Agricultural Research Management Information System

Home
Research Summary
Search
About Us
- ARMIS
- Brochure
Contact Us
Report
User Request
Data Input
Help
- Operation Manual
  - PDF
  - Video
- Program Area & Commodity
We have reached 37600 number of research entries at this moment.

- Logout

Research Detail

Home
Research
Detail

Impact of Climate Change in Bangladesh: the Role of Public Administration and Government’s Integrity.

Shakeel Ahmed Ibne Mahmood
BAPA, (Bangladesh Poribesh-Dhuson Andolon Bangladesh Environmental Improvement Organization), 9/12, Block-D, Lalmatia, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Climate change is one of the most important issues to tackle this generation and possibly any generation in history.Bangladesh is a very low energy consuming country, it is pursuing a low carbon growth path, while building its resilience to climate change and reducing the risk of climate change, which represents national development. However, Bangladesh is one of the top 10 nations that are mostly vulnerable to climate change and by the end of the century, Bangladesh may beset to disappear under the waves. The government and non-governmental organizations have a key role to play. This study was carried out by employing a general review of literature on climate change, focusing on its effects in Bangladesh, and the results of specific research recently conducted by the author.

Keywords: Poverty, Population, Migration, Government's integrity.

Location:

Start Date:

End Date:

Program Area: Risk Management in Agriculture

Non-commodity: Climate change

Objectives:

Ultimately, if climate change is not being solved, then poverty eradication, food security, access to water cannot be solved either (Global Change, 2011). Secretary-General of UN, Ban Ki-moon affirmed that climate change was an "unholy brew" that could create perilous security vacuums, and that we must address a clear danger that not only exacerbated the threats but was itself a threat to international peace and security (Daily Star, 2011k).

Methodology:

Information was retrieved from documents available mainly in electronic database, and on the websites of specialized agencies, summer temperature is relatively higher during the monsoon than during summer. Winter is the driest season in Bangladesh. The 30 years mean winter rainfall amounts to about 64 mm with a variability of around 53%. By 2030, the best estimate projection is for monsoon rainfall to increase by 10 to 15% and winter rainfall by 5 to 10% (Kafiluddin, 2005).

Source of Information: Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment Vol. 4(8), pp. 223-240, May 2012 ISSN 2006–984

Funding Source:

Budget:

Total Budget (Tk.) :

Achievement/Findings:

We are all under pressure, but there is really no point to worry. This is our only option, to move from place to place to place. We farm this land for as long as we can, and then the river washes it away. No matter how much we worry, the ending is always the same" Khalilullah is achardweller (Envoinfo, 2010); “A woman's life is hard, and climate change is making it harder,” says Aregash Ayele, an Ethiopian woman ...; “Because of changing rainfall patterns, crop yields are suffering and the family does not have enough food for everybody. It has never been like this”(Global health, 2011); Munni Aktar of Noakhali said “Our lands and homes are flooded every full moon. Villagers have to shift their homes very often.I want justice” (Daily Star, 2011x); All the people who strain at this country's seams will drown with it, Anam says, or be blown away to distant shores-casualties and refugees by the millions." The headstone would read, Bangladesh, 1971-2071: born in blood, died in water (The Independent, 2008).

Knowledge Management: Journal