Conference topics included (i) Sustainable Livelihoods, (ii) Climate Change Adaptation, (iii) Migration, (iv) Gender and SDGs, (v) Coastal. This research aims to investigate the effects of climate change due to drought on the grassroots, community population.
RESULTS
Drought frequency using 3 month SPI
Number of hot days
However, there is no solid definition and clear understanding of climate change as perceived by respondents. Respondents are permanent residents of the study area; therefore, they have many years of experience in the field of weather and climate. All respondents of the study area said that according to their long-term experience, the weather and climate change from day to day.
The perception of the respondents about soil and crop damage due to climate change was investigated by means of semi-structured questionnaire survey, focus group discussion and key informant interviews. The respondents of the study area were not aware of the fixed definition of climate and climate change. A complex interaction between social variables and climate change shapes the vulnerability of the communities and affects migration flows.
The current study will examine the dynamics within Bangladesh, which is recognized as one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the impacts of climate change (Huq 2001, Huq and Ayers 2008).
Basundhara Tripathy
What are the impacts of remittances (non-economic) on households in migrant-sending communities? Investigating the impact of climate-induced migration on the social development of sending communities (individual and household levels). The earlier literature suggested that migration was a negative impact of changing climate (Myers 2001, Tickle 1989, Homer Dixon and Percival 1996), while more recent theoretical approaches have viewed it as an effective adaptation strategy (Tacoli 2009, Black et al. 2011). , Foresight 2011). The multi-causality of the link between climate change and migration indicates the complexity and indirect links between the two, leading to high uncertainty and local variability in theoretical and practical approaches to internal migration in climate-sensitive areas (Piguet, 2008).
It focuses on the relationship between the remittances received and the development of migrant-sending communities or desh-e-badi (home town/village in Bangla). The capabilities approach of Amartya Sen emphasizes "the capacity—the material freedom—of people to live the lives they have reason to value and to enhance the real choices they have" and to remove sources of "unfreedom" such as poverty and inequality ( Sen. These approaches to the vulnerability of coastal communities and the dynamics between migration and development will be an insightful addition to the academic debate on climate-induced migration (De Haas, 2010).
Research on migration and development can improve the understanding of migration processes, risks and sustainability and the changing scenario in the local context.
At the end of the 20th century, poverty reduction still remains one of the most important challenges to achieving sustainable development. They provide resource/property support, or help the poor people access resources. The Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank in 2006, stating that microcredit is “an increasingly important tool in the fight against poverty.” By the way, the State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report 2006 states that.
However, despite the hype about microfinance, the analysis of the macroeconomic data suggests that “although microcredit yields some non-economic benefits, it does not significantly alleviate poverty. Apart from the conventional microcredit administrations, some non-profit organizations work on poverty alleviation in other ways. According to program manifestos, these kinds of programs not only emphasize the premise of the abilities, but also try.
Impact of Dairy Cooperative on Poverty Alleviation among the Rural Poor: A Case Study of Panchagarh District of Bangladesh.
Dr. Shantanu Kumar Saha
Specifically, the overwhelming majority of poor people live mostly in Southern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. In fact, Bangladesh is one of the world's most densely populated countries located in South Asia. In fact, the poverty level in the northern part of Bangladesh is one of the highest in the country.
Ho: The KSF milk model has had a positive impact on reducing the poverty of the poor rural population. In addition, it is important to have a broad idea of the resources that people need to access in the process. An Assessment of DPO Organizational Capacity in Bangladesh: Success and Challenges used qualitative methods for data collection and analysis.
The study revealed that most of the DPOs did well in the initial step with remarkable results and enthusiasm.
Academic Outreach of CSD Faculty Members
Shachi is one of the two young people from Bangladesh who have been selected by the World Economic Forum to attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017 based on her work on climate change. Create and post regular activities related to ACSE on the Facebook page, ambassador blog and website. The IASFM conference is one of the largest conferences on migration in the world, which promotes and increases scientific knowledge on forced migration.
Basundhara Tripathy, Assistant Professor and Research Project Manager at Center for Sustainable Development represented University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) at this conference and presented her paper under the theme Climate Change and Displacement, which is extremely crucial in the context of climate change. The presentation discussed some key findings, focusing on forced migration caused by climate change. Shantanu Kumar Saha, senior lecturer and research associate at the Center for Sustainable Development, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), was selected to participate in the sixth series of training.
This training would be useful for implementing a rainwater harvesting project at the university to produce distilled water for research laboratories.
Visiting Researcher’s Report
Environmental Impact Assessment Project with Olympics Industries Ltd
Food Security Project with Helen Keller Initiatives funded by GIZ
External Research Projects and Programs with Partners in the NGO and Private Sector
Research on Climate Change in Bangladesh
Workshop on Environmental Art
Minor Fruit Exhibition
Maritime transportation, pollution and its impact on climate change
Seminar on Climate Change and Migration
Knowledge Generation and Dissemination
Seminar on renewable energy: its status, prospects and challenges a seminar on renewable energy: its status, prospects,. The seminar was organized by the ULAB Sustainable Development Club with the support of CSD. Sohel Ahmed, the Chief Operating Officer of Grameen Shakti discussed the status and prospects of renewable energy as the chief guest speaker.
Students from GED-217, Introduction to Climate Change at ULAB visited the rainwater harvesting plant at the Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB) in collaboration with Water Aid, organized by the Center for Sustainable Development (CSD). This was a great opportunity for the young students to try out the hands-on demonstration of the rainwater harvesting plant. It gave them an exposure to interventions practiced in the country by linking their knowledge of climate change with adaptation techniques.
Students of GED 205: Introduction to Sustainable Development had the opportunity to relate their discussions and experience in dealing with organic farming techniques and biodiversity issues in KSF's Savar Project.
Academic Activities outside of Classrooms
One of the concerns of this project is the sustainability of the campus, which has recently become a global concern. The main goal of the Greening ULAB project is to give and develop ideas about how friendly we are to our environment, especially the environment, and how careful we can be when using natural resources. This initiative will help students realize that our activities such as how we live, what we buy, eat and use to light our homes, offices, classrooms etc. can have a global impact.
The project started with a training workshop organized for the students at ULAB on 28 July 2016. Some pie charts are added below to show the students' responses regarding the workshop. Around 50% of the total students have confirmed and strongly agree that the workshop was innovative.
Moreover, it was found that 50% students marked this initiative as a good quality workshop where around 27.1% students remain neutral while rating the quality of the workshop.
Other Activities Related to Sustainability at ULAB
Greening ULAB' is the first campus sustainability program in Bangladesh by the Center for Sustainable Development (CSD) of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). ULAB Goes Green' not only teaches students about the smart use of energy and water, but also guides them to improve their overall lifestyle, including adopting behaviors to live a quality life. Then the Center for Sustainable Development (CSD) took the initiative to restart Greening ULAB”.
CSD can introduce organic food behavior on campus as an initiative of the Greening ULAB project. Most of the common feedback from the students was that none of them have such an idea as banners. During the discussion, about 3% of the students of the training workshop expressed their opinions to increase the participation of trainees to get many more ideas.
The general feedback from students has given the idea that students need such a group.
Mazharul Islam Munna
Piu Chowdhury
Center for Sustainable Development
CSD Team
She has experience working with NGOs in India and has also been an International Development consultant for organizations such as UNDP, Practical Action and WaterAid. Shantanu Kumar Saha is a Senior Lecturer and Research Associate at the Center for Sustainable Development. Prior to postgraduate studies, he completed his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture [B.Sc.Ag (Hons)] from Patuakhali University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
During the seven years of his graduate studies, he simultaneously worked as a teaching assistant in undergraduate and graduate courses at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan. He knows both qualitative and quantitative research methodology and data analysis. During his academic career, he received numerous scholarships and research grants and presented several papers at international conferences and academic society.
Mahmud has completed training in professional development, customer service, business English and German language.
