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The Government of Bangladesh, a signatory to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), sought to support the international community in understanding vulnerability to climate change and sea level rise and, at the same time, to formulate ways to mitigate the hazards and find modalities in developing institutions to deal with coastal zones. A pilot study of vulnerability was commissioned under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Coastal Zone Management Subgroup (CZMS). One of the objectives of the pilot study was to develop tools and techniques for use by the Government of Bangladesh for future coastal resource planning and management. Another objective was to identify both the policies and the technical capacity that will be needed within Bangladesh in order to deal with climate change related issues and problems on an ongoing basis.
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Huq, Su., Ahmed, A.U., Koudstaal, R. (1996). Vulnerability of Bangladesh to Climate Change and Sea Level Rise. In: Downing, T.E. (eds) Climate Change and World Food Security. NATO ASI Series, vol 37. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61086-8_14
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