Climate change adds a new and largely uncertain dimension to the development problem by compounding the risks of natural hazards. Several studies on the impact of sea level rise in Bangladesh revels that 15 to 17 percent land areas i.e. 22135 to 26562 square kilometers will be inundated within next 100 years by 100 cm sea level rise, which would make 20 million people environmental refugee. It has been apprehended that the poverty reduction and national development are held back by the variability and extremes of climate, and it is doubtful that the Millennium Development Goals (MDG)             might not be achieved if countries are far better            equipped to manage the impacts of natural disasters and climate change.

In relation to climate change COAST, member of EJWG, has developed a set of policy briefs basically to sensitize national policy planners, political leaders so that they mainstream climate change risk reduction in development planning. Click the links for details

Policy Brief 1	Factors of Climate Change: Global Warming is the Major Ground	Download
Policy Brief 2	Sea Level Rise and Environmental Refugee in Bangladesh	Download
Policy Brief 3	Measures to Combat Climate Change: the Koyoto Protocol	Download
Policy Brief 4	Climate Change and River Erosion in Bangladesh	Download
Policy Brief 5	Salinity Threatens the World Heritage: The Sundarban of Bangladesh	Download
Policy Brief 6	Increasing Salinity Threatens Productivity of Bangladesh	Download

Leadership and Climate Change

Every day brings new evidence. Climate Change has become a personal reality, for each and every one of us on this planet Says Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations at the General Assembly of the United Nations.( Source: New Age, 24 September )

 

CA Urges Global Efforts for Clean Atmosphere

Chief Adviser(CA) of the Care Taker Government of Bangladesh Mr Fakhruddin Ahmed urged all major gas emitters to collectively achieve a global target to stabilize the atmosphere while he was delivering a lecture on the ‘Challenges of Adaptation …..From Vulnerability to Resilience’ at the UN  (Source: Daily Star, 25 September )