Pioneering Bangladesh rolls out first $230bn climate-resilience plan
A woman is silhouetted as she walks on a flooded road in Jamalpur, Bangladesh during seasonal flooding, July 18 2020. Picture: MOHAMMAD PONIR HOSSAIN/REUTERS
“Bangladesh has been a pioneer in climate strategy among the developing countries,” said Ahmmed Zulfiqar Rahaman, a climate expert with the Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services who helped draft the plan. Shingraj, a factory worker in the eastern city of Sylhet who goes by one name, said he and his brother struggled to cope when flooding hit their home in June.
Abul Hasan, MD of a textile factory in Khulna, said rising seas are contaminating agricultural land along the coast with saltwater, which is hurting fabric quality. Most of the funding is expected to come from global climate finance pools, such as the Green Climate Fund, as well as international aid, with Bangladesh’s government and private sector making up the balance, he said.
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