Mainstreaming climate change resilience into development planning in Bangladesh

The document details CDKN's support for the Government of Bangladesh in mainstreaming climate resilience through a three-block framework (enabling environment, policies/planning, and projects/programmes) and developing evidence-based policies on loss and damage and climate-induced migration. It highlights specific impacts in Sathkira District, where salinity intrusion caused total rice crop failure in 2009, and notes the existence of national funding mechanisms like the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund.

• Bangladesh's approach to mainstreaming climate change into development planning is based on three non-hierarchical building blocks: an enabling environment (political will and information services), policies and planning (frameworks, institutional arrangements, and finance), and projects and programmes.
• While high-level political will exists, as evidenced by the Cabinet Review Committee on climate change led by the prime minister and the 2009 Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP), a gap remains in translating this will into concrete policy due to insufficient detailed information on climate impacts and responses.
• Bangladesh has established specific institutional funding mechanisms to support climate change adaptation, namely the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund and the Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund.
• Research on loss and damage in Sathkira District found that 98% of interviewees experienced adverse effects from salinity intrusion and inundations. Cyclone Aila in 2009 resulted in total rice crop failure, with subsequent yields remaining low for two years, causing an estimated loss of 1.9 million USD in rice production across four study villages.
• CDKN is supporting the Government of Bangladesh to develop a Work Programme for Loss and Damage to serve as a model for other Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
• A research project by the University of Sussex and University of Bangladesh has analyzed the impact of climate change on human displacement and produced policy briefs on migration decisions, current migratory patterns, and future expectations.

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/CDKN-Bangladesh-Country-Snapshot-July-20131.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/CDKN-Bangladesh-Country-Snapshot-July-20131.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}, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN-Bangladesh-Country-Snapshot-July-20131.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }