Preventive measures in Bangladesh

The New Nation (Bangladesh): …Climate hazards, including extremes like floods, cyclones, tornado, storm surge, tidal bore, etc are not new to Bangladesh and the country has a scarred history claiming many lives and resulting in losses of assets, belongings.

… Building adaptive capacity to climate change and managing climate risks will be addressed through the mainstreaming of climate risk into sustainable development strategies. To do this successfully requires awareness and understanding of climate change issues. These actions should build on existing coping methods. Communication between communities will allow copies strategies to be shared.

…Disaster risk reduction with climate change adaptation offers a win-win opportunity-climate system is fundamental for both issues: 75% of all disasters are originated by weather-climate extremes. Disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change strategies both are aimed at enhancing sustainability, resilient societies and human security. … The comprehensive Disaster Management Programmed (CDMP) of the government should implement and supervise properly.

…A National Climate Change Policy and Action Plan -To harness, guide and coordinate all the national and international responses and processes to integrate climate risk into development plans and processes, the government, through it's department of Environment has recently launched the preparation of the climate change policy and action plan for Bangladesh. It should ensure that these programs are done properly according to the demand of natural environment. Plan should address the needs and priorities of the country and will come into practice with mainstreaming climate risk management and adaptation using the country framework as an operational tool....