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International Mother Earth Day
Raw sewage pouring into the Buriganga, the lifeline of the capital. Photo: Palash Khan
Ainun Nishat. Source: Wikimedia Commons
Water resources and climate change specialist Dr Ainun Nishat, Professor Emeritus at the Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Research at BRAC University, talks to Shuprova Tasneem of The Daily Star about the far-reaching impacts of climate change and environmental destruction in Bangladesh and what steps need to be taken to deal with the climate emergency.
On this Earth Day, what should we be focusing on in Bangladesh?
The theme of this year s Earth Day is Together, We Can Restore Our Earth , and at today s global climate summit, there is a definite focus on climate change and environmental destruction. This year, the Earth Day is being marked with a three-day programme, where day one April 20 started off with a youth summit. I believe this was an apt way to start the events, since we have to engage the youth dir