Flooding in Bangladesh, while common and seasonal, is projected to increase in both frequency and intensity resulting from climate change. Increased flooding will require additional investments to reduce the impacts of climate variability and extreme events. This project focuses on community-led an...
Under GCF’s Readiness Area 2: Strategic Frameworks for engagement with the Fund, including the preparation of country programmes, the NDA is expected to develop the following activities to ensure development of a sound country programme: Review and understanding of Bangladesh’s &lsquo...
To transition from urgent to long term sustained investment planning in climate change adaptation, Bangladesh has prepared a “Roadmap for Developing a National Adaptation Plan for Bangladesh”, issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in 2015. This NAP Roadmap identifies steps, p...
The request is to provide in‐kind support for accreditation gap assessment of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) .With an annual turnover of $ 1.3 billion, LGED is one of the largest public sector organizations in Bangladesh, entrusted for planning and implementation of local level infra...
Since the nomination of the Senior Secretary of the Economic Relations Division (ERD) as the NDA in Bangladesh in November 2014, selected senior officials in ERD are providing coordination and secretarial support to the NDA to fulfil the roles and responsibilities stipulated by the GCF. Strengthenin...
Strengthening the adaptive capacity of coastal communities, especially women, to cope with the impacts of climate-induced salinity on their livelihoods and water security.The coastal belt of Bangladesh is vulnerable to cyclones, storm surges, and sea-level rise, which have recently bee...
Removing barriers in the development of a sustainable market for the adoption of improved cook stoves in Bangladesh.About 66 percent of Bangladesh' population live in rural areas, where women predominantly do the cooking using traditional, wood fueled stoves. Burning wood for cooking r...
Providing cyclone shelters and safeguarding critical road access to protect lives in a rural coastal region of Bangladesh. Developing urban infrastructure and safeguarding vulnerable city-dwellers from climate risk. Establishing a national centre of excellence for climate resilience infrastructure,...
