Resilience to Climate Change
Despite producing only 0.56% of the global emission, Bangladesh is persistently facing issues of rising sea levels, floods, intense cyclones, and many more climate-induced disasters. The country has faced approximately 185 extreme weather events from 2000 to 2019, affecting the lives of poor and vulnerable communities and causing substantial economic losses (USD 3.72 billion).
Bangladesh is already a victim of Climate Change Impact. It impacts of (a) natural capitals, like water resources, bio-diversity and environment, (b) Agriculture, like land availability for agriculture, water availability and quality for agriculture, (c) Livestock, like land availability for livestock, livestock and poultry health, (d) Fisheries, like change in fish culture, Change in fish capture, (e) Human Health (heat-wave stress, water-borne and communicable diseases, and (f) Human Security, like climate induced displacements/migration, trafficking and increase rate of early marriage vulnerability.
Despite producing only 0.56% of the global emission, Bangladesh is persistently facing issues of rising sea levels, floods, intense cyclones, and many more climate-induced disasters. The country has faced approximately 185 extreme weather events from 2000 to 2019, affecting the lives of poor and vulnerable communities and causing substantial economic losses (USD 3.72 billion).
Bangladesh is already a victim of Climate Change Impact. It impacts of (a) natural capitals, like water resources, bio-diversity and environment, (b) Agriculture, like land availability for agriculture, water availability and quality for agriculture, (c) Livestock, like land availability for livestock, livestock and poultry health, (d) Fisheries, like change in fish culture, Change in fish capture, (e) Human Health (heat-wave stress, water-borne and communicable diseases, and (f) Human Security, like climate induced displacements/migration, trafficking and increase rate of early marriage vulnerability.
Women, children and persons with disabilities (PWD) are the main victims of any types of disaster including climate induced disaster. Devastating cyclones is almost a regular events in the coastal areas of Bangladesh that causes economic, social and infrastructural damages to the victims. The survivors of such disasters become again the victims of unsafe migration (including modern slavery) as well as women and child trafficking.Given its ambition to achieve upper middle-income status by 2030, the government of Bangladesh takes a pro-active approach in addressing major challenges related to climate change and development. In support of this process RDF has been contributing to reduce climate change vulnerabilities through development of resilience to climate change, adopting green energy for reducing carbon emission, alternative skills development, promoting Climate Smart Agriculture in Bangladesh. RDF works in all phases of the climate change risk reduction thus creating resilience to climate change vulnerabilities in the Central South coastal areas of Bangladesh.