Climate & Energy

Climate and energy are central to sustainable development. They are key to reducing carbon emissions, improving energy efficiency, and helping communities adapt to climate change.

Arannayk Foundation has been a leader in community-based climate action in Bangladesh. One of its major contributions was the Climate Resilient Participatory Afforestation and Reforestation Project (CRPARP), implemented from 2013 to 2016. This project strengthened climate resilience in nine coastal and hilly districts. It supported over 6,000 forest-dependent groups in 200 villages through alternative income-generating activities (AIGAs), reducing pressure on natural ecosystems and helping communities adapt.

Since 2009, Arannayk has promoted the use of improved cookstoves in areas like Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Barishal, and Noakhali. Today, around 12,000 households use these stoves—cutting firewood use in half, saving 5,400 tons of wood each year, and reducing carbon emissions by nearly 10,000 tons annually.

Under USAID’s GREEN LIFE project, the Foundation introduced fuelwood alternatives and climate-resilient energy solutions, especially for vulnerable and displaced communities near Sheikh Jamal Inani National Park.

Arannayk’s climate strategy blends nature-based solutions with climate-smart agriculture, making it a national leader in grassroots climate resilience. These efforts protect the environment, lower emissions, and build sustainable livelihoods in some of Bangladesh’s most climate-affected regions.