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Climate resilience in Bangladesh is costing women their savings
Original: # women # Bangladesh Climate resilience must not come at the cost of women’s debt Shahrina Akhtar 6–7 minutes A large pa
Writer Shahrina Akhtar argues that Bangladesh's climate resilience is being financed largely by its poorest households, with women bearing the heaviest burden through debt. As floods and other climate shocks intensify, families often borrow to rebuild, pushing women deeper into financial insecurity. The piece calls for climate finance that does not shift adaptation costs onto those least able to pay.
Why now: Growing attention to how climate adaptation costs fall hardest on poor women in Bangladesh.
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