2100

Ainun Nishat, a leading South Asia water expert, analyses the capacity of the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 to secure sustainable livelihoods and a less vulnerable ecosystem The Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers form the world’s largest delta, two-thirds of which is in Bangladesh. The three rivers and their 700-odd tributaries have brought down silt from […]

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