Nature-based Solutions Bangladesh

"Communities within Bangladesh have been working with nature for many years to adapt to climatic impacts and there is a rich body of knowledge on how to implement Nature-based Solutions."

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Can we be bold enough and integrate Nature-based Solutions into Blue Economy?

11th August 2021
In the latest Daily Star article, Dr. Haseeb Irfanullah talks about the similarities between nature-based solutions (NbS) and blue economy. The article highlights how Bangladesh can create the enablers for promoting blue [...] Read more

What will the next phase of floating agriculture look like?

5th August 2021

In the recently published Daily Star article, Dr. Haseeb Irfanullah captured Bangladesh’s fascinating stories on Floating Agriculture which has passed six phases over the last 100 years, and concluded by asking how [...] Read more

ICCCAD receives a short-term grant

5th August 2021

 ICCCAD has received a short-term small-grant on “Understanding the economic recovery potential of nature-based solutions (NbS) in Bangladesh” 

International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) at the Independent University, Bangladesh and Instituto [...] Read more

Capitalising on Nature-based Solutions

25th June 2021
In the recent issue of Crisis Response Journal, Dr. Haseeb Irfanullah wrote a piece on Capitalising on Nature-based Solutions exploring the history and growing popularity of the ecosystem-based approaches as a means of mitigating [...] Read more

Let’s not get confused over nature-based solutions

28th April 2021

As nature-based solutions (NbS) is gaining momentum in several global and national agendas, we should not misuse this term. In this article, Dr. Haseeb Irfanullah clarified this confusion and highlighted what can [...] Read more

Nature-based solutions for our towns and cities

24th March 2021

While talking about NbS interventions, we often think about ecosystems in or close to rural areas. But the urban areas with big or small cities or towns also face many societal challenges [...] Read more

Is floating agriculture a nature-based solution?

23rd February 2021

While branding different interventions as nature-based solutions (NbS), Dr. Haseeb Irfanullah took the example of floating agriculture and analyzed how it is providing multiple ecosystem benefits for human wellbeing and environmental benefits, [...] Read more

Climate Tribune theme on Nature-based Solutions

2nd February 2021

The International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) has published the Climate Tribune January 2021 issue on the theme of “Nature-based Solutions (NbS)”. The authors of this issue are early career [...] Read more

2020 has been a year of nature-based solutions

18th January 2021

Just before the beginning of 2021, Dr. Haseeb Md. Irfanullah wrote an article on ‘The Daily Star’ where he discussed on three milestones generating strong interest in NbS in Bangladesh in 2020 [...] Read more

Policy brief on a roadmap for NbS in Bangladesh

2nd December 2020

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are receiving international attention for helping us to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change, whilst protecting biodiversity and supporting sustainable development. Bangladesh has a long history [...] Read more

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