In Bangladesh, vulnerability and adaptation assessments are being performed for the following sectors: agriculture, water resources, and coastal resources. More limited assessments are also being performed for the fisheries and forestry sectors. These sectoral analyses are in the preliminary stages. This chapter introduces the climate change issues in the country, and the four types of climate change scenarios chosen for the vulnerability analyses: climate change, economic development, sea level rise, and watershed development. Preliminary analysis indicated that for Bangladesh the most affected important sector in terms of climate change effects is the water resources sector because of because possible effects include devastating floods, severe droughts, and changes in salinity levels in the surface and groundwater systems as well as in soil. Further, the vulnerability of the water resources sector would affect the vulnerability of the agriculture production, coastal resources, forestry, and livestock sectors.

Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments for Bangladesh |