World Environment Day

June 5, 2021

5 ways BRAC supports people to adapt to climate change

Bangladesh has been often called the ground zero of climate change. Geographically located at one of the world’s largest deltas, with more tropical cyclones occurring than any other country, means that its population of 163 million deal with the impacts brought on by the changing climate every day. On World Environment Day 2021, we look at five examples from BRAC on how to adapt to climate change.
June 5, 2020

World Environment Day 2020: Time to look at how we will recover better

Today is World Environment Day. The day comes at a time of enormous upheaval. As the world faces COVID-19, we are seeing significant reductions in carbon emissions as well as significant rises in plastic disposable products and medical waste. The question we should all be asking is: What do we want the world to look like after the pandemic?