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Oct 28, 2024 | 
thedailystar.net | Farah Kabir
Climate change is a global crisis. Raising awareness is not enough; we must provide people with the information and tools to combat the effects of climate change. It is fundamental to engage in activism, campaigns, and advocacy and organise dialogues and conferences to discuss how to reduce the effects of climate change.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
thedailystar.net | Farah Kabir
What just happened in Bangladesh is a revolution led and staged by students with people's support. In this historical moment when Gen Z and reformists are driving Bangladesh, I feel charged and would like to reflect on the call made by Dr Muhammad Yunus for people to come forward and work with him. The Yunus-led interim government along with the student leaders have the task for reform and the establishment of justice cut out for them.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
thedailystar.net | Farah Kabir
Last week marked the 11th anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy, a catastrophic event that shook the world's conscience and exposed the harsh realities faced by garment workers in Bangladesh and beyond. On April 24, 2013, the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Savar, Dhaka claimed the lives of over 1,100 people, mostly garment workers, and injured thousands more.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
asianews.network | Farah Kabir
April 19, 2024 DHAKA – Participation in climate and environmental decision-making is a human right, and the equal participation of people of all genders generates outcomes that are more effective and sustainable. Yet, women are under-represented in decision-making in the landscape of climate negotiations, recent data sheds light on the persistent challenge of achieving gender balance within the UNFCCC space.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
thedailystar.net | Farah Kabir
Participation in climate and environmental decision-making is a human right, and the equal participation of people of all genders generates outcomes that are more effective and sustainable. Yet, women are under-represented in decision-making in the landscape of climate negotiations, recent data sheds light on the persistent challenge of achieving gender balance within the UNFCCC space.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
newagebd.net | Farah Kabir
By coming together to address water challenges, we can build a more peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable world for generations to come, writes Farah KabirIN A world walking on the edge of environmental catastrophe, one element stands at the heart of both conflict and potential resolution: water.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
thedailystar.net | Farah Kabir
COP28 started in Dubai with the declaration to operationalise the Loss and Damage Fund and commitments from the UAE, Germany, the UK and other countries—a small step towards climate justice for climate-vulnerable countries, such as Bangladesh. However, sceptics are wondering whether these steps would indeed bear fruit. After close to 30 years of advocacy from developing countries, the proposal for the Loss and Damage Fund was adopted at COP27.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
independent.ie | Farah Kabir
Farah Kabir: Poor are paying the heavy price for climate change created by the wealthy WestFloodwaters surrounding houses in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: GettyThe writing is on the wall: rich countries need to step up to address the climate crisis. There is nothing “fair” about climate change and its impacts. Countries and marginalised communities in the global south that have done least to cause climate change suffer the most from climate disasters.
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
asianews.network | Farah Kabir
August 31, 2023 DHAKA – As we approach the six-year mark of the unprecedented 2017 influx of the Rohingya from Rakhine State in Myanmar, I cannot help but wonder if we are really doing enough for the people who sought support to be alive with safety and dignity. It was between August 24-25, 2017, in the weeks that followed escaping death and persecution, when the Rohingya sought refuge in Cox’s Bazar. They had fled to Bangladesh earlier too; numerous times over the last 50 or 60 years.
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
thedailystar.net | Farah Kabir
As we approach the six-year mark of the unprecedented 2017 influx of the Rohingya from Rakhine State in Myanmar, I cannot help but wonder if we are really doing enough for the people who sought support to be alive with safety and dignity. It was between August 24-25, 2017, in the weeks that followed escaping death and persecution, when the Rohingya sought refuge in Cox's Bazar. They had fled to Bangladesh earlier too; numerous times over the last 50 or 60 years.
