Last week EquityBD, one of WDM's global allies working on economic justice, human rights and environmental issues in Bangladesh, sent us a report. The report told us that on Thursday 15 November, civil society groups and climate networks in Bangladesh joined together to protest the World Bank’s recent announcement that it would retain control of the Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund (BCCRF).
This fund was established to support Bangladesh’s climate change adaption plan. The Bangladesh government originally stated that it would own the fund, and that the World Bank would manage it for three years while handing over management to the government. The recent announcement that the World bank will retain control of the BCCRF has caused a public outcry in Bangladesh.
Equitybd, NGOs and civil society groups form a human chain in protest against World Bank control of climate finance in Bangladesh
Protestors formed a human chain around the national press club in Dhaka, demanding that both the BCCRF and Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF) come under an autonomous board. The...
