Bushra Afreen

Bushra Afreen
বুশরা আফরিন
Born
Dhaka, Bangladesh
OccupationsChief Heat Officer, Dhaka North City Corporation
FatherAtiqul Islam

Bushra Afreen (Bengali: বুশরা আফরিন) is a Bangladeshi climate resilience specialist who served as the first Chief Heat Officer (CHO) of a municipality in Bangladesh. Afreen is believed to be the first appointment CHO in all of Asia. Appointed in May 2023 by the Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, Afreen focused on mitigating the impacts of extreme urban heat in North Dhaka as it experienced rapid urbanization and climate-induced temperature increases.

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