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Adaptation, mitigation can reduce high risks of climate change

Experts say at workshop

Staff Correspondent
Experts at a workshop yesterday said climate change as well as its effect is an alarming news for Bangladesh and adaptation and mitigation processes can only reduce the high risks of the climate change.
They said this at a workshop under a collaborative research project styled 'Impact of climate and sea-level change in part of the Indian subcontinent (CLASIC)' at Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology (Buet).
Addressing as the chief guest, Buet Vice Chancellor Prof AMM Safiullah said, “There are two specific ways that human can respond to climate change are through adaptation and mitigation. Adaptation tries to reduce the vulnerability of human system to the stresses of climate, whereas mitigation aims to lower or even remove greenhouse gases.”
Bangladesh is one of the countries which will be severely affected by the climate and sea-level change, he added.
Any undesirable change is going to affect economic development, poverty alleviation, food security, public health and safety, quality of life and protection of the natural environment, he said.
The workshop was jointly organised by Institute ofWater and Flood Management (1WFM). Buet and Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS).
The research project is being carried out by Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK; Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL), Liverpool, UK and Hadley Centre, Metrological Office, UK. The project is funded by Department for International Development (DFID), UK.
Prof Jahir Uddin Chowdhury of IWFM said changes in availability of water and frequency of water-
related hazards due to climate change are likely to cause enormous impact on livelihood activities, economic growth and social prosperity in the country.
Adaptation and mitigation measures can create new opportunities as well as cause losses of livelihood opportunities depending on the characteristics of the changes in water regime brought about by climate change, he added.
Jahir further said studies are needed to identify and quantify the possible impacts of climate change on water regime.
Prof and Director of IWFM Anisul Haque said, “The low-lying topography, the riverine and coastal flooding, tropical cyclones, storm surges, poverty, higher population density and poor institutional development have made Bangladesh more vulnerable to climate change and variability."
Ahmedul Hassan of CEGIS and Frank Farquharson of CEH also addressed the session.