LIDC- Bangladesh: climate change (copy)

Bangladesh's elevation above sea level (Bangladesh)

-avg elevation above SL is 4-5m and 10% is just 1m above SL
-high exposure to storm surges and river floods

In the past 25 yrs, how many deaths worldwide from tropical cyclones have occured in Bangladesh? (Bangladesh)

60%

On average, how much of the country floods every year? (Bangladesh)

70%

How many people live in areas less than 1m above sea level? (Bangladesh)

20 million people

How much of the countys land area could be lost to the sea by the end of the century? (Bangladesh)

1/6

How much agricultural land could be too highly salinised for cultivation by 2100? (Bangladesh)

600,000ha

How much mangrove forest in the county has reduced due to rising sea level and human activity? (Bangladesh)

Reduced by 50% since 1959

How many people in Bangladesh live in poverty? (Bangladesh)

60 million which makes them less able to adapt

HDI score of Bangladesh (Bangladesh)

0.610

How will more frequent flooding increase disease burden? (Bangladesh)

Inadequate sanitation likely to spread water borne disease and flooded areas providing breeding sites for insect vectors

Mitigation strategies (Bangladesh)

-mainly focussed on adaptation as it regards mitigation as responsibility of developed world as it currently releases 1.23 tonnes of GHG per capita
-target of 5% reduction by 2030 achieved by more renewable energy use, more energy efficiency, and shift from road to rail transport

Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP) 2009 (Bangladesh)

-food security, social protection, health
-comprehensive disaster management
-infrastructures
-research and knowledge management
-mitigation and low carbon development
-capacity building and institutional strengthening

Adaptation strategies (Bangladesh)

-investment in engineering projects and community based action
-trust fund to raise capital from overseas donation: so far US$189 million raised
-warning systems of storm surges being upgraded
-protection of coastal mangrove forests
-farmers use techniques to conserve water, inc drip irrigation, rainwater harvesting and storage reservoirs
-floating veg gardens on rafts reduce crop damage by flooding
-houses raised on platforms
-new crop systems for waterlogged and saline soils

how many km of dykes are being improved and how much does it cost from USA? (Bangladesh)

3500km $2bn

How many cyclone and flood shelters built

3800