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Risk Profile

Population

Major Threats
Floods, Droughts, Cyclones
Major Threats
Urban & Rural Poor, Farmers, Women & Girls
Locations Affected
Northern & Southern Districts
Industries Affected
Agriculture, Manufacturing
Compounding Issues
Urban Migration, Poor Land-Use Planning, Environmental Degradation, Climate Change
World Risk Index Rank

Global Climate Risk Index

About this country

Bangladesh is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change and natural disasters, with over six percent of the population affected by disasters each year. Between 1980 and 2013, the average Bangladeshi was personally affected by two disasters6. The primary threats to Bangladesh are floods, droughts, cyclones and sea-level rise due to climate change. Over the last thirty years, Bangladesh has experienced nearly 200 of these climate-related disasters, which have killed thousands of people, destroyed homes and livelihoods and cost the nation around $16 billion in damage and economic losses7.

The northern districts of the country are highly susceptible to drought, while the southern districts experience heavy rainfall that results in major floods. Both these events have a significant effect on food security for the entire nation.
Across all regions and disasters, it is the poor and marginalized, particularly women and girls, who suffer the most. Those living on small offshore islands (chars), indigenous people, and poor communities engaged in climate-sensitive livelihoods, are also acutely affected because when disaster strikes they become even poorer and are forced to move to even more vulnerable areas in search of cheaper living.

Learning Themes

The Community of Practice in Bangladesh is focusing on the following learning themes:
• Inclusive disaster risk reduction management and climate change adaptation;
• Managing risks in urban contexts, resource mobilization through partnerships; and
• Localization in the context of Grand Bargain and C4C.

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NGO Partners

Bangladesh
Shamim Arfeen
AOSED-An Organization for Socio-Economic Development
334, Sher-A-Bangla Road (1st floor)| Khulna-9100 | Bangladesh
+88041813574 | 88 01711 840913
aosed_khulna@yahoo.com; info@aosed.org

Maksudur Rahman
Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS); House No. 03, Road No 20 Nirala R/A, Khulna- 9100, Bangladesh;
+ 88 041 721123 | + 88-01712 868 004 info@bedsbd.org; bedsbd@gmail.com

Aminul Hoque Tushar
WARBE Development Foundation;
House- 381, Road-28, New DOHS,
Mohakhali, Dhaka-1206, Bangladesh.
+88-01711-591026
aminul_haque2000@yahoo.com; warbe.df@gmail.com;

Md. Yeakub Hossain
Social and Economic Enhancement Programme (SEEP); | Proyash- An Urban Risk Reduction Project Striving for cleaner, greener and safer cities, Social and Economic Enhancement Programme-SEEP
House 5, Road 10, Lane 11, Block C, Section 11, Mirpur, Dhaka 1216
+88-01716457298
proyash.seep@gmail.com

Subir Kumar Saha
Centre for Disability in Development (CDD); A-18/6, Ganda, Savar, Dhaka-1340;
+8801711188906
sahasubirkumar67@gmail.com; cdd@bangla.net

Md. Mazibur Rahman
Bangladesh Integrated Social Advancement Programme (BISAP); House#193, Road# 08, Block B, Chandgaon R/A, Chittagong- 4000, Bangladesh;
880-31-2571315 | 880-31-610029
bisapbd@gmail.com

Md. Jahangir Alam
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM); Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM)
House # 19 Road # 12, Dhanmondi R/A,
Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh;
+88 02 9127943, 58155869 | (+880-02) 01710231671 j.alam@ahsaniamission.org.bd

Sayda Yesmin
Association For Alternative Development (AFAD); R.K.Road, Khalilganj, Kurigram-5600; Bangladesh
01719691409
yesminafad@gmail.com | yesminafad@yahoo.com

Mohammad Enamul Haque
VIEW R.K.Road Polashbari(West),
Post Office: Khalilgonj,District:Kurigram,Bangladesh;
0088-01716277286
enam.view@gmail.com

Jahanara Begum
Chandradip Development Society -CDS; Munir Bug, Nazir Mahallah, Hospital Road, Barisal-8200, Bangladesh;
+ 88 01712001088
cdsbsl@gmail.com

Mharun Ur Rashid Babu
National forum of org working with the disabled- NFOWD; 564 shewrapara,mirpur,dhaka-1216, Bangladesh harunbpss@gmail.com

Mohammad Mazibur Rahman
Socio-Economic and Rural Advancement Association (SERAA); Seraa Kunja, 235/41 Parking Road, South Katli,
Netrakona- 2400, Bangladesh;
01712-213527
seraa.mazibar@gmail.com

Mostafa Nuruzzaman Shushilan;
155 Jalil Saroni, Rayermohol, Boyra, Bangladesh;
01720-510199
ce@shushilan.org

Manik Kumar Saha
Christian Aid, Bangladesh
msaha@christian-aid.org

Syed Yaqub Ali
Pidim Foundation;
Plot-a/76, Road-W-1, Block-A, Eastern Housing, Pallabi Phase -2, Rupnagar, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh;
+8801766886633
shovon2020@yahoo.com