Boats fleet to visit 9 locations in Bangladesh to mark Global Day of Action Against Gas Expansion 2025

November 19, 2025
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Although global energy demand continues to rise rapidly, promoting gas as a “clean” alternative poses a serious threat to the Global South. With this concern in mind, on the occasion of the “Global Day of Action Against Gas Expansion 2025” observed worldwide today, 19 November 2025, protest flotillas were organized on nine rivers in Bangladesh by Dhoritri Rokhhay Amra (DHORA) and Waterkeepers Bangladesh to protect the planet.

In Bangladesh, the national demand is around 4,000 mmcfd and the supply is around 1,000 mmcfd. Therefore, there is a shortage. The government has said it plans to drill 48 new wells by 2025, adding about 618 mmcfd of gas per day. Due to the decline in local gas reserves, efficiency in LNG imports is being increased. There are plans to bring in 115 LNG cargoes in the 2025-26 fiscal year.

In the context of COP30 and the upcoming G20 Summit, people of the Global South, social organizations, and climate justice activists are increasing pressure on governments to immediately halt fossil gas expansion and to adopt plans for a swift and just energy transition.

As part of the global movement, protest flotillas were organized in a total of nine locations across Bangladesh: on the Buriganga River in Dhaka, the Pashur River in Mongla, the Burishwar River in Barguna, the Payra River in Taltali, the Bishkhali River in Patharghata, the Andharmanik River in Kalapara, the Kutubdia Sea Channel in Kutubdia, the Magnama–Kutubdia Channel of the Bay of Bengal in Pekua, and the Khowai River in Habiganj. These fleets, filled with banners, placards, and slogans, carry messages calling for climate justice, standing against fossil fuel dependence, and in favor of renewable energy.