
Over much of the past decade, Bangladesh's development prospects have been buoyed by a record of strong and sustained economic growth. Yet even as the country's bustling urban areas, including the capital city Dhaka, have helped fuel that growth, rapid and unplanned development is leaving...
Bangladesh is widely recognized to be one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world. Most of Bangladesh lies in the delta of three of the largest rivers in the world. Floodplains occupy 80% of Bangladesh making it susceptible to river and rain water flooding and, in lower-lying...
This handbook provides an overview of natural hazards, climate change susceptibility, disaster management and response in Bangladesh. It provides an analysis of government disaster plans and policies and community preparedness. The Disaster Management Reference Handbook Series is intended to...
Gender influences people’s behaviour in various ways. This study investigates gendered (im)mobility during cyclone strikes in Bangladesh. During such strikes people have described being unable to move away from environmentally high-risk locations and situations. The Q-based Discourse Analysis...
Concern Worldwide has been working with communities in Bangladesh as part of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance. This programme aims to improve the safety of communities and build their ability to meet their basic needs during floods, as well as working to prevent the negative impact of floods...
Bangladesh is at the forefront of the fight against climate change. Extreme weather events, the annual monsoon season, and the health and economic impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic are hitting communities hard. Without urgent action by the government and donors, the impact of monsoon hazards...
The objective of this document is to help the humanitarian community to complement preparedness and response efforts undertaken by Bangladesh’s national authorities in relation to climate-related disasters. It reflects the increased level of preparation of national authorities as well as the...
In Eastern Dhaka, perennial flood remains a constant threat to people and livelihoods. Learning from the micro-level experiences of the poor in the peri-urban areas of Dhaka provides insights on the intersections between physical vulnerability, flood response strategies, and adaptive capacity....
Given the uncertain magnitude and timing of the added risks from climate change, it is essential to identify the costs of climate proofing Bangladesh's critical infrastructure from intensified monsoon floods and cyclonic storm surges. This study aims to fill that knowledge gap by providing...
The Bangladesh coastal zone is faced with a plethora of hydro-geographical constraints, coupled with unsustainable land use practices and precarious resource management. These conditions give rise to high incidence of poverty, loss of livelihoods, and wide scale migration. This study connects...
This study aims to document the vulnerability of Haor region and identify relevant forces and factors contributing to it. The study is expected to equip the Parliamentarians with references readily available to act more effectively on issues affecting the life and livelihoods of haor population...
The Government has developed the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP) 2008 and reflects the hanged development priorities of the new democratic Government. It is presented in two parts. The first part provides the background issues based on physical and climate contexts,...
Community-based adaptation (CBA) is an approach to strengthening the adaptive capacity of local communities vulnerable to climate change. The CBA approach increasingly features in discussions among policy makers, planners, advocates, and researchers, and has been endorsed and adopted by numerous...
With current and anticipated increases in magnitude of extreme weather events and a declining consistency in weather patterns, particularly challenging for agriculture, there has been a growing interest in weather index-based insurance (IBI) schemes in Bangladesh. A number of weather index-based...
This report aims to respond to this gap in knowledge by presenting findings from the community level in South-West Bangladesh. The main goal of this research study was to begin deconstructing what non-economic losses and damages might entail and evaluate qualitative methods for its research. The...
The concept of non-economic losses (NELs) has recently emerged in the context of negotiations on loss and damage under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). NELs are losses of values that are not commonly traded in markets but bear high relevance for those affected....
The overall objective of this study was to map existing processes, benefits and constraints within the cotton value chain and the additional vulnerabilities posed by climate change. Based on these, this report suggests informed measures to address value chain bottlenecks and build the resilience...
The objectives of flood forecasting and warning services are to enable and persuade people, community, agencies and organizations to be prepared for the flood and take necessary actions to increase safety and reduce or protect damages of lives and properties. Its goal is to alert the agencies,...
The objectives of flood forecasting and warning services are to enable and persuade people, community, agencies and organizations to be prepared for the flood and take necessary actions to increase safety and reduce or protect damages of lives and properties. Its goal is to alert the agencies,...
The objectives of flood forecasting and warning services are to enable and persuade people, community, agencies and organizations to be prepared for the flood and take necessary actions to increase safety and reduce or protect damages of lives and properties. Its goal is to alert the agencies,...