What is it about?

This article “An Innovative Model for Engagement of Rural Citizens/Community of Bangladesh with Climate Change” proposes a new model encompassing some creative programmes and projects with the aim of engaging rural community of Bangladesh with climate change adaptation and mitigation, climate risks management (CRM) and climate resilient development (CRD) and low-carbon development (LCD). The model ideas can be applied in other Asian and African countries

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Why is it important?

The proposed model would reduce poverty, hunger and enhance economic, social and environmental growth and development in poor countries like Bangladesh in a most sustainable way.

Perspectives

The proposed model has the following attributes: • can be applied in other poor Asian and African countries • would reduce threat on food production (agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries) • would reduce threat on livelihoods • would reduce threat from disasters (reduce impacts of cyclones/storms/sea-level rise related disasters on property, lives, crops, vegetables, farmed fish/shrimps, poultry and livestock) • will create employment opportunities via low-carbon development (e.g. climate smart agriculture, climate smart aquaculture, renewable energy and carbon sink projects) • create opportunities to cut climate change risks in poor developing countries • has relevance with the newly globally agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) : SDG 1, SDG 2, SDG 3, SDG 4, SDG 5, SDG 11, SDG 12, SDG 13, SDG 14

Golam Kibria
RMIT University

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This page is a summary of: An Innovative Model for Engagement of Rural Citizens/Community of Bangladesh with Climate Change, Journal of Climate Change, August 2017, IOS Press,
DOI: 10.3233/jcc-170015.
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