Mainstreaming climate change resilience into development planning in Bangladesh

The report examines Bangladesh's efforts to mainstream climate change adaptation and mitigation into its national planning through a 'building blocks' framework consisting of an enabling environment, policies and planning, and projects and programmes. While the country demonstrates strong political will and has established various funding mechanisms like the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund, it faces significant challenges due to an information gap regarding specific climate impacts and a lack of coordination between sectoral data systems.

• Bangladesh has demonstrated strong political will to integrate climate change into national planning, evidenced by the 2005 National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) and the 2009 Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP). The ruling party's election manifesto explicitly includes climate change as both an environmental and development issue.
• A significant information gap hinders the translation of political will into concrete policy and action. While disaster response data is plentiful, there is a lack of specific scientific information on climate impacts for sectors such as agriculture, infrastructure, and water resources, making 'after-casting' based on past trends insufficient for unpredictable climate changes.
• The government has established several financial mechanisms to support climate resilience, including the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF) and the Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund (BCCRF). In 2009–12, the government allocated US$300 million from the non-development budget, and the BCCRF was designed to attract US$170 million from development partners.
• Climate change is being mainstreamed into high-level national planning documents, including the Perspective Plan, the Sixth Five-Year Plan, the Annual Development Programme, and the Delta Plan. However, some existing sectoral policies, such as those for exports and industry, may conflict with climate goals, such as shrimp cultivation increasing salinisation.
• Institutional arrangements for climate planning often overlap or bypass traditional structures. To increase flexibility, projects under US$250 million can be approved directly by the Ministry of Planning rather than going through the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC).

APA

Pervin, M. (2013). Mainstreaming climate change resilience into development planning in Bangladesh. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Bangladesh_PRESS_0.pdf

Chicago

Pervin, Mousumi. Mainstreaming climate change resilience into development planning in Bangladesh. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Bangladesh_PRESS_0.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{pervin2013mainstreaming, author = {Pervin, Mousumi}, title = {{Mainstreaming climate change resilience into development planning in Bangladesh}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2013}, month = apr, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Bangladesh_PRESS_0.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }