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27 June 2013

A Range of Approaches to Address Loss and Damage from Climate Change Impacts in Bangladesh

Executive Summary Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, but has increasingly developed national capacity to address climate change impacts. Climaterelated hazards are expected to increase in frequen...

THEMES : Loss and Damage

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Bangladesh

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27 June 2013

Assessing Microinsurance as a Tool to Address Loss and Damage in the National Context of Bangladesh

Executive Summary In climate vulnerable countries like Bangladesh, traditional mechanisms for coping with disasters, such as borrowing from relatives, selling property, using microcredit and savings are often inadequate. In the de...

THEMES : Loss and Damage

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Bangladesh

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27 June 2013

Assessing the Risk of Loss and Damage Associated with the Adverse Effects of Climate Change in Bangladesh

Executive Summary The issue of climate change-related loss and damage has received substantial international attention in recent years. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change established a work programme to enha...

THEMES : Loss and Damage

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Bangladesh

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27 June 2013

Establishing Links between Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in the Context of Loss and Damage: Policies and Approaches in Bangladesh

Executive Summary The overarching aim of this paper is to examine the challenges of addressing loss and damage through national institutional arrangements that integrate disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation...

THEMES : Loss and Damage

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Bangladesh

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27 June 2013

Local Perspective on Loss and Damage in the Context of Extreme Events: Insights from Cyclone-affected Communities in Coastal Bangladesh

Executive Summary This paper investigates how loss and damage from extreme events is being experienced at the local level – in this case cyclones in the coastal region of Khulna – and what approaches are being used to address it....

THEMES : Loss and Damage

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Bangladesh

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27 June 2013

Loss and Damage Associated with Climate Change: The Legal and Institutional Context in Bangladesh

Executive Summary There is now no serious scientific dispute about the cause and consequences of anthropogenic climate change. Mitigation and adaptation approaches have been agreed on under the United Nations Framework Convention...

THEMES : Loss and Damage

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Bangladesh

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27 June 2013

Loss and Damage from the Local Perspective in the Context of a Slow Onset Process: The Case of Sea Level Rise in Bangladesh

Executive Summary Sea level rise (SLR), a slow onset process and an impact of climate change, has two major causes: thermal expansion of the oceans, and the loss of landbased ice due to increased melting. A rise in the local, rela...

THEMES : Loss and Damage

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Bangladesh

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