Unlocking ecosystem based adaptation opportunities in coastal Bangladesh

Ahammad, Ronju; Nandy, Paramesh; Husnain, Panna

doi:10.1007/s11852-013-0284-x

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“…-Bangladesh: EbA has increased the adaptive capacity of coastal communities to extreme weather events and climate change by improving their access to institutional services and climate change information, as well as their access to natural resources to support diverse livelihood options [43]. -Togo: EbA increased social inclusion and self-sufficiency of women and youth groups, leading to increased crop yields for these savannah communities as a whole, whose food security is threatened by climate change.…”

Section: Dimension 3: Supporting Adaptive Capacitymentioning

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Understanding the value and limits of nature-based solutions to climate change and other global challenges

Seddon

Chausson

Berry

et al. 2020

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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There is growing awareness that ‘nature-based solutions' (NbS) can help to protect us from climate change impacts while slowing further warming, supporting biodiversity and securing ecosystem services. However, the potential of NbS to provide the intended benefits has not been rigorously assessed. There are concerns over their reliability and cost-effectiveness compared to engineered alternatives, and their resilience to climate change. Trade-offs can arise if climate mitigation policy encourages NbS with low biodiversity value, such as afforestation with non-native monocultures. This can result in maladaptation, especially in a rapidly changing world where biodiversity-based resilience and multi-functional landscapes are key. Here, we highlight the rise of NbS in climate policy—focusing on their potential for climate change adaptation as well as mitigation—and discuss barriers to their evidence-based implementation. We outline the major financial and governance challenges to implementing NbS at scale, highlighting avenues for further research. As climate policy turns increasingly towards greenhouse gas removal approaches such as afforestation, we stress the urgent need for natural and social scientists to engage with policy makers. They must ensure that NbS can achieve their potential to tackle both the climate and biodiversity crisis while also contributing to sustainable development. This will require systemic change in the way we conduct research and run our institutions. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Climate change and ecosystems: threats, opportunities and solutions’.

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Section: Dimension 3: Supporting Adaptive Capacitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding the value and limits of nature-based solutions to climate change and other global challenges

Seddon

Chausson

Berry

et al. 2020

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

929

583

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“…Examples of local level urban EbA approaches have been reported for Western Cape, South Africa [35], or for Swedish southern municipalities [17 ]. National level approaches have been developed for coastal systems in Bangladesh [15], for inland water management in Costa Rica [16 ] and for environmental policies in the United Kingdom [18 ]. Regional examples of EbA include the Caribbean Small Island States [14], the Pacific islands [13], or the Andes mountains across four countries [36].…”

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Challenges for mainstreaming Ecosystem-based Adaptation into the international climate agenda

Ojea

2015

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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“…A cyclone hits the coast of Bangladesh almost every year. Among these, at least one severe cyclone every three years causes significant damage along part of the coast [ 1 ]. The majority of the coastal inhabitants in Bangladesh are poor, landless and depend on natural resources.…”

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Assessing Risks from Cyclones for Human Lives and Livelihoods in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh

Quader

Khan

Kervyn

2017

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As a disaster prone country, Bangladesh is regularly hit by natural hazards, including devastating cyclones, such as in 1970, 1991 and 2007. Although the number of cyclones’ fatalities reduced from 0.3 million in 1970 to a few thousand or fewer in recent events, loss of lives and impact on livelihoods remains a concern. It depends on the meteorological characteristics of cyclone and the general vulnerability and capacity of the exposed population. In that perspective, a spatially explicit risk assessment is an essential step towards targeted disaster risk reduction. This study aims at analyzing the spatial variation of the different factors contributing to the risk for coastal communities at regional scale, including the distribution of the hazards, exposure, vulnerability and capacity. An exploratory factor analysis method is used to map vulnerability contrasts between local administrative units. Indexing and ranking using geospatial techniques are used to produce maps of exposure, hazard, vulnerability, capacities and risk. Results show that vulnerable populations and exposed areas are distributed along the land sea boundary, islands and major inland rivers. The hazard, assessed from the density of historical cyclone paths, is highest in the southwestern part of the coast. Whereas cyclones shelters are shown to properly serve the most vulnerable populations as priority evacuation centers, the overall pattern of capacity accounting for building quality and road network shows a more complex pattern. Resultant risk maps also provide a reasonable basis from which to take further structural measures to minimize loss of lives in the upcoming cyclones.

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Unlocking ecosystem based adaptation opportunities in coastal Bangladesh

Cited by 41 publications

References 6 publications

Understanding the value and limits of nature-based solutions to climate change and other global challenges

Understanding the value and limits of nature-based solutions to climate change and other global challenges

Challenges for mainstreaming Ecosystem-based Adaptation into the international climate agenda

Assessing Risks from Cyclones for Human Lives and Livelihoods in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh

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