The Geographic Scope for RCE Greater Dhaka
Bangladesh is a tropical monsoon country in South Asian Region. It is a funnel shaped deltaic floodplain of the Ganges, Brahmanputra, Meghna, Karnofuli, Shangu and Matamuhuri rivers meets to the Bay of Bengal. The northern and eastern Boundaries are the hills of eastern Himalayas and Arakan and Lusai ranges respectively. Huge monsoon rainfall brings
Regional challenges
With the increasing population quick and unplannned urbanisation and industrialization, destruction of forest, wetlands and hills have been changing the landscape and influx of huge population in the capital city Dhaka. As a result, the megacity has been facing multi-ficet crises like food, water, energy, pollution, waste management, salinity intrusion,
Achievements
CGEC as the leading actor and main operation centre has contributed to the expected functions of RCE in several ways. Awareness on ESD among the university communities and in Dhaka has been raised through seminars and workshops. ESD awareness has also been raised nationally through the government representatives working on ESD and through the
Activities
Activities at the university level are the Green Campus With sustainable activities on energy saving, and the University and the Community Program in which faculty Members disseminate research findings to benefit the community or in which students’ clubs and societies work on various sustainable development-related activities with the outside community.
