The Delta publishes reporting and analysis on the environmental questions shaping Bangladesh: its rivers and floodplains, the pressures on its coast, the politics of energy and emissions, and the lives of the people closest to the water.

Bangladesh sits at the mouth of the world's largest delta, where the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna meet the Bay of Bengal. It is one of the most climate-exposed countries on earth, and one of the most resourceful in how it responds. This is a place to document both.

Who writes The Delta

I'm a 21-year-old Environment and Development Studies student at United International University, currently in my third year. The Delta grew out of two things I can't seem to keep apart: a fascination with how Bangladesh lives with its environment, and a habit of writing about almost everything I notice.

Alongside my studies I work as a contributing writer for The Daily Star, which is where I learned that an environmental story in Bangladesh is rarely only an environmental story. It is usually also about livelihoods, policy, money, and the choices people make when the ground shifts beneath them, sometimes literally.

I started this site to have a space of my own for that kind of writing: longer, slower pieces on the rivers, the coast, the air and the policies that shape them, without waiting for a commission or a news peg. If that's the sort of thing you care about too, you're in the right place.

Get in touch

Story tips, corrections and commissioning enquiries are all welcome. Write to thedeltabangladesh@gmail.com.