Planet or prosperity: How Bangladesh is navigating a just transition to clean energy

Jan 6, 2022

Bangladeshi experts fix a solar panel as part of efforts to maintain bio-diversity in the area and develop eco-tourism on Saint Martin Island November 29, 2004. With an area of eight square km, Saint Martin is 550 km (344 miles) from [Dhaka] and 12 km (7.5 miles) from the mainland. Bangladesh's only coral island, it is now one of the main tourist destinations.

Under the Paris accord, close to 200 countries agreed to slash emissions to keep global temperature rise "well below" 2 degrees Celsius Image: Reuters

Naimul Karim

Slavery and Trafficking Correspondent, Thomson Reuters Foundation

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