Launching a landmark year of events and decision related to climate and nature, the Climate Adaptation Summit on 25-26 January brought together world leaders, businesses, civil society leaders and organisations to inspire stronger action to help vulnerable countries and communities to adapt and build their resilience to climate crisis impacts.
We spoke to Sohanur Rahman (24 years) – a Red Alert climate activist from Bangladesh & part of the Climate Adaptation Summit Youth Newsroom.
What inspired you to engage in climate change work in Bangladesh?
It all started when I faced a super cyclone in my childhood. It was terrifying, and I realized how vulnerable we all are to climate-induced natural disasters. In Bangladesh, there is an island called Andar Char; it’s incredibly susceptible to climate-linked disasters. We visited that island to document the risk to vulnerable groups and concluded that children and women suffered the worst impacts of climate change. Since then, I have been working with Bangladesh National Children Taskforce (NCTF) and served in Bangladesh Child Parliament.
Link: https://www.savethechildren.net/blog/%E2%80%9Cour-future-not-negotiable%E2%80%9D-climate-activist-sohanur-speaks
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