Dhaka, May 14 -- Civil society leaders, humanitarian and lightning experts from different South Asian countries have stressed the critical need to protect human lives from lightning strikes.

Lightning is increasingly becoming a major risk, causing significant loss of lives every year. The incidence of lightning is rapidly increasing due to climate change, yet preparedness to address this risk is inadequate and is rarely incorporated into community-based disaster risk reduction programmes.

In response to this growing concern, Alliance for Empowering Partnership (A4EP), a network of local and national humanitarian actors in the Global South and a Grand Bargain Signatory, in collaboration with COAST Foundation from Bangladesh and National ...