The impact of climate change has now become the biggest challenging issue in the world. Due to this, global temperatures are rising and countries are facing various disasters. But the necessary financial and technical support is not available to deal with this disaster. Historically, countries that have become developed or rich countries through the industrial revolution and have emitted a lot of carbon are mainly responsible for this climate change. Therefore, to address the challenges of climate change, the Conference of Parties (COP) has been held every year since 1995 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The main objective of which is to help the rich or carbon emission countries to reduce the damage caused by climate change by providing financial assistance to the least developed and vulnerable countries due to climate change. This time, the 29th COP conference is being held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, a country on the Caspian Sea. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor to the interim government, participated in this global conference as the representative of Bangladesh.
Although the rich or industrialized countries are supposed to provide money to the LDC countries or least developed countries to alleviate their misery, they have repeatedly broken their promises. Most of what they have given is loan money. Although it is supposed to be given as grants. This year is no exception. Where the least developed countries gave their demand of 1.3 trillion, but they have set a limit within 300 billion. They have not promised to give the entire amount as grants.
Representatives from 198 countries of the world attend this conference every year. They come to inform the world about their misery due to climate change. They put pressure on policymakers in various ways.
SDS attends this conference as an accredited institution of UNFCCC. Mr. Rabeya Begum (Executive Director, SDS) and Mr. BM Kamrul Hasan (Director, MF, SDS) participated in the conference this year. They organized two side events to highlight the damage caused by the recent floods in Bangladesh and the other to highlight the displacement & migration in Bangladesh due to river erosion and the resulting economic & non-economic losses. During this event, she presented the results of a study on women and adolescents affected by erosion in Naria and Jajira upazilas of Shariatpur district, Bangladesh. CANSA, CPRD and SDS jointly conducted the research in 2020.
In addition, DIU, CPRD, YPSA and SDS jointly discussed the displacement and migration caused by climate change in Bangladesh at the side event, so that donor countries come forward to address the crisis and continue economic cooperation.

Delegates from nearly 200 countries, leaders of business and finance, and representatives of civil society has gather in Dubai from November 30 to December 12 for the COP28 climate conference with the aim of fast-tracking the transition to a clean-energy future.

Whereas Mr. Rabeya Begum (Executive Director, SDS) spoke at a panel discussion on ‘Climate-Induced Migrant Resilient Communities’, a side-event at COP 28.

She highlighted vulnerabilities of the disaster risk exposed people and communities living in the river basin areas who are at the forefront of being displaced and migrated by flooding and riverbank erosion that already became frequent and intense with the rise of global average temperature.

She also discussed limits and limitations of humanitarian assistance, which is far short of requirement and only support short-term emergency needs. Displacement and migration involves secondary and tertiary risks resulting from the residual impacts of both sudden slow onset event.

We need to think beyond the existing scope of Humanitarian Assistance so that issues related to displacement and migration, including rights of the displaced and migrated people and communities could be protected.

SDS Executive Director Mrs. Rabeya Begum stayed in Colombo, Sri Lanka from August 19 to August 23 to attend the Annual General Session of Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA). The main session was held from 20 to 22 August. He attended the session as the Chair of the Steering Committee of CANSA Bangladesh. Representatives of 75 organizations from South Asia Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan attended the session.

The CANSA Board is elected every two years. Following this, the Executive Director of SDS Mrs. Rabeya Begum elected as a member of the (CANSA) Board for the next two years.

It should be noted that a total of 13 people from five South Asian countries namely Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka have been elected as members of the new committee.

We (SDS) are delighted to have been selected as board members of CANSA, a network working intensively on climate. In future we want to work more intensively in this arena and stand by the victims. We wish good health and long life to our Executive Director.

Australia is partnering with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) to host the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from 19-22 September 2022.

With the Asia-Pacific experiencing a growth in the frequency and intensity of disasters, investment in reducing our risk to disasters is vital to saving lives and livelihoods, minimising economic loss and ensuring no one is left behind.

The 2022 Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction presents an opportunity for delegates from across the Asia Pacific to showcase and share experiences, action and innovation to help build a resilient future for the region.

The conference also represents a final opportunity ahead of the Mid-Term Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) in 2023, to focus on Sendai Framework progress and commitments in the Asia-Pacific Region.

At the invitation of the organizers, SDS has represented by Mr. Mojibur Rahman (Founder & Advisor, SDS), Mrs. Rabeya Begum (Executive Director, SDS). SDS participated in all the events of the 04-day Conference.

Youth Summit on ageing- held on 25 October 2021 at Daffodil University , Organised by Ageing Support forum & Social Business Students Forum, DIU.

Dr. Kazi Khaliquzzaman, Chairman of PKSF was a Chief guest and Major General Jibon Kanai Das, Country Director, Sir William Beverage Foundation was presided the meeting. As a special guest Tasmima Hossain, Editor, Daily Ittefaq, Dr Md. Sabur Khan, Chairman, Daffodil group and Rabeya Begum, ED SDS were present there.

On 31 October 2021, world leaders and top climate officials come together to discuss climate change against the backdrop of Covid-19 and an already rapidly changing natural environment. This year, the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland presents an important opportunity for delegates. At the invitation of the organizers, SDS was represented by Mr. Mojibur Rahman (Founder & Advisor, SDS), Mr. Rabeya Begum (Executive Director, SDS), Mr. BM Kamroul Hassan (Director, MF, SDS). SDS participated in all the events of the 13-day Conference and highlighted the activities of SDS in a side event.