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Haors are gigantic bowl-shaped floodplain depressions that serve as water storage areas during the monsoon season, receiving water from canals and rivers; however, they dry up during the summer. This northeastern subdistrict, covers approximately 1.99 million hectares, houses over 19.37 million people, and has distinctive hydro-ecological features (BHWDB, 2012). \nLocal people employ various adaptive measures to address their suffering. A village farmer stated that _“There is no work in some months, a great shortage of work, for which the number of unemployed people is also high. Because there is no suitable land during the monsoon, people often leave the area. Furthermore, we could not cultivate other crops due to the soil type, geographic location, and climatic conditions. Some of us went to the city, some did other jobs like motorbike riding, shopkeeping, and day labouring”._ \n\nBecause agricultural activity is not possible during the monsoon, most people rely on alternative livelihoods during this period. Either they go fishing, open a small business, or move to city areas. Seasonal migration for work, safety, and other reasons is common in that community. There are also some floating services coming from NGOs, such as floating mobile schools and clinics. \n\nLocal people also use their traditional and indigenous knowledge in their adaptive solutions. For example, if they cannot bear the expense of sandbags to build embankments around their houses, they plant a certain type of grass that absorbs water in high volumes. They also use pillars and trees to measure water level. During the dry season, farmers plant climate-resilient seeds such as BRRI Dhan 51. Motorcycles are one of the crucial vehicles for transporting from one union to another in the dry season, so many people take that up as their livelihoods. They have their own local association, which oversees all transportation processes. \n\nSome enthusiastic villagers are very keen to contribute to disaster management and adaptation processes. Among them, Abdur Rahman is a small-business owner and the president of the “Shekhergao Gram Unnoyan Committee”.  He stated that _“once an NGO named Shouhardo came to us and created a team via our own decision and choices. They told us to create a team with a president, vice president, and other members by our own votes, and we formed a team. We got training in disaster management.  Now we arrange weekly/monthly meetings with the general people of the village and talk about disaster preparedness, mitigation measures, and effective response during disasters.”_ \n\nBut regretfully, they are not included in the finance or decision-making processes. Their perspectives and ideas are sometimes incorporated into group discussions, but this is insufficient for proper LLA. In this current approach, they are not empowered; rather, they are just informed. If proper LLA is established in Dharmapasha, the local community can build their capacity to not only respond to floods, droughts, and other hazards, but they can also build their economic resilience. The government officials, NGO workers, and most importantly, the local people of Dharmapasha may have some understanding of climate change adaptation, but they remain unaware of LLA and its potential.\n\nThe most difficult challenge for Dharmapasha is their road networks. 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The conference will take place on November 20 and 21, 2025, at the IUB campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh.\n\nThe conference is initiated under the COLOCAL project, serving as the event’s thematic backdrop as well. Operating under the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation’s NORHED II 2021-2026 program, the COLOCAL project aims to create a greater evidence base on Locally-Led Adaptation (LLA) in the Global South through undertaking research that focuses on vulnerable communities facing diverse climate risks, adopting bottom-up approaches to knowledge co-creation.\n\nIn alignment with COLOCAL’s objectives, the conference adopted the theme “Global Strategies and Local Actions,” bringing attention to how urgent environmental challenges should be navigated through the lens of inclusive, community-driven approaches. 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The conference will also feature a series of workshops and thematic sessions designed to strengthen interdisciplinary learning and amplify community voices. \n\nDr. A Atiq Rahman will be providing the keynote speech, leveraging his decades of research experience in this sector, and Dr. Faisal Kabir will also be providing a secondary keynote, exploring how the Local Service Providers (LSP) model can directly contribute to a bottom-up approach in sustainable agriculture by providing community-based services to farmers. Complementing this, _CIMMYT_, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, _Shushilan_, and the _Paribartan Project_ under _ICCCAD_, will host their workshop on “_Tools for Systemic Locally Led Adaptation (LLA)_,” where participants will be introduced to practical frameworks for assessing climate risks, co-creating solutions, and embedding community priorities into adaptation planning.\n\nThe roster of sessions will also bring forth the human dimensions of climate vulnerabilities, as exemplified by “_Path to Equity for a Sustainable Future_,” hosted by local leaders from the Dalit and Munda communities of Satkhira. This session aims to advocate for people who face vulnerabilities at the intersection of climate disasters and human rights, as addressed by the local leaders from two such communities. 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The session has facilitated the exchange of research findings and practical experiences among different researchers and institutions working on climate change, ocean literacy, environmental conservation, disaster risk reduction, and community resilience building at the ground level.\n\nThe Session Chair was Dr. S. M. Mustafizur Rahman, (Assistant Professor, Dept of OCN, BMU). And, Dr. K. Ayaz Rabbani (Associate Professor, Dept of ESM, IUB) was also present as the inaugural guest. Two representatives of the fishermen community of Cox’s Bazar, respectively Humayun Kabir & Ziaul Karim were also present at the session & they have highlighted a gross figure of the various environmental issues the fishermen are facing in the Bay of Bengal during fishing. Additionally, the session room was full of enthusiastic youth & changemakers from diversified universities.\n\nThe program featured diverse presentations addressing environmental conservation, ocean literacy, and climate adaptation. 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20 November 2026, a pot gaan performance by Rupantar Theatre added a lively cultural element to the international conference titled “Environment and Changing Climate 2025: Global Strategies; Local Actions” held at Independent University, Bangladesh..\n\nRupantar is a well-known cultural and theatre group in Bangladesh that uses traditional folk music to raise awareness about social and environmental issues. They often work with communities and use traditional storytelling to share important messages through music and theatre. Their work often focuses on marginalized communities, gender equality, and environmental justice.\n\nAt ECC’25 conference, Rupantar performed a pot gaan focused on climate change and environmental degradation. Using traditional narrative styles and interactive performance techniques, the team portrayed how rising temperatures, salinity intrusion, extreme weather events, and environmental damage are affecting everyday life in vulnerable regions of Bangladesh. The performance highlighted the unequal burden of climate impacts, particularly on marginalized communities and women. Through song and dialogue, the artists illustrated how climate change threatens livelihoods, food security, health, and social stability.\n\nBy combining cultural heritage with contemporary climate realities, Rupantar effectively connected local experiences with broader policy discussions. The performance encouraged the audience to reflect on the human side of climate change and the need for inclusive adaptation strategies. The audience responded with strong appreciation for the clarity and emotional depth of the presentation. The performance demonstrated how cultural expression can play a vital role in climate communication, bridging research, policy, and community voices through the power of storytelling.\n\nAt the conclusion of the performance, the team received warm applause from the audience and was presented with a token of appreciation by Dr. K. A. 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Her alias could be Shabnam. She lives in a coastal village in southern Bangladesh, a place where the rivers have turned saline, and cyclones are an annual terror. She does not have a university degree. She has never attended any Conference of the Parties (COP). But in her small, tin-roofed shed, she is the custodian of one of the most effective, time-tested, and overlooked climate adaptation technologies in the world.\n\nShe is a goat-keeper. And her story reveals a truth we are not yet ready to celebrate.\n\nFor generations, landless women like Shabnam have been the unseen engineers of our survival. When Cyclone Aila inundated coastal Bangladeshi fields with saltwater, it was not a government grant that fed the families. It was the goat. When the floods rose, the goatherdesses hoisted their goats onto raised platforms made of banana trunks, sharing their last inch of dry land with an animal they knew could survive on saline-resistant grasses and kitchen scraps. Through centuries of intimate observation, these women have perfected the breeding of two remarkable local breeds. There is the Black Bengal goat, a compact powerhouse of meat and leather. And there is the Pati goat, a creature so resilient it seems to have webbed feet, capable of swimming to find fodder in a flooded world. This is not merely animal husbandry. It is a sophisticated, gendered, and hyper-local system of climate adaptation. It is a \"goat economy\" that functions as a living, breathing social safety net.\n\nIn this part of the world, goats are a woman's asset, her emergency fund, her children's school fees, her bargaining chip in a household where she owns no land. When a microfinance institution refuses her a loan because she has no collateral, she sells a goat. Like, when her husband falls ill, or the rice harvest fails due to an unseasonal drought. The goat is her bank, insurance, resilience, all wrapped in one humble bleating package.\n\nAs per the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) data cited in livestock research, Bangladesh is home to approximately 34 million goats. Of these, a staggering 90 per cent are of the indigenous Black Bengal variety. This is not an accident. This is a monument built by poor, rural women to autonomous, decentralised, and effective climate adaptation. It is a multi-million-dollar, grassroots industry that has functioned for centuries with zero international funding, zero policy fanfare, and zero academic awards. And yet, when we compile our glossy reports for International Women's Day, where is Shabnam? Where is her goat?\n\nShe is invisible. Because her form of action does not fit the global script.\n\nTo understand why, we must look at the erasure of women's work from our economic and political consciousness. This has deep roots in the colonial project. When the British administrators came to the Bengal Delta, they were interested in one thing: revenue. The subsistence labour of women, the cyclical economy of the homestead, the intricate knowledge of local breeds and plants, all of this was invisible to their ledgers. This colonial perspective created a hierarchy of value that still dictates what we deem worthy of investment today. This same colonial logic has been seamlessly adopted by the modern climate finance industry. We call it neo-colonialism. The global North, which bears historical responsibility for the emissions destabilising our climate, now dictates the solutions:  the hard infrastructure we love to celebrate.\n\nShabnam's goat economy, on the other hand, is soft. It is messy and decentralised. Its returns are not measured in dollars, but in lives saved, nutrition provided, and dignity preserved. It is an infrastructure of care, not concrete. And because it cannot be commodified and sold back to us, it is ignored. The climate finance system, built on the foundations of a colonial worldview, literally cannot see it. Therefore, when we talk about celebrating women in climate action, we must ask ourselves a deeply uncomfortable question. Whose actions are we really celebrating? Are we celebrating the women who fit neatly into the neo-colonial, corporate-friendly model of resilience? Or are we willing to do the hard work of seeing, valuing, and funding the invisible, unpaid, and ingenious labour of the millions like Shabnam who are the true first responders of the climate crisis?\n\nA genuine celebration would require a fundamental shift. It would mean treating indigenous livestock breeds as a national climate asset. It would mean directing adaptation finance not just to multinational engineering firms, but to women's collectives for feed banks, mobile veterinary services, and small-scale value chains for goat products. It would mean researchers and policymakers spending less time in conferences and more time in the homesteads, learning from the women who have been adapting for centuries. Let us not just put Shabnam in a photograph. Let us give her a seat at the table where the budgets are decided. Let us decolonise our climate finance so that it can finally recognise that sometimes, the most powerful technology for survival is not a dam or a satellite, but a goat.\n\nAnd that is a truth worth celebrating.\n\n_Nishat Tasnim is currently working as a Research Officer at the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), and she can be reached at nishat.tasnim@icccad.org_\n\n_Picture: ADRA International_",[2007],{"id":1333,"documentId":2008,"name":2009,"title":8,"avatar":8,"email":8,"research_publications":8,"colocal":379,"admin":379,"country":8},"z15anddkb8yhkyitljb6z18l","Nishat Tasnim",{"id":2011,"documentId":2012,"title":2013,"secondaryTitle":2014,"date":2015,"cover":2016,"images":8,"body":2043,"section":8,"lla":379,"blog":702,"authors":2044,"projects":8},110,"h5m2bt3rxa1u22g4cfssgjvp","Mongla: An Exception or Example?","Is this migrant-friendly town model applicable elsewhere?","2022-04-06",{"id":2017,"url":2018,"alternativeText":8,"caption":8,"width":389,"height":390,"formats":2019,"mime":20,"size":2039,"name":2040,"provider":47,"createdAt":2041,"updatedAt":2042},29,"https://genuine-baseball-c50454a875.media.strapiapp.com/1_cb86baf5e7.jpg",{"large":2020,"small":2025,"medium":2030,"thumbnail":2035},{"ext":17,"url":2021,"hash":2022,"mime":20,"name":2023,"path":8,"size":2024,"width":23,"height":24},"https://genuine-baseball-c50454a875.media.strapiapp.com/large_1_cb86baf5e7.jpg","large_1_cb86baf5e7","large_1.jpg",126.28,{"ext":17,"url":2026,"hash":2027,"mime":20,"name":2028,"path":8,"size":2029,"width":30,"height":72},"https://genuine-baseball-c50454a875.media.strapiapp.com/small_1_cb86baf5e7.jpg","small_1_cb86baf5e7","small_1.jpg",35.34,{"ext":17,"url":2031,"hash":2032,"mime":20,"name":2033,"path":8,"size":2034,"width":37,"height":30},"https://genuine-baseball-c50454a875.media.strapiapp.com/medium_1_cb86baf5e7.jpg","medium_1_cb86baf5e7","medium_1.jpg",75.68,{"ext":17,"url":2036,"hash":2037,"mime":20,"name":2038,"path":8,"size":114,"width":43,"height":44},"https://genuine-baseball-c50454a875.media.strapiapp.com/thumbnail_1_cb86baf5e7.jpg","thumbnail_1_cb86baf5e7","thumbnail_1.jpg",1955.99,"1.jpg","2025-10-25T01:28:56.187Z","2025-10-29T11:51:22.297Z","The port city of Mongla in Bangladesh has emerged as an impressive example of urban adaptation to internal migration. Over the past decade, Mongla’s population has grown from a modest 40,000 to approximately 150,000, with most new residents being low-income climate migrants (The Daily Star, 2022). This article examines the rise of Mongla and its broader implications.\n\nIn discussions of human displacement, Bangladesh has received significant global attention in recent years due to the ongoing Rohingya crisis. While this crisis undoubtedly warrants such attention, it should not overshadow the country’s simultaneous struggle with large-scale internal climate migration. Owing to its geographical characteristics, Bangladesh has long been vulnerable to a range of natural hazards. However, climate change has accelerated both the frequency and intensity of these events, forcing unprecedented numbers of marginalized rural populations from coastal and riverine areas to abandon their homes.\n\nCompounding this issue is the insufficient support provided by foreign aid agencies to support developing countries cope with climate change impacts (United States Government Accountability Office, 2019). In Bangladesh, rising trends in riverbank erosion, embankment collapse, salinity intrusion, flooding, droughts, and landslides have collectively displaced millions, many of whom have limited options for resettlement. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) recorded a total of 772,033 internally displaced persons (IDPs) as of December 2020, nearly half of whom were displaced by climate-related events (Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, 2021). Projections suggest that this number could reach as high as 19 million by 2050, according to reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.\n\nBangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, has recently gained notoriety as one of the world’s least livable cities due to extreme population density, environmental pollution, and related challenges (Molla & Habib, 2022). With a density of approximately 47,500 people per square kilometer and a total population exceeding 22 million, the city is under immense strain. Around one-third of its residents live in informal settlements lacking basic infrastructure such as electricity, gas, and running water (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, 2014).\n\nDespite these conditions, migrants continue to flock to Dhaka due to its reputation as the country’s economic hub. Each year, approximately 700,000 new residents arrive, including around 400,000 low-income migrants and internally displaced persons. Most settle in informal settlements on the city’s periphery. The International Organization for Migration estimates that nearly 70% of Dhaka’s slum dwellers relocated due to environmental risks.\nLiving conditions in these settlements are extremely poor. Overcrowding, inadequate sanitation, malnutrition, and limited access to essential goods and services significantly diminish quality of life compared to migrants’ previous homes. Child mortality rates in these areas are reportedly twice the national average. Moreover, local authorities often treat slum residents as illegal squatters, excluding them from development initiatives and denying them access to essential public services such as electricity, water, and gas (McDonnell, 2019).\n\nTaken together, these factors have turned Dhaka into a cautionary tale for megacities worldwide. The city is straining under the weight of its population: natural resources are being depleted, the cost of living continues to rise, and environmental degradation is increasingly affecting public health.\n\nDecentralization has been widely proposed by experts as a viable long-term solution. This is where the port city of Mongla becomes particularly relevant. In recent years, Mongla’s export processing zone (EPZ) has experienced substantial growth, attracting nearly double the previous levels of foreign investment. This expansion has generated numerous blue-collar employment opportunities, enabling the city to accommodate internally displaced persons from across the country.\n\nRather than viewing migrants as a burden, Mongla has leveraged this influx as an opportunity, creating a mutually beneficial dynamic in which migrants can rebuild their lives while contributing to the local economy (Ahmed & Choat, 2022). In addition to job creation, the city has undertaken several development initiatives to enhance safety and quality of life. A new freshwater treatment and distribution system now provides running water to 50% of households, up from 33%. Infrastructure improvements include two flood control gates, an 11-kilometer embankment, and a marine drive designed to mitigate the impacts of seasonal flooding and cyclones. Smaller-scale projects such as brick pathways, tree planting, and the installation of security cameras have further improved living conditions (McDonnell, 2019).\n\nThe strategy behind Mongla’s rapid transformation was developed by the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) under the framework of “transformative adaptation.” This approach aims to alleviate pressure on Dhaka by redirecting migrants to smaller urban centers with greater capacity for expansion. In an interview, Dr. Saleemul Huq, director of the Dhaka-based ICCCAD, described Mongla as a success story and expressed hopes of replicating this model in approximately two dozen similar towns, each capable of accommodating around 500,000 migrants. He noted that discussions with mayors and municipal officials are already underway. If successful, this initiative could provide housing for an estimated 10 million internally displaced persons within the next decade (Ahmed & Choat, 2022).\n\nLooking ahead, Mongla’s growth prospects remain strong. Officials are exploring additional domestic and foreign investments, with the potential establishment of ten new factories expected to generate thousands of jobs. The current mayor, Sheikh Abdur Rahman, has also outlined ongoing projects, including dredging the Mongla River to accommodate larger vessels and constructing a rail link to connect the city with an economic hub across the Indian border (The Daily Star, 2022).\n\nBangladesh is often regarded as a global leader in disaster management, and Mongla exemplifies this reputation. The resilience and adaptability of its people have enabled the country to endure many of the challenges posed by climate change. International technical, financial, and logistical support has also played a vital role. Nevertheless, a critical question remains: how long can Bangladesh sustain this progress as environmental conditions continue to deteriorate and the targets set by the Paris Agreement appear increasingly difficult to achieve?\n\n\n\nReferences\n\nAhmed, K., & Choat, I. (2022, January 24). Port in a storm: the trailblazing town welcoming climate refugees in Bangladesh. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jan/24/port-in-a-storm-the-trailblazing-town-welcoming-climate-refugees-in-bangladesh\n\nBangladesh Bureau of Statistics. (2014). Census of Slum Areas and Floating Population 2014. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.\n\nInternal Displacement Monitoring Center. (2021). Global Report on Internal Displacement 2021. Internal Displacement Monitoring Center.\n\nMcDonnell, T. (2019, January 24). Climate change creates a new migration crisis for Bangladesh. Retrieved from www.nationalgeographic.com: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/climate-change-drives-migration-crisis-in-bangladesh-from-dhaka-sundabans\n\nMolla, M. A.-M., & Habib, W. B. (2022, March 31). Unlivable? Why is Dhaka such a mess? The Daily Star.\n\nThe Daily Star. (2022, March 30). ‘Climate-resilient’ Mongla offers new life to thousands of internally displaced. The Daily Star. 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21 November 2025, a session titled “Advances in Research from COLOCAL Fellows Around the World” was held at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) as part of the Environment & Changing Climate 2025 conference. Organized by Makerere University and Independent University Bangladesh, the session created a vibrant platform for fellows to present their research on locally led adaptation (LLA), community resilience, renewable energy, and climate governance across diverse global contexts.",{"type":2553,"tag":2554,"props":2561,"children":2562},{},[2563],{"type":2558,"value":2564},"Md. Julfikar Haider presented his research on operationalizing Locally Led Adaptation in climate-vulnerable regions of Bangladesh, particularly Shyamnagar in Satkhira. He examined how NGOs integrate LLA principles, identifying challenges such as centralized climate finance, policy misalignment, and representation gaps. His findings emphasized decentralization, institutional reform, and inclusive participation as essential for strengthening adaptive capacity and local ownership.",{"type":2553,"tag":2554,"props":2566,"children":2567},{},[2568],{"type":2558,"value":2569},"Celia focused on farmer-led, bottom-up collaborative learning for climate adaptation. Drawing from research in Kiboga District, she highlighted how inclusive community platforms—often led by women—support knowledge exchange and practical solutions such as water conservation and agroforestry. Her work underscored that adaptation is most effective when grounded in lived experience and collective learning.",{"type":2553,"tag":2554,"props":2571,"children":2572},{},[2573],{"type":2558,"value":2574},"Another research examined the impacts of salinity intrusion on agricultural systems, combining biophysical crop experiments with socio-economic surveys. The study aimed to quantify stress impacts and assess farmers’ willingness to adopt adaptation solutions which contributes to develope low-cost land reclamation strategies tailored to coastal Bangladesh.",{"type":2553,"tag":2554,"props":2576,"children":2577},{},[2578],{"type":2558,"value":2579},"Susan presented findings from drought-affected communities where farmers demonstrated resilience through collective action. Larger landholders voluntarily shared land for community use, while gravity-fed water systems and local markets were established to stabilize livelihoods. Her research illustrated how local initiative and cooperation can significantly strengthen resilience.",{"type":2553,"tag":2554,"props":2581,"children":2582},{},[2583],{"type":2558,"value":2584},"Ragib introduced a geospatial and multi-criteria analysis identifying suitable locations for Solar Irrigation Pumps (SIPs) in Bangladesh. His study revealed strong potential for renewable energy integration to reduce electricity pressure and support national climate commitments. The findings offer practical guidance for scaling sustainable irrigation solutions.",{"type":2553,"tag":2554,"props":2586,"children":2587},{},[2588],{"type":2558,"value":2589},"Victor explored the social and psychological impacts of climate stress on farming communities through in-depth interviews. He found that drought increases financial hardship and emotional strain, yet farmers remain determined and hopeful. His work highlighted the importance of training and support systems to strengthen psychological resilience.",{"type":2553,"tag":2554,"props":2591,"children":2592},{},[2593],{"type":2558,"value":2594},"Aasima concluded the session by presenting design thinking as a human-centered approach to climate governance. She proposed embedding iterative prototyping, community design labs, and feedback-driven monitoring into national climate frameworks. Her recommendations emphasized inclusive innovation as a pathway toward adaptive and responsive policymaking.",{"type":2553,"tag":2554,"props":2596,"children":2597},{},[2598],{"type":2558,"value":2599},"Together, the presentations reflected the interdisciplinary and global nature of COLOCAL fellows’ research, demonstrating how locally grounded knowledge and innovative methods can advance equitable and resilient climate adaptation pathways.",1776371919175]