UNB, Dhaka :
Bangladesh has no available data about sea level rise that occurred in its coastal areas due to global warning,
climate change experts here observed on Wednesday.
“Bangladesh has not yet installed any station in the coastal region to assess how much sea level is being increased. So, the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) must depend on regional data,” country engagement leader of Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) Dr Munjurul Hannan Khan told a press conference.
Dr John Church, coordinating lead author of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (Sea Level Change), said a huge amount of sediment falls into the Bay of Bengal each year and the siltation could not be incorporated into the report for lack of available data.
CDKN in association with the IPCC and Prokriti O Jibon Foundation organised the press conference at Jatiya Press Club for revealing the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report in Bangladesh.
The IPCC 5th Assessment Report says projected sea level rise is very likely to result in significant losses of coastal ecosystems. There will be regional differences within Asia in the impacts of climate change on food production.
Due to projected sea level rise, a million or so people along the coasts of South and Southeast Asia will likely be at risk of being victims of flooding.
It is likely that climate change will impinge on sustainable development of most developing countries of Asia as it compounds the pressures on natural resources and the environment associated with rapid urbanisation, industrialisation and economic development.
Vulnerabilities of industry, infrastructure, settlements and society to climate change are generally greater in certain high risk locations, particularly coastal and riverine areas, the report says.
Munjurul Khan said global climate change will pose negative impacts on public health, agricultural productively and freshwater resources in Bangladesh in the future.
“Urban population will increase as the country’s 30-50 million coastal people will be displaced if sea level rises by one meter by 2100,” he said.
Dr John Church said as climate change is a global problem and all should work together to cope with the adverse impact of it.
Bangladesh has no available data about sea level rise that occurred in its coastal areas due to global warning,
climate change experts here observed on Wednesday.
“Bangladesh has not yet installed any station in the coastal region to assess how much sea level is being increased. So, the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) must depend on regional data,” country engagement leader of Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) Dr Munjurul Hannan Khan told a press conference.
Dr John Church, coordinating lead author of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (Sea Level Change), said a huge amount of sediment falls into the Bay of Bengal each year and the siltation could not be incorporated into the report for lack of available data.
CDKN in association with the IPCC and Prokriti O Jibon Foundation organised the press conference at Jatiya Press Club for revealing the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report in Bangladesh.
The IPCC 5th Assessment Report says projected sea level rise is very likely to result in significant losses of coastal ecosystems. There will be regional differences within Asia in the impacts of climate change on food production.
Due to projected sea level rise, a million or so people along the coasts of South and Southeast Asia will likely be at risk of being victims of flooding.
It is likely that climate change will impinge on sustainable development of most developing countries of Asia as it compounds the pressures on natural resources and the environment associated with rapid urbanisation, industrialisation and economic development.
Vulnerabilities of industry, infrastructure, settlements and society to climate change are generally greater in certain high risk locations, particularly coastal and riverine areas, the report says.
Munjurul Khan said global climate change will pose negative impacts on public health, agricultural productively and freshwater resources in Bangladesh in the future.
“Urban population will increase as the country’s 30-50 million coastal people will be displaced if sea level rises by one meter by 2100,” he said.
Dr John Church said as climate change is a global problem and all should work together to cope with the adverse impact of it.
