Rural communities who usually have the smallest carbon footprints are unfortunately hit the hardest by climate change. Uttaran is therefore working to help and facilitate local people and government to adopt with climate change in coastal Bangladesh while educating them about safe water, hygiene and sanitation. Over the years we have developed the capacity of local government in adaptation, advocated for more sustainable solutions and provided climate vulnerable people with financial and technical capacity to adapt with climate change. Since the 1990s, Uttaran and Paani Committee had been advocating for nature-based solution to water management problem in south west and advocating to enhance the participation of local people in form water governance processes. At the same time, Uttaran have also introduced various forms of locally adopted informal water governance towards policy maker and academics and thus Tidal River Management concept was adopted which has also been identified as key strategy to mitigate water logging and climate change in south west coastal Bangladesh in the BDP 2100.
SDG: Goal 1 (Target 1.5) Goal 3 (3.7) Goal 6 (all targets) Goal 13 (all target) Goal 7 (target 7.2) Goal 14 ( target 14.2) and Goal 15 (15.2 15.5)
Current Projects – 2020
- Uttaran-IDCOL Biogas Program
- BSRM-Uttaran Submersible Pipeline Water Supply Project (BUSPWS)
- Sustainable River Basin Management (SRM) : Adapting Climate Change in the Southwest Bangladesh, SRM-Project 306-004-1203
- Youth In Action for River Management
- Urban Management of Internal Migration due to Climate Change (UMIMCC): Climate Resilient Goat Production for Income Generation & Livelihoods Security in Urban Area (Metropolitan Area)
- WASH SDG WAI Bangladesh Sub programme Implementation Phase 1