Bangladesh

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25th May 2017

Combatting surging seas in Bangladesh Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to rising tides, with its flat, low-lying topography and over 48% of its population living less than 10 metres above sea level. This feature looks at the challenges facing Bangladesh and the tools that could help it plan effectively for coastal disasters.

Resource

2nd March 2017

WORKING PAPER: Beyond COP 21 - What did Asian countries pledge in the Paris Agreement? A new CDKN working paper reviews 18 national climate commitments (INDCs) from countries of South and Southeast Asia and assesses their performance for four themes: mitigation targets; climate finance; disaster risk reduction; and social inclusion, particularly gender concerns.

Resource

27th February 2017

Outlook: Bangladesh Special Edition CDKN's Bangladesh programme has been contributing to deeper understanding of climate-related loss and damage in the country and to the knowledge base on how Bangladeshi businesses can mobilise resources to address climate change effectively. Read more in this 'Climate and Development Outlook: Bangladesh Special Edition'.

Feature

28th November 2016

Private sector facility Munjurul Hannan Khan, CDKN’s Country Engagement Leader, Bangladesh and Tahmina Hadi, CDKN’s Junior Consultant, Bangladesh highlight that how effective mobilisation of the private sector by funding entities such as the Green Climate Fund, can create an enabling environment for the private sectors to engage in a business model that supports climate change.

Feature

29th September 2016

Climate change - A new market for Bangladeshi businesses Private banks and financial institutions in Bangladesh requested CDKN’s support to build their capacity and understanding of climate finance mechanisms. Will Bugler and Yousuf Mahid say Bangladesh could lead the world by showing how to engage the private sector effectively and ensure that businesses are squarely involved in the country’s adaptation process.

Feature

26th August 2016

The Paris Agreement in action - implementing Bangladesh’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) James Harries of Ricardo of Energy & Environment shares his observations as part of a CDKN project to assist the Government of Bangladesh implement its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC).

Feature

23rd August 2016

Paris to Dhaka Munjurul Hannan Khan, CDKN's country advisor for Bangladesh, Areej Riaz CDKN's country programme manager for Bangladesh and Syed Muhammad Abubakar, CDKN's KN Officer for Asia, shed light on Bangladesh’s preparation and implementation of INDC which will help to make its economic sectors climate resilient, towards a low-carbon economy.

News

20th August 2016

Getting climate finance ready - Experience from Bangladesh and Pakistan In this first of three sets of video presentations from the workshop ‘South-South Learning Exchange on Developing Bankable Climate Projects’, Jorge Villanueva and Zabreen Hasan of CDKN pose questions to climate finance specialists from South Asia: Iftikhar Hossain and Nazmul Haque of Bangladesh and Fawad Hayat of Pakistan.

Feature

22nd July 2016

Learning to access climate finance - Insights for Bangladeshi businesses Jennifer Steeves and Virginie Fayolle of Acclimatise explore how Bangladeshi businesses are moving forward on climate finance opportunities.