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Home Tag Archives: August 2014

Tag Archives: August 2014

Children and Climate Change in Bangladesh

By ICCCAD
August 31, 2014
in :  Blog, Visiting Researchers
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I am conducting my research on children-focused disaster risk reduction (DRR) programs and how they enable children to reduce vulnerabilities to the climate-induced hazards like flood and cyclones. Bangladesh is a disaster-prone country due to climate change.  According to a report on DRR for Bangladesh, climate experts predict that climate-induced hazards like floods and cyclones will not only become more …

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Index-Insurance: Should Policy Makers target Financial Inclusion as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for Bangladesh’s rural Poor?

By ICCCAD
August 31, 2014
in :  Visiting Researchers
2,695

The residents of Khulna and Barisal Divisions, in Southern Bangladesh, are some of the most resilient in the world. Cyclones, storm surges, salinization, rising sea level, flood and erosion threaten livelihoods, health and the broader development agenda of the region. NGOs here aim to provide knowledge, skills and opportunities to people living with climate change impacts, to secure more resilient …

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Migration experiences in the Bhola slum

By ICCCAD
August 31, 2014
in :  Visiting Researchers
3,304

For the last 2 months I have been engaged in field work for my Masters thesis. I have spent several days in the Bhola slum in Dhaka to learn about the migration experiences of the people living here, the majority of them having lost their land to the river. Bangladesh is a country of human mobility where migration is highly …

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Climate induced Rural-Urban Migration in Bangladesh: Experience of migrants in Dhaka City

By ICCCAD
August 31, 2014
in :  Blog
5,591

Climate-induced rural livelihood loss and consequent rural-urban migration is a common scenario in developing countries. However, little is currently known about the dynamics of the process of climate-displaced migration and the experiences of associated migrants. My research has been an attempt to understand how poor climate-induced migrants perceive their urban conditions in hydro-geophysical and socio-economic terms.Dhaka City, the densely populated …

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Reflections on ICCCAD: Samira Siddique

By ICCCAD
August 31, 2014
in :  Visiting Researchers
2,898

Unlike the alarmist mainstream media coverage of climate change, ICCCAD research looks at climate change and development practically. We don’t think of those affected by extreme floods and rising sea levels as climate change “victims,” but as climate change “warriors.” Alongside the empowerment this change of wording gives to those affected, we acknowledge that there is much to be learned …

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Embanked: Climate Vulnerability and the Paradoxes of Flood Protection in Dhaka

By ICCCAD
August 31, 2014
in :  Visiting Researchers
2,900

Lying in the heart of the world’s largest river delta, Dhaka is both one of the world’s fastest growing cities and one of the most flood prone urban regions in the world. While the city’s first levees or embankments were built under the colonial regime during the 1860s, its first major flood control project was the Greater Dhaka Flood Protection …

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BBC Media Action: Training Workshop

By ICCCAD
August 31, 2014
in :  Training/Workshop
3,589

The International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) organized a three day workshop on 19-21 July 2014 focusing on the theme of “Climate Change and Disasters”. The training was organized for the crew of BBC Media Action’s TV Show “Amrai Pari”. The purpose of the training workshop was to enhance participants’ understanding on the basics of climate change, disaster …

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