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This paper investigates possible impacts of climate change on the poor communities of the Bangladesh Sundarbans via …
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region of Bangladesh living near the UNESCO Heritage Sundarbans mangrove forest, and they supply a significant portion of …
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coastal households in Bangladesh. These households are already on the "front line" of climate change, so their adaptation … investment in coastal Bangladesh …
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of groundwater salinity on road maintenance expenditures in the coastal region of Bangladesh. The assessment draws on new … panel measures of salinity from 41 stations in coastal Bangladesh, and road maintenance expenditures, income, road network …
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essential for planning adaptation in low-lying coastal areas around the world. This paper presents a case study in Bangladesh on …
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study conducted in Bangladesh, which quantifies the prospective relationship between climate-induced changes in sea level … significant changes in river salinity in the southwest coastal area of Bangladesh by 2050. These changes are likely to lead to …
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Two-thirds of Bangladesh is less than 5 meters above sea level, making it one of the most flood prone countries in the …
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vulnerability of coastal areas in Bangladesh to larger storm surges and sea-level rise by 2050. The approach identifies polders … inundation depth and by 14 percent given a +1-meter inundation depth. At present, Bangladesh has 123 polders, an early warning …
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Groundwater currently provides 98 percent of all the drinking water supply in Bangladesh. Groundwater is found … throughout Bangladesh but its quality (that is, arsenic and salinity contamination) and quantity (that is, water storage … at the national scale for Bangladesh that combine information on arsenic, salinity, and water storage, using geospatial …
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The climate change challenge and the growth of the Islamic finance industry, together with the increase in socially responsible investing, could position green sukuk as a key instrument for financing clean energy and resilient infrastructure projects as well as shorter-term energy efficiency...
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