Published: 23 January 2017
Bangladesh is one of the most affected countries due to the impacts of climate change. Natural disasters are frequent here that bring massive destruction of the infrastructures, impact heavily especially upon the livelihoods of the poor and marginalised people including loss of their lives. Bangladesh is highly prone to tropical cyclones, and flood and also vulnerable due to sea level rise, salinity intrusion, tidal surges, drought, and tornado.
Taking the above mentioned phenomena in consideration and with a view to tackling climate change issues in an effective way, the Government of Bangladesh has already taken some specific initiatives to build capacity of the people and tackle climate risks and vulnerabilities. These initiatives include formulation of National Adaptation Program of Action (NAPA) in 2005 (updated in 2009), formulation of Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP) in 2008 (updated in 2009), enacting the Climate Change Trust Act 2010, establishment of Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF) and Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund (BCCRF) in respectively in 2009 and 2010.
To combat the adverse impact of the climate change Local Government Institutions (LGIs) are implementing 108 projects (City Corporations-03, Zila Parishads-14 and Municipalities-91) and estimated budget of these projects are about 354 crore BDT. The projects are designed under the six themes of BCCSAP and funded by Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF). Among these projects, few projects are already completed and rest is ongoing. Upazila Parishad and Union Parishad, these two LGIs are not implementing any project under BCCTF.
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