Bangladesh Climate Change Country Study

Division : Climate Change

Status : Completed

Project Title : Bangladesh Climate Change Country Study

Client : Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of Bangladesh

Donor/Funder: USAID

Project-In-Charge : Dr. Ahsan Uddin Ahmed

Project Description : The Ministry of Environment & Forest, GOB and BCAS researchers and other professionals worked on the impact of climate change and tried to find out possible adaptation and mitigation measures. The overall study was designed to have four components; (i) GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions inventory, (ii) Vulnerability and adaptation assessment (iii) Mitigation strategy and (iv) Awareness and information dissemination programme. In the emissions inventory for the year 1990 IPCC recommended methodology were used to calculate GHG for various sectors. For the vulnerability and adaptation assessment component the major sub-components were : climate change scenario in development, crop vulnerability, coastal recession due to sea level rise, coastal agriculture vulnerability and water resource vulnerability. Attempts have been made to assess vulnerabilities in forestry, fisheries and livestock sector. Two climate change scenarios were considered for the study, one with moderate climate change likely to take place by the year 2030 and the other being a severe climate change likely to occur by the year 2075.

Time Period : 1995 to 1996 (Two years)

Outputs : Main outputs of the project are as follows;

• National inventory of GHG emissions

• Assessment of vulnerability and adaptation

• Mitigation options

• Awareness and dissemination program

For Further Information : Mozaharul Alam

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