Concern for Bangladesh Coastal Area in Global Climate Change Debate

A campaign has been launched on 26^th of May 2007 in Dhaka on climate change and its impact in Bangladesh to draw attention on the eve of G-8 summit in Germany and World Environment Day during the first week of June 2007 of Bangladesh. Please find the media coverage.

The Daily Star

'Protect coastal areas from adverse impacts of climate change'
 

COAST has launched six brief position papers both in English and Bengali, headlines are as follows; if you are interested, please click for details.

Factors of Climate Change: Global Warming is the Major Ground

Measures to Combat Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol

Increasing Salinity Threatens Productivity of Bangladesh

Salinity Threatens the World Heritage: The Sundarbans of Bangladesh

Climate Change: River Erosion in Bangladesh

Sea Level Rise: Environmental Refugee in Bangladesh

The campaign has been initiated by COAST, a coastal area based NGO in Bangladesh. Please visit www.coastbd.org.