Coastal Bangladesh in a Changing Climate

/ 23 August, 2016
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Date(s) - 23/08/2016
16:00 - 17:00

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International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and the School of Environmental Science and Management(SESM) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised a seminar on “Coastal Bangladesh in a changing climate”. Dr. Susmita Dasgupta, Lead Environmental Economist, Development Research Group of World Bank presented the keynote.

The presentation by Dr. Susmita Dasgupta at IUB

Dr. Dasgupta called urgent action:

  • With a virtual certainty that sea-level rise will continue beyond 2100, Learning climate adaptation from Bangladesh is rational as families in coastal Bangladesh are already on the “front line” of climate change and their adaptation foretells future decisions by hundreds of millions of families worldwide who will face similar threats well before 2100.
  • For sustainable poverty alleviation, it is imperative for policymakers to begin planning to cope with the potential poverty trap that climate change may create. Implementation of new policies takes time. Therefore, the time is now for the policymakers and development partners to prepare and implement policies that reduce vulnerability to climate change.

The seminar was a full-house event with the presence of students, professors, researchers and administrators.



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