Cultivating Responsibility within the Climate Uncertainty - is a study on the impact of cyclone on the small scale shrimp farming in the Climate Change vulnerable south west Coastal Region of Bangladesh. This report “Cultivating Responsibility within the Climate Uncertainty” is the compilation of the key learning’s, baseline survey & monitoring data generated through the Safeguarding Coastal Ecosystem from Irresponsible Commercial Shrimp farming (SECO) project with assistance.

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Ramsar Convention in Bengali

An initiative of Coastal Development Partnership to familiarize the Ramsar Convention Wetland. The publication was done under the project "People Acting through Social Mobilization for the Conservation and Wise Use of Wetland in the South West Coast of Bangladesh." supported by: Ramsar Secretaiat.


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Bangladesh is known as the country of disaster. But the people of this disaster prone country have learned from their experience that "Solidarity is the most effective tool to combat disaster". Climate Justice and Solidarity based adaptation.

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The study covered major portion of the Sundarbans Bangladesh part, which encompasses 6 Upzillas of Bagerhat, Khulna and Satkhira Districts. 1440 Sundarban-dependent & poverty stricken household heads who are involved with CDP activities took part in this study and 50% of them were women. The respondents of the study are termed as “Poor People’s of the Sundarbans Community”.

The publication was done under the project "People's Empowerment for Addressing Climate Justice and Environmental Justice (PEACE) Project." supported by: EED-Germany.


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In economic context, industrialization for the economic development is the root cause of climate change. Every country wants to improve the living standards of its population through increasing speeding up industrialization. In social context, ignorance or insignificant knowledge of the people is the root cause of climate change.

If the relationship between human activity and climate had been widely understood many decades ago, we simply would not be facing the same magnitude of challenge that we face today.

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World is still facing a major problem of volatile food prices. Over the years, farmers and communities have been bombarded with the corporate propaganda that agriculture can only be developed and food security be ensured by following the corporate model of agricultural development, relying on markets, synthetic agrochemicals and biotechnology. The corporate agriculture feeds only 30% of the world’s population but virtually controls the total global trade and investment in food and agriculture.

The publication was supported by Asia Pacific Research Network.



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The security of individuals, communities, nations, and the entire global community is decreasing due to climate change. The human insecurity owing to climate change is perhaps the most wide spread non-military environmental threat the global community has ever faced. Climate change is a security concern because it has the potential to destabilize global socio-economic system, displace populations, and lead to the collapse of global development. Despite the omnipresent nature, climate security issues are still not high on the national security & policy agenda. Increased cyclone, storm surges, floods, riverbank erosion destroys and damage peoples properties including land, house, crop, cattle.

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A reflection on the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 18) in Doha by S Jahangir Hasan Masum, Executive Director of Coastal Development Partnership. A critical review on the outcome of Doha Conference.


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Unmasking Stakeholders interest for Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Bangladesh - Is It for Public Benifit or Private Control over Public Resources?

Government approach & initiatives for promoting Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Bangladesh reveals that government is quite intoxicated by the PPP. The current government considers that PPP as one of the most important tool for rapid economic growth and also to make Bangladesh an industry based middle-income.

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