CGC Activities on Climate Change Issues

Ahsan Uddin Ahmed

Centre for Global Change (CGC)
Centre for Global Change (CGC)
A non-government organization for research, advocacy and learning.

Activities on Climate Change

5. ORCHID Climate Risk Screening – DFID Bangladesh
6. Assessing implications of climate change on development projects
– Dutch Portfolio Projects in Bangladesh (DGIS, The Netherlands)
7. Meteorological Trend Analysis
8. Climate Change Modelling
9. Gender Perspectives on Climate Change Vulnerability
10. Climate Change and Food Security
CGC Activities
ORCHID – Climate Risk Screening of DFID Funded
Projects
To develop a methodology towards screening development projects in
relation to risks associated with climate change.
The Methodology is now being tested by DFID in a number of
countries.

Assessing implications of climate change on development

projects
A rapid assessment tool has been developed and applied to valuate
risks associated with Dutch funded development projects.
CGC Activities
Meteorological Trend Analysis
Trends in relation to observed weather patterns involving
meteorological data (BMD data sets) have been analyzed
systematically.
First Step: Cleaning of recorded data by applying scientific methods.
CLIMDEX model have been used for the study.
A cleaned data set is now available.
Part of a South Asian regional study. An article has been submitted
in Journal of Geophysical Sciences.
CGC Activities
Modelling Climate Change
Two Regional Climate Models have been operationalized and
validated in relation to observed climatology over Bangladesh.
4. RegCM (ICTP, Italy) V. 3.x
5. PRECIS (UKMO) V. 3
RegCM is almost ready to be applied for the generation of future
climate scenarios at a resolution of 30Km X 30 Km.
The results of validation efforts with PRECIS has already been
accepted for publication in International Journal of Climatology.
CGC Activities
Gender Perspectives on Climate Change
Vulnerability
Just completed a research on women’s contexts of vulnerability in
relation to climate change.
Covered all the major hydro-geophysical vulnerability contexts.
 Flood & River Flash flood
erosion Garohills Valley/Shunamganj
Kurigram/Sirajganj
(also Minority people: Garo)

Drought Urban Flood

Naoga
(Manda) Dhaka Metropol

Riverine Flood & erosion

Water logging Faridpur
Keshabpur/Manirampur

Salinity Water logging

Satkhira Noakhali (Sadar)

Cyclone/tidal surge/flood
Cox’sBazar/M’khali
(Also Coastal Island)
CGC Activities
Climate Change and Food Security
Studying implications of climate change on food security.
As a part of GECAFS study involving four countries in South Asia.

Publication and dissemination of IEC material

Published a booklet in Bangla for school children. School
orientation programme being planned.
A 5 minute multimedia programme has been developed to raise
awareness on climate change issues.
Challenges for Mainstreaming Adaptation

CHALLENGES FOR MAINSTREAMING ADAPTATION

Defining and responding to

the needs of the vulnerable
Who decides what is
needed? Empowering the
vulnerable.

GLOBAL
NATIONAL
Scale at SUB-REGIONAL

which adaptation is needed

MESO
Micro-, meso-, sub-regional-,
LOCAL
and macro-level adaptation
Challenges for Mainstreaming Adaptation

Policy Makers,
Ministry, National
Planning Actors
Agencies

Regional
and Sub-
regional
Line Agencies scale
Facilitating actors
Orgs/Inst.

LGI

CBO Civil Local Level

Society
Community Stakeholders

Private &
informal NGO
sector org. GO line
agencies
at local
level

Modified from Uddin et al., 2006

Challenges for Mainstreaming Adaptation

CHALLENGES FOR MAINSTREAMING ADAPTATION (contd.)

Whose business is it? LGI

Individuals? Households? Civil

CBO
Communities? WMAs? LGAs? Community
Society

BWDB? WARPO? MOWR?

Private &
NGO
Responding to the needs for informal
sector org. GO line
agencies
capacity building at local
level

From awareness raising (KAB)

to continued education.
Capacity building of whom?
Facilitating Planned
Adaptation
Vertical integration &
horizontal conflict resolution.
Challenges for Mainstreaming Adaptation

CHALLENGES FOR MAINSTREAMING ADAPTATION (contd.)

Policy harmonization and adjustment
Hierarchy, policy barriers
Other Institutional issues
Inter-agency collaboration, coordination & integration
Safeguarding development schemes in water resources sector
Towards a climate resilient development