Impacts of warming on Bangladesh

Daily Star (Bangladesh): …Three major impacts of global warming on Bangladesh may be categorised as climate change, sea level change and changes in the pattern of distribution and density of population. Global warming will raise the sea surface temperature more than what it is now, thus increasing the possibility of cyclone occurrences. Bangladesh has been experiencing catastrophic cyclones. A warmer climate by increasing the frequency of natural hazards as floods and cyclones will further aggravate such situations and negate the development efforts of the country.

Some effective remedial measures need to be implemented as quickly as possible in order to reduce global warming and protect Bangladesh from further degradation due to emission of green house gas. The aims and objectives of the government should be to discourage deforestation and create mass awareness for a forestation in every part of the country. Emphasis must be given to crops which are most efficient in fixing carbon dioxide into bio-mass especially perennial tropical crops such as sugarcane and trees. Production of wetland rice in tropical countries may be discouraged in favour of dry land cereal production for human consumption. A massive programme is needed to promote strategies supplementation of ruminant diets in third world countries to optimise functions which lead to reduce methane and carbon dioxide production.

…High cost systems of food production and other high fossil fuel dependent activities in industrial countries should be discouraged and discontinued on an emergent basis.…