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WHEN HOME BEGINS TO TASTE LIKE SALT: MANGROVES, WOMEN, AND THE CHANGING MEANING OF HOME IN COASTAL BANGLADESH
There is a particular kind of loss that does not announce itself. It does not make the news. It comes the way salt comes, slowly, invisibly, carried by water that looks like ordinary water until the day you realize nothing grows in it anymore. Until the day you reach for something that used to be there and find only the absence of it. This is the story of Bangladesh's coastal mangrove forests. And it is, at the same time, the story of the women who lived inside them. What the
Alkuma Rumi
Sep 105 min read


COPs: Aspiration vs. Realities | Navigating a History of Aspiration & Legal Realities toward COP30
“We've got this one beautiful blue and green planet, and we have to get together and do something to protect it before it's too late.”- Jane Goodall (1934-2025) Credit: UN Photo/Michos Tzovaras The Pursuit of Climate Action Since its inception in 1995, the Conference of the Parties (COP) has become the stage for global climate diplomacy under the UNFCCC member states. Through negotiations, framework agreements, and discussion, COP has slowly turned big promises into polici
Alkuma Rumi
Dec 15, 202513 min read


Landscapes at Risk: Climate Change and Its Impact on Economic Opportunities
Climate change poses growing risks to the world’s landscapes, deeply influencing economic opportunities and community resilience across regions. Rising temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns have led to dramatic effects on landforms—altering growing seasons, increasing wildfire risk, and reducing ecosystem services in drylands and coastal zones. For example, reductions in crop and livestock productivity are already being observed, with projections showing worsening
Kelsey Purcell
Dec 14, 20252 min read
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