Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- A youth-led project from Bangladesh has won a regional climate action competition, with the winners announced during the 13th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development held in Bangkok on Wednesday.

The winning team, Eco Sentinels, developed BrineAway, a nature-based water filtration system designed to tackle the growing problem of salinity intrusion in coastal areas.

Using locally available materials and halophyte plants, the system can reduce water salinity by up to 85 per cent, providing affordable and clean water to coastal communities through a women-led micro-entrepreneur distribution model.

The project was selected from more than 330 applications representing around 1,400 young change-makers across the Asia-...