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Bangladesh Climate Change
Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to climate change due to its location in a delta region with much of the country less than 5 meters above sea level. Climate change is exacerbating existing threats such as sea level rise, cyclones, flooding from monsoon rains and melting glaciers, and drought in northern areas. For communities dependent on agriculture and fishing, climate change is expected to lead to lost harvests and possessions from increased flooding, debt from needing to repeatedly replant crops or purchase medicine and seeds, and impoverishment over time as extreme weather events become more severe and frequent.
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- 3. What makes BangladeshVulnerable to Climate Change? Bangladesh located on a Delta High Population density Most of Bangladesh < 5m above sea level One of the poorest countries in the world Poor building construction Most people working in fishing and rice farming Monsoon rains Cyclones- e.g Sida Flooding of Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers Drought in North of country Glacier melt in Himalayas
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- 10. Beginning August Themonsoon rains lighten and paddy is planted . End August Torrential monsoon rains return. Paddy is washed away . Floodwater enters house. Lose possessions. Mid September The rains stop. Borrow money to buy more seeds. Re-plant paddy . End September Unexpected monsoon rains return, heavier than before. Several homes are washed away , some villagers die , many children get diarrhoea . October In debt . Borrow more money for medicine and paddy seed. Family is poorer and weaker to cope with more extreme weather. July Monsoon rains are heavier than usual. Floodwater enters the house. Some possessions are washed away.
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- #11 IMPACT Smaller ‘shocks’ can be more damaging than mega-disasters. Picture 1: July, Monsoon rains are heavier than usual. Floodwater enters the house. Some possessions are washed away. Picture 2: Beginning of August. The monsoon rains became lighter and paddy rice is planted. Picture 3: End of August. Torrential monsoon rains return. Paddy is washed away. Floodwater enters house, lose possessions. Picture 4: Mid- September. The rains stop. Borrow money to buy more paddy seeds. Replant paddy. Picture 5: End of September. Unexpected monsoon rains return, heavier than before. Several homes are washed away, some villagers dies, many children got diarrhoea. Picture 6: October. In debt. Borrow more money to buy medicine and paddy seed. Family is poorer and weaker to cope with more extreme weather. Sometimes when we hear about a mega-disaster like Cyclone Sidr on the news it is reported as an isolated event – a ‘here-today-gone-tomorrow’ experience. We don’t often hear about smaller shocks which can be more damaging than mega-disasters. This flow-chart shows some of the shocks the area faced in 2007. It started with the monsoon which always brings rain to the region between June and August. In 2007, it was unusually heavy. Flooding in June, August and September caused widespread devastation. Ruined crops, sickness and debt can knock a family down time and time again. No social safety net or insurance makes them poorer. So, can you imagine just how devastating it was when Cyclone Sidr hit in October? Extra A rise in small- and medium-scale disasters is a particularly worrying trend. When a lot of small shocks occur at the same time, or follow one another very quickly, they can merge into a ‘mega disaster’. This can push poor communities into a downward spiral of poverty, making them even more vulnerable and less likely to recover.