Interested in politics đŗī¸, climate change đ, and sustainability âģī¸. Opinions are my own đ. Retweets/shares â endorsements. Dhaka, BangladeshJoined October 2020
Iâm sharing my slide deck on the demographic future of humanity,
đ Slides: sas.upenn.edu/~jesusfv/SlideâĻ
prepared for the keynote address I will give tomorrow to the 7th EBRD and CEPR Research Symposium on âThe Economics of Demographic Changeâ:
đ Symposium: ebrd.com/home/news-and-âĻâĻ
Clean water is NOT a privilege.
Despite progress, billions of people still lack access to safe drinking water, sanitation & hygiene.
Water is essential not only to health but also to poverty reduction, food security, peace & human rights, ecosystems & education.
#WorldWaterDay
In the name of biodiversity conservation, the Climate Trust Fund allocated funds for this project, which resulted in the destruction of a naturally grown forest in đ§đŠđ§đŠ.
"We share a faith - justified by experience - that at the end of the day, there are truths to be found, and those who cling, for emotional or ulterior reasons, to wrong ideas will be judged by history accordingly." - Kerry Emanuel
thedailystar.net/opinion/views/âĻ
BPDB's operating loss increased by 217.1% from Tk -6,200 crores in FY 2018 to Tk -27,477 crores in FY 2022. The predicted total loss for FY 2023 and FY 2024 could be Tk 1,13,532 crores.
#CapacityPaymentsBurden
I've been to a lot of cities, but Bangladesh's capital Dhaka is the most unlivable of them all.
The megacity of 20 million regularly has the world air pollution in the world.
Here are my words and photos for @CityLab on why that is and what being done: bloomberg.com/news/features/âĻ
The degrowth movement is fundamentally wrong.
We can increase economic growth while decreasing CO2 emissions â look at all the countries that already have!
Air pollution now more lethal due to increase in PM 2.5
PM 2.5 increased 23pc in last 24 years
Air pollution is 15 times higher than WHO guideline
Air quality worsened in last 5 years
thedailystar.net/news/bangladesâĻ
Around 1,800 hectares (4,500 acres) of land will be eroded by rivers in Bangladesh this year and the homes of at least 10,000 people will disappear, according to the state-funded Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services. f24.my/8x9V.T via @FRANCE24
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