Promoting adaptation to climate change in Bangladesh

A series of three briefing papers focusing on the impact of climate change on the rural poor in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka:

This briefing focuses on the impact of climate change on Bangladesh’s rural poor. Rural communities, whose livelihoods are intimately tied to the environment, are profoundly affected by the climate, yet have received little attention in the climate change literature. This aim of this briefing is to help address this shortcoming by first, setting out the current understanding of climate change and its impacts for Bangladesh and second, by demonstrating that through immediate government action and community based adaptation the needs of those most affected by climate change can be met.