Climate Change and Its Impacts on

Bangladesh

Climate and Climate Change (CC)

Climate

Climate is the long-term average of weather, typically averaged over

a period of 30 years

Climate change

NASA’s definition of climate change says it is “a broad range of

global phenomena created predominantly by burning fossil fuels,
which add heat-trapping gases to Earth’s atmosphere. These
phenomena include the increased temperature trends described by
global warming, but also encompass changes such as sea-level
rise; ice mass loss in Greenland, Antarctica, the Arctic and mountain
glaciers worldwide; shifts in flower/plant blooming; and extreme
 Climate and Climate Change (CC)
Climate change
On the other hand, climate change refers to the increasing changes in
the measures of climate over a long period of time – including
precipitation, temperature, and wind patterns.
Global warming is just one aspect of climate change. In fact, they say
that global warming refers to the rise in global temperatures due mainly
to the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gasses in the
atmosphere.
Causes of Climate Change (CCC)
Anthropogenic causes
-fossil fuel, land use and agriculture are the main three responsible issues
Natural causes
-volcanic eruption,
-ocean current,-earth’s orbital and
-solar variation
Historical and projected climate change Source

A 0.6 °C (0.2 to 0.8 °C) increase in global temperature from 1901 to 2001.
In Bangladesh, an increase in annual mean temperatures of 1.0 °C by 2030, 1.4 °C IPCC (2007)
by 2050 and 2.4 °C by 2100. The country will experience a 5% to 6% increase in
rainfall by 2030.

From 1967 to 2007 (40 years) Bangladesh has been experiencing a rising trend in Nishat and
the mean temperature of 0.40 to 0.65 °C. Mukherjee (2013)

The median temperature rise is forecast to be 1.1 °C by the 2030s, 1.6 °C by

the 2050s and 2.6 °C for the 2080s over the baseline median (1970-1999).
The median annual precipitation in Bangladesh is projected to rise by 1% by the Yu et al. (2010)
2030s, 4% by the 2050s, and 7% by the 2080s over the baseline (1970-1999)
median. The frequency and intensity of drought are likely to increase.

An increase of 0.4 °C temperature (0.008 °C/year) in 50 years (1966-2015) and an

increase of rainfall at the rate of 6.675 mm/year except for winter season. The Mullick et al.
extreme rainfall events (three days or more) is likely to increase in the southern and (2019)
eastern part of Bangladesh.
The mean temperature has increased by 0.097 °C per decade in the last 50 years.
A Shahid (2010)
significant change in annual mean rainfall and pre-monsoon rainfall.
Temperature change 0.5-1.0 °C per year. Cruz et al. (2007)

Winter temperature is projected to rise by 1.49 °C by 2030 and 4.12 °C by

2075 relative to the base year 1990.
Summer warming would likely be 0.87 °C by 2030 and 3.16 °C by 2075. Roy et al. (2009)
Annual precipitation would increase by 2% by 2030 and 10.1% by 2075 over the
base year (1990).
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 CC Impacts on….
• Major Concern
-Food security
-Water security
All are connected with poverty and each affected
-Livelihood security by CC

-Health security
-Energy security and so on.
What changes.
Extreme temperature
Erratic rainfall
Increased number of flood
Salinity
Severity drought
Increased frequency of cyclone
Sea level rising
 Impact on Health..
• Direct health consequences
-mortality, morbidity by extreme events like Cyclone
and storm surges

• Infectious/pathogenic disorders
-diarrhea , cholera, dengue, vector borne diseases……

• Nutritional disorders
-Malnutrition

Psychological disorders
-Mental and behavioral changes