The newly released Climate and Development Outlook: Bangladesh Special Edition features a range of recent results and learning from CDKN’s programme to strengthen climate resilient development in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a populous country of 163 million and is extremely poor, with about 30% of its people living on less than a dollar a day. Maplecroft’s Index (2012) ranks Bangladesh as the second most vulnerable country in the world to climate change. In the past 25 years, Bangladesh has experienced six major floods, a severe tropical cyclone every three years and annual seasonal droughts. It vulnerability is increasing as a result of population growth and the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/climate-and-development-outlook-bangladesh
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/elizabeth-gogoi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kashmala-kakakhel
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/climate-and-development-knowledge-network-cdkn
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangladesh
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-adaptation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/extreme-weather-events
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/development
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/migration