Natural Causes: Climate Change Implications, Resource Management and Food Security

Abstract

Bangladesh is one of the most disaster vulnerable countries and will become even more so as a result of climate change. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC (2007a) Climate change, 2007: the physical science basic. Contribution of working group 1 to the fourth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change, Switzerland) indicates the evidence of changes in global climate over the past century. Impacts of climate change on food security are global concerns, but they represent a particular threat for Bangladesh. Environment, agriculture are already under pressure mainly due to an increase in demand for food, services and depletion of natural resources. In last three decades the Government of Bangladesh has invested over $10 billion to make the country resilient to natural disasters (MoEF 2009). Establishment of disaster proof structures and the development of climate resilient crop varieties have led to increased food security. The paper explicates the overall context, summarizes the programmes being undertaken to address the issue of climate change and food security and draws way forward.