On 11th December 2025, the Climate Advocacy Forum, Bagerhat, with support from LEDARS, hosted a Citizenโs Dialogue at Dhanshiri Convention Hall, Bagerhat, ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐ to demand ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ for protecting millions at risk ahead of the ๐ญ๐ฏth ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
The dialogue urged clear political commitments, with representatives from various political parties highlighting the urgent need to tackle ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐, ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐, ๐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ & ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ธ๐ crises worsening from climate change. The dialogue was chaired by Ms. Shahida Akter, President of the Bagerhat District Climate Advocacy Forum, and moderated by Mr. Md. Asaduz Zaman Sheikh, General Secretary of the same forum. The welcome address was delivered by Mr. Mohon Kumar Mondal, Founder and Executive Director of LEDARS, and the keynote presentation was given by Shakil Ahmed, National Advocacy Coordinator, LEDARS.
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ:
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ธ โ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ, ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐.
Representatives included leaders from ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ (๐๐ก๐ฃ), ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐-๐ฒ-๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ, ๐ก๐๐ฃ, ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ต, ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฑ๐ต๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐น๐๐ฏ, and other civic platforms of Bagerhut District.
The dialogue underscored a powerful truth: Only strong political commitment and actionable plans can ensure climate resilience, proper budgeting, and sustainable livelihoods for coastal communities
