Climate Change

Project and Key Activities: Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) has rightly recognized climate change as global environmental issue and start working at beginning of the institute. The institute was involved and lead climate change related country studies in association other national level organizations. It has in-house capacity in terms of relevant skilled human resources, computerized software, other analytical tools such as Geographic Information System (GIS), Spatial Analytical Modules to carryout activities related to emission inventory, analyze technical, social and economic cost-benefits of mitigation options using LEAP and MARKEL, assess impacts, adaptation and vulnerability to climate change and sea level rise, develop climate change scenarios by employing IPCC recommended General Circulation Models (GCM), assess possible adaptation options and their likely contribution to achieving sustainable development of the country etc. Recently it has acquired MAGICC and SCENGEN model for generating climate change scenario for Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments. At present six in-house personnel working in climate change division and two of them gave inputs in the Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) at different level. 

BCAS is the secretariat for the Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) consisting of fourteen non-governmental organizations in South Asia working on Climate Change related issues and publishes a Journal “Clime Asia”.

In-Charge of the Division: Dr. A. Atiq Rahman

Personnel:

• Dr. Saleemul Huq

• Dr. M.I.Sharif

• Mr. Mozaharul Alam

• M.Mainuddin

• Mr. Sarder Shafiqul Alam

• Mr. Dwijen Mallick

• Mr. Golam Rabbani

Completed Project:

• Asia Least-Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy

• Bangladesh Climate Change Country Study

• North South Dialogue on Climate Change

• Climate And Development

• Sustainable Development and Climate Change

• Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

• Formulation of the Bangladesh Programme of Action for Adaptation to Climate Change (NAPA)

• Linking Climate Adaptation

• Adaptation workshop

• Bangladesh Country Experiences and Highlights for NCCSAP

• Improving Capacity of Vulnerable Household, A BCAS-CARE-RVCC Partnership Project

Current Projects :

• South South North Project (SSN)-CDM Capacity Building Activities

• Capacity Building of LDCs of Adaptation of Climate Change (CLACC)

• South South North Project (SSN) : Poverty And Climate

• NIES-PELANGI-BCAS Climate Change Project

• SSN-2, Adaptation to Climate Change

• Development & Climate Change-Phase-II

• Building Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change for Selected Drought and Flood Prone Areas of Bangladesh.