Jan 31, 2020 | Climate Change and Disaster Management, News
by Runa Khan, back from Davos Davos, the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, is a gathering of the cream of market leaders who are driving the change in our world today. Over 3,000 leaders in different fields and 53 heads of state, attended its 50th iteration...
Déc 19, 2019 | Climate Change and Disaster Management
By Benjamin George Coles In May, Cyclone Fani displaced around 3.5 million people in Bangladesh and India. Even before that, around 10 million in Bangladesh had been evacuated due to climate emergencies in recent decades. Friendship works in places that are among the...
Déc 19, 2019 | Climate Change and Disaster Management, Health, Sustainable Economic Development
Pictures and text by Naushad Ali Husein Friendship’s climate crisis management programs build resilience by encouraging and spreading locally learned adaptation techniques, but also by introducing knowledge and expertise into communities and organizing them to prepare...
Déc 3, 2019 | Climate Change and Disaster Management, News
Saleemul Huq outlines the major talking points at the Conference of Parties The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is a global treaty that was signed and ratified by 195 countries obligating themselves to take actions to protect the planet,...
Nov 21, 2019 | Climate Change and Disaster Management
Young volunteer rescuers spring into action during climate disasters by Naushad Ali Husein Shahjadi Begum woke up at 1 a.m. to find the river roaring through her veranda. Before going to sleep, she had organized her things so that she could easily move out if she had...
Nov 17, 2019 | Climate Change and Disaster Management, Volunteers
I love the world and all that it brings. I love to travel, meet new people, experience other cultures and explore nature. Loving the world does not only include travelling for me, but it is also striving to reduce the causes and effects of climate change. Loving the...
