25 July 2025, Bangkok -More than 120 on-site participants, representing over 80 organisations, gathered at the second Meghna Knowledge Forum (MKF II) – a learning exchange platform for key stakeholders to address climate resilience, strengthening community livelihoods, and poverty reduction in the Barak-Meghna River basin, at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 23 – 25 July 2025. The forum was co-organised by IUCN, AIT and South Asian University.
On the theme of “Building Community and Ecosystem Resilience to Climate Change”, MKF II brought together over 60 speakers from diverse backgrounds, including government representatives, indigenous peoples’ organisations, think tanks, as well as youth and women leaders. Over three days, they shared challenges and solutions facing communities living along the Barak-Meghna River basin.
Home to over 50 million people, including a significant number of indigenous communities who are reliant on forestry, fisheries and agriculture sectors, the increasing impact of climate change is putting pressure on these communities and the vital source of their livelihoods. The impacts are exacerbated by the loss and degradation of forests and wetlands which is reducing the ecological buffer than protect communities from climate impacts.
