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...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Other Environmental Study |
| Language: | English en_US |
| Published: |
Washington, DC
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/02/16238737/bangladesh-policy-note-climate-change http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12354 |
| id |
okr-10986-12354 |
|---|---|
| recordtype |
oai_dc |
| spelling |
okr-10986-123542021-04-23T14:03:00Z Bangladesh - Policy Note on Climate Change World Bank AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALLOCATION CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CIVIL SOCIETY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES CLIMATE CHANGE ASSISTANCE CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE PROOFING CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE VARIABILITY COASTAL AREAS CYCLONES DAMAGES DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT DONOR COMMUNITY DROUGHTS ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE FLOOD FLOOD DAMAGES FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL TEMPERATURES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GASES GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INTENSITY OF CYCLONES INVESTMENT STRATEGIES IPCC NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT NATURAL CATASTROPHES NATURAL DISASTERS RAINFALL RIVER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITIES SALINE INTRUSION SEA LEVEL RISE STORM STORM SURGES TRANSACTION COSTS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 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. 2013-02-13T23:28:26Z 2013-02-13T23:28:26Z 2009-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/02/16238737/bangladesh-policy-note-climate-change http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12354 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study Economic & Sector Work South Asia Bangladesh |
| repository_type |
Digital Repository |
| institution_category |
Foreign Institution |
| institution |
Digital Repositories |
| building |
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository |
| collection |
World Bank |
| language |
English en_US |
| topic |
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALLOCATION CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CIVIL SOCIETY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES CLIMATE CHANGE ASSISTANCE CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE PROOFING CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE VARIABILITY COASTAL AREAS CYCLONES DAMAGES DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT DONOR COMMUNITY DROUGHTS ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE FLOOD FLOOD DAMAGES FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL TEMPERATURES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GASES GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INTENSITY OF CYCLONES INVESTMENT STRATEGIES IPCC NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT NATURAL CATASTROPHES NATURAL DISASTERS RAINFALL RIVER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITIES SALINE INTRUSION SEA LEVEL RISE STORM STORM SURGES TRANSACTION COSTS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT |
| spellingShingle |
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALLOCATION CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CIVIL SOCIETY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES CLIMATE CHANGE ASSISTANCE CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE PROOFING CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE VARIABILITY COASTAL AREAS CYCLONES DAMAGES DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT DONOR COMMUNITY DROUGHTS ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE FLOOD FLOOD DAMAGES FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL TEMPERATURES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GASES GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INTENSITY OF CYCLONES INVESTMENT STRATEGIES IPCC NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT NATURAL CATASTROPHES NATURAL DISASTERS RAINFALL RIVER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITIES SALINE INTRUSION SEA LEVEL RISE STORM STORM SURGES TRANSACTION COSTS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT World Bank Bangladesh - Policy Note on Climate Change |
| geographic_facet |
South Asia Bangladesh |
| description |
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. |
| format |
Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study |
| author |
World Bank |
| author_facet |
World Bank |
| author_sort |
World Bank |
| title |
Bangladesh - Policy Note on Climate Change |
| title_short |
Bangladesh - Policy Note on Climate Change |
| title_full |
Bangladesh - Policy Note on Climate Change |
| title_fullStr |
Bangladesh - Policy Note on Climate Change |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Bangladesh - Policy Note on Climate Change |
| title_sort |
bangladesh - policy note on climate change |
| publisher |
Washington, DC |
| publishDate |
2013 |
| url |
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/02/16238737/bangladesh-policy-note-climate-change http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12354 |
| _version_ |
1764419631342157824 |