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The governments of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Viet Nam have joined forces to fight chemical pollution, launching a joint $43 million program to manage and reduce hazardous chemicals in their textile industries.

HANOI, November 17, 2016 – The Global Wildlife Program has released the first-ever review of international donor funding for combatting illegal wildlife trade in Africa and Asia, which shows that over $1.3 billion was committed by 24 international donors since 2010, or approximately $190 million per year.

by Dr. Kamal Uddin Ahmed Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and Operational Focal Point of GEF in Bangladesh

On Monday, June 13, at the UN headquarters in New York, the GEF and UNDP jointly launched “Thirty Million”, a new documentary showing the dramatic effects sea level rises has in Bangladesh due to Climate Change. Bangladesh is predicted to lose 17 percent of its land by the end of the century if global sea levels rise by one meter. That has the potential to displace 30 million Bangladeshis.

Many communities in Bangladesh are situated close to the shoreline and are reliant on agriculture and fishing for their livelihoods. Rising sea levels and changes in the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones are raising the incidences of flooding, salt water intrusion and erosion, as well as loss of livelihoods, shelter and life.