CourtesyGobeshona ConferenceAt the beginning of January 2019 Bangladesh started to take the required steps to become a climate resilient country by 2030 by achieving transformational adaptation to climate change impacts. The annual Gobeshona Conference has thus become a major means of assessing the state of our scientific knowledge as well as setting future research agendas. The second major cross-cutting theme was on gender, but going well beyond simply focusing on the vulnerability of women and girls to the adverse impacts of climate change. Here the emphasis will be on empowerment of women to become agents of change in tackling and solving climate change impacts in different settings. Saleemul Huq is Director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Independent University, Bangladesh.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 18, 2019 11:03 UTC