Bangladesh - Policy Note on Climate Change
The country is ranked as the most vulnerable to natural disasters due to frequent cyclones, storm surges and floods, coupled with a high population density and growth, and low climate resilience. In most years between 30-50 percent of the country...
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| Format: | Other Environmental Study |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/02/16238737/bangladesh-policy-note-climate-change http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12354 |
| Summary: | The country is ranked as the most
vulnerable to natural disasters due to frequent cyclones,
storm surges and floods, coupled with a high population
density and growth, and low climate resilience. In most
years between 30-50 percent of the country is affected by
floods. Climate change is projected to change the intensity
and frequency of natural disasters, exacerbate the extent of
flooding and negatively impact agricultural productivity,
infrastructure and development prospects. Bangladesh has
already taken action to face the climate challenge by
adopting various policies to address climate change and
investing heavily in adaption measures. The recently
prepared climate change strategy and action plan articulates
clearly how Bangladesh intends to scale up its effort to
become resilient to climate change. In September 2008, the
donor community agreed to establish a Multi Donor Trust Fund
(MDTF) for Climate Change in Bangladesh to assist the
Government in implementing its Strategy. The World Bank was
asked to administer the Trust Fund. The Trust Fund will
enable to channel climate change assistance in a more
harmonized approach and avoid overlapping activities and to
enable Bangladesh to effectively use international
assistance for climate change, and attract substantial
funding in the future. Bangladesh is currently ranked as the
most climate-vulnerable country in the world. Increased
global temperatures are likely to increase the frequency and
intensity of cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, to increase
monsoon rainfall which will result in additional flooding in
the Ganges Brahmaputra- Meghan Basin, and to elevate sea
level which would then increase coastal flooding and saline
intrusion into aquifers. The resulting impact on
people's livelihood can be devastating, especially in
light of Bangladesh high population's density. |
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