Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change and negative effects are already taking place. Increasing temperatures, increased precipitation, thermal expansion of the Bay of Bengal and melting of the glaciers in the Himalayas will all have great impacts for Bangladesh and with a high population density in a low lying country it will suffer constraints throughout the 21st century. Bangladesh being largely dependent on the agricultural sector for domestic consumption is facing changes in weather patterns created by careless emission of greenhouse gases of the developed world.
The report Climate change, its impacts and possible community responses in Bangladesh is an updated version of James S. Pender’s previous publication What is Climate Change & How it may affect Bangladesh. The report attempts to summarise current international and national literature on climate change and put it into language which will be more easily understood by development practitioners in Bangladesh and elsewhere.
Download the climate report here (PDF, 533 Kb)