Climate Action That Pays: Innovative Insurance Securing Livelihoods in Bangladesh
Empowering Women and Farmers to Insure Their Livelihoods Against Climate Shocks Kurigram is a northern district of Bangladesh and a severely climate-vulnerable area. Floods, river erosion, droughts, and lightning are common phenomena here. The district experiences devastating floods – sometimes as many as five times in a single year. It washes out agricultural lands […]
Driving capital to the local level brings vital services to remote villages in Bangladesh
For most of her 84 years, Nayon Tara Chakma began each day with a climb. As the sun rose, she would set out from her mountain home in the remote Bangladesh village of Keronchhari, and scramble up two kilometres of uneven paths to fetch water for her household. Happily, those arduous mornings are now a […]
Resilience in Action: How communities are Safeguarding Lives during disasters Through Climate-Smart Infrastructures in Bangladesh
Empowering local communities to withstand floods, cyclones, and lightning through climate-smart, community-built infrastructure By A K M Azad Rahman, Project Coordinator, LoGIC Project, UNDP Bangladesh; Tahmina Tamanna, Climate Resilient Infrastructure Analyst, LoGIC Project, UNCDF Bangladesh; Tanishaa Arman Akangkha, Knowledge Management and Communications Associate, LoGIC Project, UNDP Bangladesh Bangladesh is acutely exposed to climate risks and […]
Building Climate Resilience Through Partnerships
Community-led solutions turning climate challenges into opportunities for resilience in Bangladesh The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been working in Bangladesh since soon after the country gained independence, helping rebuild the nation and supporting development. From the very beginning, UNDP has focused on working together with local governments, communities, and other development partners. Similarly, […]
Antu Rani: A Coastal Changemaker Turning Climate Struggles into Green Enterprise
In the remote and climate-vulnerable Charmontaz Union of Patuakhali, 23-year-old Antu Rani grew up witnessing firsthand the daily struggles of a coastal community battered by storms, tidal surges, and poverty. With limited opportunities and a financially constrained background, Antu longed to contribute to her community—but lacked a platform. That changed when her mother became involved with the Local […]
UN Volunteers Empowering Communities Against Climate Change and Building Resilience
Empowering Vulnerable Communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts Through Climate-Resilient Livelihoods and Local Leadership In the remote hills of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh, where green landscapes meet the challenges of extreme weather, a group of UN Community Volunteers is quietly reshaping the future and transforming the lives of vulnerable communities. Their dedication […]
Turning Waste into Worth
Empowering Women and Building Climate Resilience Through Vermicomposting in Northern Bangladesh “I never thought waste could change our lives,” said Sharitan Begum, gently patting the side of her compost shed in a small village in Kurigram, northern Bangladesh. Kurigram, one of the most climate-vulnerable districts in the country, sits close to the border. Crisscrossed by […]
Solar Water Brings Resilience in CHT
A solar-powered water solution restores dignity and ease to an elderly widow and her village in the remote hills of Rangamati. “Now I have water in my yard. I am very happy,” says Nayon Tara Chakma, an 84-year-old widow from Keronchhari village in Rangamati. Her smile is quiet but full. Her hands, weathered by time, […]
Against the Current: How Shefali Reclaimed Her Life
For as long as she could remember, Shefali Akter’s life had been inseparable from the rivers of coastal Bangladesh. Born into the boat-dwelling Vedic community in the southern district of Patuakhali, her days were spent casting nets and surviving storms. “When my father passed away, I was only three years old. My mother raised me […]
Unity to overcome climate adversity: The women entrepreneurs of Char Montaz
Backed by a multi-donor climate resilience project, nearly 900 women in Char Montaz have launched a cooperative business, producing fish for both human consumption and agro-feeding, leading to multiple sources of income Shilpa Rani, 30, is a resident of the Char Montaz union in the coastal district of Patuakhali. She has three children, two of […]