This Is Not a Flood. It Is a Bill Coming Due.
A four-decade rainfall record has drowned Chattogram again. But the water didn't do this to the city alone. We did.
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Climate & Adaptation
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El Niño Is Coming for Bangladesh's Fields. Nobody's Told the Farmers.
A Pacific Ocean warming pattern three thousand kilometres away is about to decide what's on our plates. The World Meteorological Organization says it will be strong. Our own forecasters say it might not be. Both can be true, and we still are not ready.
Rising salinity threatens lives and livelihoods in coastal Bangladesh
Rising salinity in coastal Bangladesh is destroying farmland, contaminating drinking water, and forcing communities into poverty and displacement. Climate change and sea-level rise are accelerating the problem, leaving millions with shrinking options and deteriorating health.