November 28, 2024
Tohura Moriom Misti
Bangladesh is vulnerable to frequent cyclones, floods (including flash flood), storms and periodic droughts, depending on the season. Climate change effects have also become prominent in recent decades, such as extreme heat, sea-level rise, and heavy rain. These contribute to an alarming increase in people’s vulnerability. Being a northern and Brahmaputra river basin district, Kurigram is also exposed to flood, drought, river erosion, extreme temperatures and storm.
River water flooding during the rainy season and drought in the dry season are common in this area. Furthermore, extreme heat increases the vulnerability of the impoverished people living in this district. The community is not familiar with climate-adaptive farming or disaster management and risk-reduction mechanisms, which exacerbates loss and damage. Moreover, the low-land areas of this district also have transportation- and communication-related challenges, prolonging the vulnerabilities of women, men, girls and boys and affecting their livelihoods, local infrastructure, education, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and the overall administrative system.
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