Climate change is accepted as a major issue for Bangladesh due its
extreme environmental vulnerability to climate hazards irrespective of
climate change. It has a well-established scientific community
addressing the issue, and was an early mover in the National Adaptation
Program of Action (NAPA) process. Since then (1995) there have been a
series of policy and institutional changes undertaken by the Government.
There is a widespread awareness about the inter-relationship of climate
change and development, and the dangers that climate change poses for
its economic growth, with a study recently completed about the costs for
critical coastal infrastructure and other key developments. Bangladesh
has increasingly become a significant player in the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations as a Least
Developed Country (LDC) with special status and with moral voice. It can
expect additional funding as an LDC and has already received some EU
fast start funds.
This report presents the findings of the case
study on Bangladesh within the European Development Cooperation to 2020
(EDC 2020) project, which investigates the links between development
cooperation and climate change strategies in developing countries up to
2020. The objective of the case studies (the other being in Indonesia)
is to understand the existing and future evolution of climate finance at
the national level, and to provide insights on the synergies and
conflicts which have been examined at EU and international levels in the
project. The provision of funding is a major issue for the post Kyoto
climate deal with many countries active on the matter, including
Bangladesh. However, policy analysis has been focusing on the
international level, and there has been very little knowledge and
understanding shared about the particular situations in individual
countries. Further, at country level it is possible to examine carefully
how climate funding interacts with longer established development
efforts.
Two main sources of knowledge have been used to compile
the detailed information base on Bangladesh: a review of existing
information from written reports and other literature and web-based
material, and primary information collected through individual meetings
with key Government of Bangladesh (GoB) officials, donors, policy
institutes and selected NGOs.
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