Media and Public Engagement
Overview
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Articles and Interviews About My Work
Engagements with media outlets and across other platforms regarding my research and scholar-activism enables me to disseminate information relating to issues I care about.
Counterpoint: Rivers as Sovereignty: Bangladesh Must Reclaim Its Water Future (18 December 2025)
Counterpoint: Reflections from Capitol Hill: A Year On in Washington and Dhaka (3 August 2025)
Prothom Alo: Rising temperature leads to rising daily expenses (18 July 2025)
Counterpoint: Holding the Line for Democracy in Bangladesh: One Year Since the July Revolution (13 July 2025)
L’Express: La guerre de l’eau, l’autre conflit majeur qui couve en Asie du Sud (2 June 2025)
Berliner Gazette: The Politics of Water: Climate (In)Justice in Megacities of the Global South (27 May 2025)
LA Progressive: Democracy After Dictatorship: Bangladesh’s Generational Reforms Demand Global Partnership
(10 May 2025)
Climate Resilience: Dhaka’s climate migrants say extreme heat makes their new home ‘hell’ (4 September 2024)
South China Morning Post: Misinformation about Hindus being targeted in Bangladesh fuels Islamophobia fears (23 August 2024)
The Hill: Bangladesh’s second independence: A step forward for democracy (22 August 2024)
The Diplomat: Bangladesh’s New Democracy Under Threat From Flood of Misinformation (14 August 2024)
Chronicle of Higher Education: Two Major Academic Publishers Signed Deals With AI Companies. Some Professors Are Outraged (29 July 2024)
Syracuse University News: Are We Overlooking Justice Implications for the Olympics 2024 Sustainability Goals? (10 July 2024)
Atmos Magazine: The Vicious Loop of Blood and Oil (22 January 2024)
CBC Radio: Activists clash with oil industry at COP28 (11 December 2023)
New York Times: A Climate Summit Begins With Fossil Fuels, and Frustration, Going Strong (1 December 2023)
Hindustan Times: Accounting for colonial rule reduces India’s climate role by 15% (27 November 2023)
Guardian: Who are the polluter elite and how can we tackle carbon inequality? (22 November 2023)
BBC Brazil: Climate Change: 5 Myths Debunked by Science (21 November 2023)
Agence France (AFP): Climate experts warn of fossil fuel tactics at COP28 (2 November 2023)
Bloomberg: The loudest champion of the climate vulnerable (2 November 2023)
Guardian: In 2023 we’ve seen climate destruction in real time, yet rich countries are poised to do little at Cop28 (1 November 2023)
Truthout: Fossil Fuel Exec Is Slated to Lead COP28. We Must Decolonize Climate Governance (3 August 2023)
Maxwell News: Farhana Sultana Addresses European Parliament (14 July 2023)
- Truthout: Fossil Fuel Exec Is Slated to Lead COP28. We Must Decolonize Climate Governance. (3 August 2023)
- Maxwell News: Farhana Sultana Addresses European Parliament (14 July 2023)
- Inside Climate News: A Long-Sought Loss and Damage Deal Was Finalized at COP27. Now, the Hard Work Begins (1 March 2023)
- Princeton Environmental Forum, Princeton University: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/10/17/farhana-sultana-talks-about-universal-right-water-all-earth-podcast
- Maxwell Faculty Member Meets Pope Francis, Syracuse University News, Syracuse, USA: https://news.syr.edu/2017/03/maxwell-faculty-member-meets-pope-francis-during-vatican-workshop-on-water-issues/
- Maxwell School, Syracuse University: https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/stories/New_book_co-edited_by_Sultana_assesses_water_governance_and_justice/
- Glenda Laws Award, American Association of Geographers: http://news.aag.org/2019/02/aag-announces-2019-aag-award-recipients-2/#Laws
- How can we create water secure cities? The Guardian, London, UK: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/jun/27/11-ideas-urban-water-security-developing-countries
- James Hansen’s legacy: Scientists reflect on climate change in 1988, 2018, and 2048 The Grist: https://grist.org/article/james-hansens-legacy-scientists-reflect-on-climate-change-in-1988-2018-and-2048/
- The Maxwell Perspective, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA: Maxwell 10th Decade Projects
- Syracuse University Magazine, Syracuse University, USA: SU Magazine 2011
- Alumni Magazine, College of Arts and Sciences, Syracuse University, USA: CAS 2010
- The Maxwell Perspective, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA: http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/news.aspx?id=36507229234
- Geography Newsletter, Clark University, USA: Clark 2013
- Minnesota Human Rights Center, University of Minnesota, USA: http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/center/anniversaryproject/sultana-article2004.html
- Samakal (Bengali Newspaper), Bangladesh: Samakal 2011
In the News
Time TV: One Year after the July Revolution in Bangladesh(20 July 2025)
DW Documentary: Bangladesh’s Gen Z revolution – How student protests toppled Sheikh Hasina(26 November 2024)
Al Jazeera International: A New Era for Climate Finance (24 November 2024)
DW News: How Bangladesh can go democratic (2 November 2024)
Al Jazeera International: Hurricanes in the USA (8 October 2024)
DW News: How is the new interim government dealing with the devastating floods in Bangladesh? (26 August 2024)
Al Jazeera International: Bangladesh Flood Disaster (23 August 2024)
TRT World News: Why are Bangladesh protesters calling for a new govt under Muhammad Yunus? (5 August 2024)
BBC World Newshour: COP28: agreement calls for “transition away from fossil fuels” (13 December 2023)
CBC Radio: Activists clash with oil industry at COP28 (11 December 2023)
BBC World Newshour: Gender and Climate Change at COP27 (14 November 2022)
- Inside Climate News: A Long-Sought Loss and Damage Deal Was Finalized at COP27. Now, the Hard Work Begins (1 March 2023)
- BBC Newsday Radio: Gender and Climate Change at COP27 (14 November 2022)
- Columbia Climate School: IPCC 6th Report on Climate Change - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (28 February 2022)
- BBC: The world's fight for 'climate justice' (8 November 2021)
- Atmos Magazine: Spice and the Sacred (27 October 2021)
- Carbon Brief: The lack of diversity in climate-science research (6 October 2021)
- Talk Climate Change: Climate conversation advice from climate leaders (15 June 2021)
- The Hill: 'Climate and COVID-19 crises both need feminism – here's why' https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/553707-climate-and-covid-19-crises-both-need-feminism-heres-why?rl=1
- Dhaka Tribune: ‘The importance of learning about climate change from the Global South’ (1 March 2021): https://www.dhakatribune.com/climate-change/2021/03/01/the-importance-of-learning-about-climate-change-from-the-global-south
- MIT Technology Review: ‘What Does Progress Mean to You?’ https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/02/24/1018424/technology-progress-growth-future-innovation/ (PDF)
- City & State: ‘DiNapoli opens up fossil fuel divestment’ https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/policy/energy-environment/dinapoli-opens-fossil-fuel-divestment.html
- Truthout: ‘Hundreds of Thousands of Students Traveled Home This Week Amid COVID Spike’ https://truthout.org/articles/hundreds-of-thousands-of-students-traveled-home-this-week-amid-covid-spike/
- Scientific American: ‘Here’s How Scientists Want Biden to Take on Climate Change’ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-how-scientists-want-biden-to-take-on-climate-change/
- Carbon Brief: ‘US election: Climate experts react to Joe Biden’s victory’
- 350.org: Press conference and academic letter on NY’s divestment from fossil fuels https://350.org/press-release/academics-demand-divest-ny/
- ‘Climate Change, Cities and Violence in the Time of Covid-19: Perspectives from South Asia’: Two news articles: https://www.dawn.com/news/1565208, https://tribune.com.pk/story/2249871/1
- Inside Higher Education: Upholding academic standards (three articles):
- Global Water Crises, Turkish Cultural Center, Syracuse, NY, USA: http://www.turkishculturalcenter.org/coffee-night-at-syracuse-turkish-center/
- Climate Financing and Development Aid, Daily Orange, Syracuse University, USA: http://dailyorange.com/2015/10/cole-developed-countries-mobilize-climate-aid-complexities-loom/
- 2014 World Water Day Speaker, The Tufts Daily, Tufts University, USA: http://issuu.com/tuftsdaily/docs/tuftsdaily3.12.14/1
- Climate Change in South Asia, The Daily Star (English Newspaper), Bangladesh: http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=194893
- Climate Change Teach-In, Daily Orange, Syracuse University, USA: https://storify.com/odibs/su-and-esf-team-up-for-climate-change-teach-in
- International Women’s Day, Daily Orange, Syracuse University, USA: http://dailyorange.com/2013/03/panel-discusses-gender-equality-development-in-society/
- Global Water Crisis, Daily Orange, Syracuse University, USA: http://dailyorange.com/2011/04/activist-to-speak-on-water-crisis/
- Nobel Peace Prize Winner University Lecture, Daily Orange, Syracuse University, USA: http://sports.dailyorange.com/2010/02/nobel-prize-winner-to-talk-on-poverty/
Videos and Audio Recordings
More videos of my talks are available on my YouTube channel.
Reimagining Government Podcast: Unequal Earth, Unjust Climate (4 December 2025)
No Jargon Podcast: The Unequal Costs of Climate Change (12 August 2025)
Bangladesh & The World Podcast: Bangladesh Investment Summit: Findings, Opportunities, Challenges (12 April 2025)
Bangladesh & The World Podcast: Disinformation on Bangladesh (28 February 2025)
Bangladesh & The World Podcast: Climate and Environmental Policy in Bangladesh (15 February 2025)
Circular Metabolism Podcast: The Uneven Burden of Climate Change (12 November 2024)
Sydney Environmental Institute: Grounded Conversations (podcast) (30 May 2023)
‘The Unbearable Heaviness of Climate Coloniality’ AAG Political Geography Plenary Lecture (video): https://youtu.be/J3XHf1bmhlA
Second Transitions Podcast: Water Justice (31 January 2022)
One Planet Podcast: Ensuring clean water for all (podcast) (26 November 2021)
‘Climate Change and Labor: Media Landscape’ Pulitzer Center, USA (video): https://pulitzercenter.org/blog/pulitzer-center-launches-your-workenvironment-initiative?utm_medium=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_source=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_campaign=PANTHEON_STRIPPED
‘Climate Justice, Water Governance, and Feminist Scholarship’ Regional Studies Association (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVCVkGjd7c4&list=PLlQHEiWfSMMXADznR2pHko1CqxX6wgNn-&index=42
‘Meet Authors of the U.N. Report on Global Warming Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation’ Columbia Climate School, USA (video): https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/meet-authors-of-the-u-n-report-on-global-warming-impacts-vulnerability-and-adaptation
The Ecopolitics Podcast: ‘Resources, Populations and the Global Environment: A Case Study in Water: https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/episode-2-13-resources-population-and-the-global-environment-a-case-study-in-water/
‘Global Inequities and Climate Change: What a Feminist Climate Justice Approach Teaches Us’ University of Oklahoma, USA (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VavdUNjJdo
‘Critical Climate Justice’ Brown University, USA (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n6Dk_dQb_A&list=PLlQHEiWfSMMXADznR2pHko1CqxX6wgNn-&index=44&t=1s
‘Climate Change, COVID-19 and the Co-production of Injustices’ Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xeo_DRjx9MQ&list=PLlQHEiWfSMMXADznR2pHko1CqxX6wgNn-&index=45&t=1847s
‘Ten years to 2030 – what is the global starting point for the climate countdown?’ inspired Minds headliner panel on climate change, World Summit AI, UK (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SltTYsrlXZY
‘Race, Space and the Environment’ Rhodes University School of Journalism and Media Studies with Syracuse University Newhouse School of Journalism, South Africa/USA (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2ueMQ-ysBg
‘Whose Water is it? Environmental injustice and water privatization’ Colorado State University, USA (video): https://watercenter.colostate.edu/waterjustice/
- Sydney Environmental Institute: Grounded Conversations (podcast) (30 May 2023)
- One Planet Podcast: Ensuring clean water for all (podcast)
- Vatican Workshop on Human Right to Water, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, The Vatican (Video): https://youtu.be/IY-b4-Lclsk
- ‘Climate Justice and Intersectionality’ Centre for Climate Justice, Glasgow Caledonian University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tRpxaTHWMw
- ‘Decolonising Europe in International Politics’ University of Amsterdam: https://youtu.be/HjhXTelnEVU
- ‘Ten years to 2030 – what is the global starting point for the climate countdown?’ Inspired Minds Headliner Panel on Climate Change, World Summit AI: https://youtu.be/SltTYsrlXZY
- ‘Global Water Crises and How We Can Envision Just & Sustainable Futures’ Fourth Annual Distinguished Hopke Lecture, Clarkson University: https://youtu.be/lcYVhbe0ukY
- ‘Climate Change, Cities and Violence in the Time of Covid-19: Perspectives from South Asia’ Climate Change and Urban Violence Global Engagement Network (CCUVN): https://youtu.be/I5yIp9e-Wt0
- Fossil Fuel Divestment Press Conference for NY with 350.org (with video): https://350.org/press-release/academics-demand-divest-ny/
- NYDivest Press Conference & Rally https://youtu.be/EbgHVLnKWgM
- ‘NY Divests’ Podcast with Media Sanctuary https://soundcloud.com/mediasanctuary/farhana-brooks-divestny-academics-1005-news-9-11-2020
- “Climate Change, Cities and Violence in the Time of Covid-19: Perspectives from South Asia” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5yIp9e-Wt0
- “Digitising Anti-Racist & Anti-Imperialist Teaching Amidst COVID-19” University of Oxford, UK (webinar video): https://youtu.be/a9cX7AAJE_E
- “Ensuring Clean Water for All” All For Earth Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University, USA (podcast): https://allforearth.princeton.edu/episodes/
- “Power and Epistemology: Whose Knowledge Counts?” Polson Symposium on Development, Cornell University, USA (Video): https://youtu.be/NkZbtbfj5Rs
- “Water Issues in South Asia” WaterLat Interview by Dr. Esteban Castro, Argentina (Video): https://youtu.be/smX1ZNIdOb0
- “Water Justice” Imagine What’s Next (NEXT16) General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, USA (Video): https://youtu.be/G16CJWg3AW4
- “Solving the global water crisis” Benefunder research video: https://vimeo.com/146183600
- “The Right to Water: Plenary Session” Conference on the Right to Water, Syracuse University, USA (Video): http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/waterconference.aspx?id=36507228912
- “Water issues”, KGOU Radio, Oklahoma Radio Station, USA (Audio): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/syria-latest-farhana-sultana/id468174813?i=128315786&mt=2
- “Negotiating Rights, Experiencing Development, Managing Water: Gender-Water-Development Nexus in a Changing World” Feminism and Ecological Futures, University of Bristol, UK (Audio): http://www.bristol.ac.uk/geography/feminism-and-futurity/seminars/theme-4/
- “Dams, Science, and the Law” Experiments on Rivers: The Consequences of Dams, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Minnesota, USA: https://cse.umn.edu/college/news/university-minnesota-conference-nov-11-12-explores-experiments-rivers-consequences