Climate change to affect entire ecology of Bangladesh: Expert
Dhaka, Apr 8 (UNB) – Enormous negative impacts of global warming will gradually affect the entire ecology of Bangladesh in future, warned a climate change expert.
“Entire ecology will be affected in the country due to climate change… some signs are already visible,” BCAS executive director Dr Atiq Rahman said at the inaugural session of a conference at Spectra Convention Centre in the city on Sunday.
Bangladesh Centre for Advance Studies (BCAS) organised the first National Conference on `Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change’.
Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, Disaster Management and Relief Secretary Dr M Aslam Alam, and senior research fellow, climate change group, of International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Saleemul Huq also spoke on the occasion.
Referring to the prediction of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Dr Atiq Rahman said 17 percent of land and 30 percent people of the country will be affected due to sea level rise by 2050.
“Climate change will intensify river erosion through erratic rainfall. Food security, water security and livelihood security will be a challenge in the future due to climate change,” he said.
About adverse impacts of climate change on health, the BCAS executive director said lack of water, excess water and wrong quality of water will also pose threat to human health.
Mentioning the growing negative consequences of global warming, he suggested working together to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change.
“Climate change has brought an opportunity of working together on a number of issues like research, innovation and the future policy,” said Dr Atiq Rahman.
“Entire ecology will be affected in the country due to climate change… some signs are already visible,” BCAS executive director Dr Atiq Rahman said at the inaugural session of a conference at Spectra Convention Centre in the city on Sunday.
Bangladesh Centre for Advance Studies (BCAS) organised the first National Conference on `Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change’.
Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, Disaster Management and Relief Secretary Dr M Aslam Alam, and senior research fellow, climate change group, of International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Saleemul Huq also spoke on the occasion.
Referring to the prediction of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Dr Atiq Rahman said 17 percent of land and 30 percent people of the country will be affected due to sea level rise by 2050.
“Climate change will intensify river erosion through erratic rainfall. Food security, water security and livelihood security will be a challenge in the future due to climate change,” he said.
About adverse impacts of climate change on health, the BCAS executive director said lack of water, excess water and wrong quality of water will also pose threat to human health.
Mentioning the growing negative consequences of global warming, he suggested working together to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change.
“Climate change has brought an opportunity of working together on a number of issues like research, innovation and the future policy,” said Dr Atiq Rahman.
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