Mid-term

Initiatives that government has adopted to tackle the

climate change impacts in Bangladesh

Course Title: Environment Disaster and Risk Governance

Course Code: PA-313

Submitted To: Dr. Naznin Islam

Professor
Department of Public Administration
University of Dhaka

Submitted By: Farhan Mesbah

Roll: 065
Session: 2017-2018
BSS 3rd year, 5th semester
Department of Public Administration
University of Dhaka

Date of Submission: January 5, 2021

Bangladesh is a low-lying country and one of the most vulnerable country in the world
acknowledged by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Due to floods and
cyclones, Bangladesh also has the top rank in the Mortality Risk Index of the UN. Being one of
the most vulnerable, Bangladesh needs some adaptive actions to tackle the climate change and to
endure. Due to the alteration in climate, Bangladesh is experiencing many unpredictable changes
following the temperature extremes, increasing number of severe floods, increasing number of
cyclones, river bank and coastal erosion etc. All these natural disasters have put a severe
consequence in the economy and on the lives of people.

Government of Bangladesh (GoB) have established national policy documents in order to

address the issues of climate change. Bangladesh has put attention on the issue of climate
change through the 15th amendment of the constitution, Vision 2021 also included the part
of climate change in their plan- All actions will be taken to protect Bangladesh, including
planned migration abroad, from the adverse effects of climate change and global warming.

According to the Sixth Five Year Plan (SFYD) from 2011-2015, the government has provided
strategic guidelines and policy framework for climate change adaptations. Bangladesh was one
of the first one to develop a strategic and action plan for climate change among the developing
countries, named Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP). BCCSAP
has six thematic areas to cover.

In the year of 2004, the Department of Environment (DoE) has formed Climate Change Cell
(CCC) to oblige technical support units for the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management
(MoFDM). Climate Change Cell (CCC) has been occupied for climate change mainstreaming,
capacity building, knowledge management, modeling, awareness building and adaptation
research. So far cell published 40 publications. The Department of Environment also
coordinated climate change research and planned Bangladesh's National Adaptation Programme
of Action (NAPA) in 2005 to represent in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCC). NAPA was restructured in 2009.
Bangladesh has financed for climate change through national, bilateral and multilateral sources.
Until 2009, most of the climate change financing was offered through small bilateral or
UN-sponsored grant programs.

❏ The Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF) – a fund shaped with budgetary
distribution from Bangladesh’s revenue sources
❏ The Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund (BCCRF) – a fund created as a
Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) to draw bilateral and multilateral donations from
development partners. This fund is currently directed by the World Bank. With a
further provision for Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) to operate the NGO
financing window of the BCCRF (the NGO-funding apparatus accounts for 10
percent of the total fund)
❏ The Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) funding prospects created by the
World Bank under the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs)

Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable country to Climate change and its impacts will be
massive in the coming near future. Policy and planning support needed to produce sector
specific and need based human resources. Tactful and negotiation skill should be improved
to get the financial and technical support to meet the adaptation needs.