BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION EFFORTS OF BANGLADESH: AN ASSESSMENT

Author: Sultana Jareen, Roksana Islam Sujana

DOI Link: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2016v37n2a3

ABSTRACT

Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. The country is experiencing some of the major impacts of climate change, such as sea level rise, salinity, increased temperature, rainfall variations, flood, drought and cyclone. In response, Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) has been a critical focus of the country. The country has taken a number of policies, programmes and projects to address the issue of CCA. These programmes, policies and plans are supported by institutional mechanisms of relevant ministries. To meet the financial requirement, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) has established several funds domestically along with seeking fund from international community. This paper assesses the CCA efforts of Bangladesh. It reveals that despite some achievements, there are challenges which include lack of coordination among concerned ministries, loopholes in policies, lack of local level participation, slow pace of implementation along with insufficient funding, lack of adequate monitoring and evaluation, and deficit in transparency and accountability.