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November 5, 2009

Noakhali, Bangladesh

Bill McKibben

A group of people in Bangladesh holding a large 350.org banner at a climate action event. The banner features the organization's logo and text in Bengali, with participants wearing event t-shirts and ID badges.

If you want to know why people gathered in Noakhali, Bangladesh, take a look at this map. Noakhali is a port right on the edge of the Bay of Bengal, on the Meghna Estuary. It’s the kind of place where climate change is already being felt, as salt water begins to push upriver.

A group of people in Bangladesh holding a large 350.org banner at a climate action event. The banner features the organization's logo and text in Bengali, with participants wearing event t-shirts and ID badges.