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Index

Country Profile :Bangladesh


Climate change impacts

Climate change impacts ,vulnerability & risk:

Ahmed ,A.U.,2006.Bangladesh Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability : A Synthesis .Climate Change Cell , DoE, Component 4B,CDMP. Dhaka,Bangladesh

Agrawala,S., Ota,T. , Ahmed,A.U.,Smith,J.& Aalst M.V. ,2003.Development and climate change in Bangladesh: Focus on coastal flooding and the Sundarbans. OECD ,France.pp 70

CCC,2007.Climate change and Bangladesh .Climate Change Cell, DoE. September 2009, Dhaka

CCC, 2009. Characterizing Country Settings: Development of a Base Document in the Backdrop of Climate Change Impacts. Climate Change Cell, DoE, MoEF; Component 4b, CDMP, MoFDM. Month 2009, Dhaka ,Bangladesh.pp 137

CCC, 2009. Climate Change, Gender and Vulnerable Groups in Bangladesh. Climate Change Cell, DoE, MoEF; Component 4b, CDMP, MoFDM. Month 2009, Dhaka

CCC Communication Brief ,2006.'Climate Variability and Change in Bangladesh :Impacts,Vulnerability and Risks'.Climate Change Cell,Component 4B,CDMP. June,2006,Dhaka, Bangladesh

CCC Communication Brief ,2006.'Jalabayu poriborton: biponno Bangladesh'. Climate Change Cell ,Component 4B,CDMP. June,2006,Dhaka, Bangladesh

CCC Communication Brief ,2007.'Uttopto hocche prithibi golche borof: amader prostuti ki jotheshto ?'Sustainable Development Resource Centre (SDRC),Climate Change Cell, DoE,Dhaka,Bangladesh.

CCC Communication Brief ,2007.Jibboichitro , jolobayu poribartan ebong shohosrabdo unnayan lokkhoshomuho: Jib boichitrere shathe khudar jogshutroshomuho. Published for United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).Sustainable Development Resource Centre (SDRC),Climate Change Cell, DoE,Dhaka,Bangladesh.

Chowdhury, R.R. , 2008.'Climate Change and Bangladesh :Our Vulnerability and Response'. MOEF,presentation on 26 August 2008

Climate change and its impact on Bangladesh:Technical assessment of the institutional implications. August,2008.

DoE,2007.'Jalabayu o Bangladesh'.

Gunter,B.G., Rahman,A. & Rahman A.F.M.A., 2008 , 'How Vulnerable are Bangladesh’s Indigenous People to Climate Change?'. Bangladesh Development Research Working Paper Series (BDRWPS) .Bangladesh Development Research Center(BDRC) ,USA

 

Climate change adaptation, disaster management

Agricultural Sector,2009.Final Climate Management Plan . Programme Support Unit, Agricultural Sector Programme Support, Phase II . July 2009, Bangladesh

CCC,2007.From vulnerability to resilience:Bangladesh confronting climate challenges .Climate Change Cell Bangladesh, DoE.Road to Bali issue, December2007,Dhaka,Bangladesh

CCC ,2008.Bangladesh reducing development risks in a changing climate. Paper for the Bangladesh-UK climate change conference .Climate change cell, DoE,CDMP, Dhaka,Bangladesh.25 March,2008.

CCC, 2009. Crop Insurance as a Risk Management Strategy in Bangladesh. Climate Change Cell, DoE, MoEF; Component 4b, CDMP, MoFDM. Month 2009, Dhaka ,Bangladesh

CCC, 2009. Adaptive Crop Agriculture Including Innovative Farming Practices in the Coastal Zone of Bangladesh. Climate Change Cell, DoE, MoEF; Component 4b, CDMP, MoFDM. Month 2009, Dhaka ,Bangladesh

CCC, 2009. Adaptive Crop Agriculture Including Innovative Farming Practices in Haor Basin. Climate Change Cell, DoE, MoEF; Component 4b, CDMP, MoFDM. Month 2009, Dhaka ,Bangladesh

CCC Communication brief, 2008.Changing the way we develop: Dealing with disasters and climate change.Climate Change Cell Bangladesh, CDMP.28-29 February,2008.Dhaka,Bangladesh

CCC Communication brief,2008. From vulnerability to resilience: Bangladesh preparing for climate resilient development. Climate Change Cell Bangladesh, DoE. 6-8 February,2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh

IUCN Bangladesh,2005. A Plan for Ensuring Sustainability of community Based Haor and Flood plain Resource Management Projects. IUCN Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka,Bangladesh. xii+62 pp

National Plan for Disaster Management 2007-2015 , May 2007, Ministry of Food and Disaster Management,Bangladesh,Draft National Plan, v.6

Practical Action,2009.Good practices for community resilience. Mainstreaming livelihood approaches to disaster management project ,Practical Action- Bangladesh.pp48

Ramamasy ,S. & Baas , S.,2007.Climate variability and change: adaptation to drought in Bangladesh :A resource book and training guide .Asian Disaster Preparedness Center,FAO, Rome. Pp

Saha ,S.K. From relief to community based preparedness: Training action-reflection approach to capacity building. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Philippines

Selvaraju ,R., Subbiah,A.R., Baas ,S., Juergens,I., 2006, Livelihood adaptation to climate variability and change in drought-prone areas of Bangladesh :Developing institutions and options . Asian Disaster Preparedness Center,FAO, Rome.

Rahman, M. Increasing the resilience of poor communities to cope with the impact of climate change in Bangladesh .Practical-Action, Bangladesh

UNDP Bangladesh,Fact sheet .Crisis prevention and response.

Water Supply and Sanitation Sector,2009.Final Climate Management Plan . Policy Support Unit, Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Programme Support, Phase II . July 2009, Bangladesh

 


Climate change and the Global community

Climate change impacts
South Asia

APN Report,2004.Water Resources in South Asia: An Assessment of Climate Change -associated Vulnerabilities and Coping Mechanisms .Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research.

DST, 2008. Re-imagining the Rural-Urban Continuum: Understanding the role ecosystem services play in the livelihoods of the poor in desakota regions undergoing rapid change:Research Gap Analysis .prepared by the Desakota Study Team (DST) for the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Program of Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Department for International Development (DfID) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) of the United Kingdom. Institute for Social and Environmental Transition-Nepal (ISET-N), Kathmandu, Nepal.

ICIMOD,2009.Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability in the Eastern Himalayas .International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development ,Kathmandu,Nepal.

ICIMOD,2009.Impact of Climate Change on Himalayan Glaciers and Glacial lakes:Case studies on GLOF and Associated Hazards in Nepal and Bhutan.International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development ,Kathmandu,Nepal.

ICIMOD,2009.Mountain Biodiversity and Climate Change .International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development ,Kathmandu,Nepal.

Optiz-Stapleton, S., Gangopadhyay S. and The Risk to Resilience Study Team, 2008. Downscaling : Potential Climate Change Impacts in the Rohini Basin, Nepal and India.From Risk to Resilience Working Paper No. 3, eds. Moench, M., Caspari, E. & A. Pokhrel.ISET, ISET-Nepal and ProVention, Kathmandu, Nepal.28 pp.

 

Climate change & Economics

South Asia

Kull, D., Singh, P., Chopde, S., S. Wajih and The Risk to Resilience Study Team, 2008.Evaluating Costs and Benefits of Flood Reduction under Changing Climatic Conditions : Case of the Rohini River Basin, India, From Risk to Resilience Working Paper No. 4, eds. Moench, M., Caspari, E. & A. Pokhrel.ISET, ISET-Nepal and ProVention, Kathmandu, Nepal. 32 pp.

Mechler, R., Hochrainer, S., Kull, D., Chopde, S., Singh, P., S. Wajih and The Risk to Resilience Study Team, 2008.Uttar Pradesh Drought Cost-Benefit Analysis, From Risk to Resilience Working Paper No. 5., eds. Moench, M., Caspari, E. & A. Pokhrel ISET, ISET-Nepal and ProVention, Kathmandu, Nepal. 32 pp.

Dixit, A., Pokhrel, A., M. Moench and The Risk to Resilience Study Team, (2008): Costs and Benefits of Flood Mitigation in the Lower Bagmati Basin: Case of Nepal Tarai and North Bihar, From Risk to Resilience Working Paper No. 5, eds. Moench, M., Caspari, E. & A. Pokhrel, ISET, ISET-Nepal and ProVention, Kathmandu, Nepal, 34 pp.

Khan, F., Mustafa, D., D., Kull and The Risk to Resilience Study Team, 2008. Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Disaster Risk Reduction under Changing Climatic Conditions: A Pakistan Case Study, From Risk to Resilience Working Paper No. 7, eds. Moench, M., Caspari, E. & A. Pokhrel, ISET, ISET-Nepal and ProVention, Kathmandu, Nepal, 24 pp.

 

Rest of the world

 

Climate change & Adaptation
South Asia

ISET, 2008.Climate Adaptation in Asia: Knowledge Gaps and Research Issues in South Asia :Full Report of the South Asia Team. ISET International and ISET-Nepal. Kathmandu, Nepal.

ISET,2009.Exploring linkages between adaptation and development:Proceedings of The Scientific and Technical Conference On Adapting to Climate Change in Asia . ISET-Nepal and ISET. Kathmandu, Nepal . August 29-30, 2009

ICIMOD,2009.Living with Water Stress in the Hills of the Koshi Basin, Nepal . Institute for Social and Environmental Transition-Nepal (ISET-N) ,International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. Kathmandu,Nepal

ICIMOD,2009.Traditional Knowledge and Local Institutions Support Adaptation to Water-Induced Hazards in Chitral, Pakistan . International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development ,Nepal.

ICIMOD brochure,2008.Himalayan Waters and Communities: Living with Change . International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development ,Kathmandu,Nepal

ICIMOD,2009.Local Responses to Too Much and Too Little Water in the Greater Himalayan Region .International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development ,Kathmandu,Nepal.

ISET & WII,2006.Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change : Proceedings of the International Conference on Adaptation to Climate variability and change. Institute for Social and Environmental Transition, Winrock International India,February,2006.

ICIMOD,2009.Life in the Shadow of Embankments – Turning Lost Lands into Assets in the Koshi Basin of Bihar, India .International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. Kathmandu,Nepal

ICIMOD,2009.Adjusting to Floods on the Brahmaputra Plains, Assam, India .International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. Kathmandu,Nepal

Hettige,V. Presentation on Adaptating to Climate Change in Sri Lanka. Organized by Practical -Action

 

Climate change action, disaster management
South Asia

WHO Report,2007.Emergency and Humanitarian Action Country Report :Maldives .WHO,Maldives UN Reports, 2009.Words to Action: Implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action through Gendered Community Based Disaster Management (CBDM) India Status Report. Chapter 7:Communicating and Sharing Knowledge About Disaster Preparedness Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh .Disaster Management Act (Act No.- of 2007) ICIMOD & WMO,2002.Regional Cooperation in Flood Disaster Mitigation in the Hindu Kush

Himalaya . First Meeting of the Consultative Panel Kathmandu, May 19-21, 2002 Bhandari,D. Increasing the resilience of communities to cope with impacts of Climate Change Nepal. Practical-Action Bangladesh

UNDP Maldives,2005 .Developing a Disaster Risk Profile for Maldives :Volume 1: Main report

Shindhu,A.S. Increasing the Resilience of Poor communities in Pakistan to Cope with Impacts of Climate Change. Practical Action,RDPI ,Pakistan

SEI,2009.Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in India :Financial mechanisms and opportunities for EU-India collaboration ,Report for the Swedish Ministry of Environment. Stockholm Environment Institute,Sweden, October 2009 .

Save the Children ,Myanmar 2009 .Disaster Preparedness Program : Case Study -May 2009

ISET & ISET-N,2007.Working with the Winds of Change Toward Strategies for Responding to the Risks Associated with Climate Change and other Hazards .ProVention Consortium, Institute for Social and Environmental Transition-International and Institute for Social and Environmental Transition-Nepal. Kathmandu,Nepal.

Opitz-Stapleton S., Seraydarian L., Moench M. and Dixit A. 2009 . Shifting the Response Terrain, Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET, Boulder, Colorado) and Institute for Social and Environmental Transition-Nepal (ISET-N, Kathmandu).

The Risk to Resilience Study Team 2009. Catalyzing Climate and Disaster Resilience: Processes for Identifying Tangible and Economically Robust Strategies: Final Report of the Risk to Resilience Study, eds. Moench, M., Fajber, E., Dixit, A., Caspari, E., & Anil Pokhrel, ISET, ISET-Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal, 328 pp.

Rest of the world:

ECHO reports. Preparing for disaster saves lives. European Commission Humanitarian AID,Brussels,Belgium.

Uddin,A.M.K.,Ahmed A.U.,Haque,N.,Islam, A.,Reazuddin,M.,Rector,I.S.,Ali,M.S.,Haque,Z. & Ernst,R.,2006. Climate resilient development: Country framework to mainstream climate risk management and adaptation. Climate Change Cell, Department of Environment ,Component 4b, Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme, Dhaka, Bangladesh .pp.62

Berger,R.,2007.Presentation on Practical Action’s view of Community Based Adaptation :The approach to project design and implementation . CBA Workshop.July 4,2007.

Moench, M., Ahmed, S., Mustafa, D., Khan, F., Mechler, R., Kull, D., Dixit, A., S. Opitz-Stapleton and The Risk to Resilience Study Team, 2008. Moving from Concepts to Practice: A Process and Methodology Summary for Identifying Effective Avenues for Risk Management Under Changing Climatic Conditions, From Risk to Resilience Working Paper No. 8, eds. Moench, M., Caspari, E. & A. Pokhrel, ISET, ISET-Nepal and ProVention, Kathmandu, Nepal, 44 pp.

Mechler, R. and The Risk to Resilience Study Team, 2008. The Cost-Benefit Analysis Methodology, From Risk to Resilience Working Paper No. 1, eds. Moench, M., Caspari, E. & A. Pokhrel, ISET, ISET-Nepal and ProVention, Kathmandu, Nepal, 32 pp.

Dudley, N., S. Stolton, A. Belokurov, L. Krueger, N. Lopoukhine, K. MacKinnon, T. Sandwith and N. Sekhran [editors] ,2010. Natural Solutions: Protected areas helping people cope with climate change. IUCN- WCPA, TNC, UNDP, WCS, The World Bank and WWF, Gland, Switzerland, Washington DC and New York, USA

USAID,2008.Integrating Climate Change into Development.

Commission on Climate Change and Development ,2009.Closing the Gaps: Disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in developing countries : Report of the Commission on Climate Change and Development .