Sapna South Asian Climate Solidarity

Just getting back to the basics with this infographic, to remind ourselves of our work #ClimateJustice #JusticeForClimate #FairClimateAction #ActForClimateJustice #ClimateEquity #PeoplePowerClimate #ClimateRights #EnvironmentalJustice #GlobalClimateJustice #EqualClimateRights Ruchira Talukdar

My message to young climate activists at the #COP29 climate conference: You have every right to be angry. I am angry too. I am angry because we are on the verge of the climate abyss, and I don’t see enough urgency or political will to address the emergency. It is high time to reverse this trend. So, I ask you to be even more determined and imaginative in keeping up the pressure for #ClimateAction. We need a strong youth movement - now more than ever. I’m very grateful for your extremely strong commitment, and I promise you that I am entirely on your side: I count on you and you can count on me. The climate crisis is the most important battle of our lives. We must win it.

Despite significant absences from world leaders, #CoP29 has begun with a task ahead to operationalise the Loss and Damage Fund and ensure that financial assistance reaches the most climate-vulnerable communities swiftly and efficiently. Bangladesh has played a leading role amongst the small, vulnerable LDCs (least developed countries) to make loss and damage funding a reality. Here is a reminder of Bangladesh's leadership at climate summits. Particularly under the leadership of scientist Saleemul Huq, Bangaldesh emerged as a leader for global climate justice, highlighting why vulnerable countries need climate reparations from wealthy and historically polluting nations. We miss and pay our respects to Professor Huq. #CoP29 is fraught with challenges in achieving its objective of agreeing on the New Collective Quantifiable Goal (NCQG) on Climate Finance of $1 trillion per year - from developed countries to climate and economically vulnerable countries. Australia, although supportive of the global Loss and Damage Fund, has not committed a financial contribution. Australia has also only contributed 15% of its fair share of climate finance under the previous NCQG of $100 billion per year from wealthy nations. Time is running out for Bangladesh, who has demonstrated climate leadership at home and in the world, and built a world-class, local-led and women-focussed climate resilience system with its available resources. Bangladesh, the Pacific Nations, and all climate and economically vulnerable countries need clear commitments for climate funding, they need debt free Loss and Damage Funding to protect from cataclysmic climate impacts. And they need climate reparations NOW! Australia can phase out fossil fuels and their exports, support the development of self-sufficient and just clean energy systems in South Asia, and contribute its fair share of global climate finance, in addition to committing global loss and damage funding. Full briefer: https://lnkd.in/dtEF2tz9 Read and share the key messages and infographics in solidarity. #cliamtejusticenow #climatejusticeforBangladesh #lossanddamage #climatereparations Ruchira Talukdar Sadiya Binte Karim International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) YouthNet Global ClimateWatch Bangladesh

At #CoP29, Bangladesh, both the government delegation and civil society organisations including youth delegations, are trying to hold developed countries who are historic polluters accountable for a new climate finance goal of $1 trillion to climate and economically vulnerable countries. Bangladesh has built a world-leading climate resilience system which can be seen through the decreasing rate of human casualties from extreme weather events. It has played a leading role in global climate justice advocacy, particularly through being instrumental in making the global Loss and Damage Fund a reality. Here are some reminders about Australia's climate actions towards its climate vulnerable South Asian neighbour in the Indo-Pacific. These slides are excerpts from Sapna's Briefer on Bangladesh's climate justice leadership, launched last week. You can download the full report from Linkedin: https://lnkd.in/dtEF2tz9. With a high population density and one of the lowest contributions to global fossil fuel emissions, Bangladesh and the majority of Bangladeshis, have done the least to contribute to the climate crisis, and yet share a disproportionate burden of its effects. Australia can phase out fossil fuels and their exports, support the development of self-sufficient and just clean energy systems in South Asia, and contribute its fair share of global climate finance, in addition to committing global loss and damage funding. We will keep replugging segments of the Briefer as #CoP29 progresses. Visit, read, and share in solidarity. #cliamtejusticenow #climatejusticeforBangladesh #lossanddamage #climatereparations Ruchira Talukdar Sadiya Binte Karim International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) YouthNet Global ClimateWatch Bangladesh

CoP29 begins today in Baku, Azerbaijan with a hope against hope that a new climate finance target from developed countries of $1 trillion per year towards the most vulnerable countries will be accepted and that developed countries will make funding pledges to fulfil it. As CoP29 begins, here is a reminder of Australia's climate actions towards a small, climate vulnerable LDC (least developed country) in South Asia, and a neighbour in the Indo-Pacific, Bangladesh. And what actions Australia should consider. This is part 3/3 of Sapna's Briefer on Bangladesh's Climate Justice Leadership. The full report is already available on our Linkedin: https://lnkd.in/dtEF2tz9 With a high population density and one of the lowest contributions to global fossil fuel emissions, Bangladesh and the majority of Bangladeshis, have done the least to contribute to the climate crisis, and yet share a disproportionate burden of its effects. Bangladesh has built a world-leading climate resilience system which can be seen through the decreasing rate of human casualties from extreme weather events. It has played a leading role in global climate justice advocacy, particularly through being instrumental in making the global Loss and Damage Fund a reality. Australia can phase out fossil fuels and their exports, support the development of self-sufficient and just clean energy systems in South Asia, and contribute its fair share of global climate finance, in addition to committing global loss and damage funding. The last page contains a set of key messages that you can share in solidarity with Bangladesh, along with infographics from this briefer. Share these messages in your networks a you follow the progress of CoP29. #cop29 #cliamtejusticenow #climatejusticeforBangladesh #lossanddamage #climatereparations Ruchira Talukdar Sadiya Binte Karim International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) YouthNet Global ClimateWatch Bangladesh

In the leadup to #COP29, Sapna is putting the spotlight on Bangladesh, and what climate actions Australia should consider towards its climate vulnerable South Asian neighbour in the Indo-Pacific. Bangladesh is a highly climate vulnerable, low lying small country located in the Bay of Bengal. Its climate vulnerability is both from the climate risks it is exposed to - rising sea levels, floods, coastal erosion, cyclones, and increasing heatwaves - and a large population - at 173 million, Bangladesh has six times the population of Nepal which is comparable in geographical size - who are socio-economically vulnerable. With a high population density and one of the lowest contributions to global fossil fuel emissions, Bangladesh and the majority of Bangladeshis, have done the least to contribute to the climate crisis, and yet share a disproportionate burden of its effects. Bangladesh is a litmus test for global climate justice. Bangladeshi youth are facing a nearly unlivable future. Bangladesh has built a world-leading climate resilience system which can be seen through the decreasing rate of human casualties from extreme weather events. It has played a leading role in global climate justice advocacy, particularly through being instrumental in making the global Loss and Damage Fund a reality. Australia needs to consider its climate responsibilities not just towards small island countries of the Pacific but also small, climate vulnerable LDCs (least developed countries) in the neighbouring South Asian region. Australia can phase out fossil fuels and their exports, support the development of self-sufficient and just clean energy systems in South Asia, and contribute its fair share of global climate finance, in addition to committing global loss and damage funding. The last page contains a set of 10 key messages that you can share in solidarity with Bangladesh, along with infographics from this briefer. Please read and share in your networks. Ruchira Talukdar Sadiya Binte Karim International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) YouthNet Global Friends of the Earth Australia Bangladesh Working Group on External Debt (BWGED) #cliamtejusticenow #COP29 #climatejusticeforBangladesh #lossanddamage #climatereparations

With a focus on the upcoming COP29, we are releasing our Briefer on Bangladesh's climate justice leadership today. The briefer also argues why Australia needs to consider taking climate responsibility towards South Asia. As a primer to Sapna's Bangladesh briefer, here's a note from our Project Director about why not just the Pacific Island countries, but South Asia matters for Australia's climate actions in the Indo-Pacific region. Watch this space today and tomorrow for Sapna's Bangladesh briefer. Ruchira Talukdar Sadiya Binte Karim #cliamtejusticenow #COP29 #climatejusticeforBangladesh #lossanddamage #climatereparations

Read climate justice researcher Sadiya's testimonial about Bangladesh, her homeland; about how climate change is unmaking this low lying small country in South Asia. Bangladesh has contributed the least to the climate crisis but is facing its worst effects. And yet Bangladesh is demonstrating leadership in climate resilience and climate justice advocacy globally. Ahead of COP29, Sapna is putting the spotlight on Bangladesh and highlighting why Australia should take climate accountability for its climate vulnerable South Asian neighbour. Stay tuned for our Bangladesh briefer release this Wednesday. Ruchira Talukdar #cliamtejusticenow #COP29 #climatejusticeforBangladesh #lossanddamage #climatereparations

As South Asia celebrates the festival of lights, we bring you a throwback picture from our online gathering days during COVID when we celebrated Diwali online. Diwali, although traditionally a Hindu festival, is celebrated widely across South Asian societies, as a day of gathering and feasting with family and friends, of lighting up our homes and our hearts. Even amongst Hindus, Diwali is celebrated differently across languages and cultures, while many worship the fierce goddess Kali on the new moon night of the the festival, others the goddess of wealth Lakhsmi. These are just two examples, indicating the massive diversity of cultures within South Asian societies. At the same time, the ubiquitousness of the festival of lights across South Asia also shows the syncretism in South Asian society. Thinking of those who cannot celebrate. Thinking especially of all families in Palestine, and their loved ones around the world. Hoping for a green and kind diwali which is not harsh and harmful for birds, animals, and other than human life forms who share our cities and villages with us. Always in solidarity. #behindthescenes

Today we presented to Australian climate groups about Bangladesh's climate justice leadership and what Australia could consider doing in terms of climate collaborations and solidarity actions towards its climate vulnerable South Asian neighbour. This timeline shows major cyclones that have battered Bangladesh over the last 50 years. While storms have grown more intense with advancing climate change, Bangladesh has also grown a world-class climate resilience program that has kept the rate of casualties down. But as the recent devastating floods show, Bangladesh's climate resilience is tested and even overwhelmed by the growing magnitude of climate change induced extreme weather events. Watch this space for our Bangladesh briefer which will come out next week, ahead of COP29, and share its key messages in solidarity with Bangladesh. Ruchira Talukdar Sadiya Binte Karim #climatereparations #lossanddamage #climatejustice #climatesolidarity #climatechangebangladesh