Published: 04 December 2015
Climate change will likely have the most severe effects on developing countries like Bangladesh, whose citizens depend heavily on natural resources and systems for their basic livelihoods and as such, are most vulnerable to effects to climate change. Given these challenges, there is a clear need to adapt. Communities, many of which already face poverty challenges, will need to adjust their livelihoods, employ alternative technologies, and find new ways of managing scarce resources. Indeed, climate change adaptation has become an issue of human rights and justice in view of the daunting costs that the impacts of climate change pose for countries who have contributed least to the problem.
