Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP)
Year of publication
2008
Specific thematic area
Climate adaptation and/or mitigation
Sector of governance
Climate change
Type of human mobility
Displacement, Migration
Characteristics of human mobility
Internal
Type of environmental driver
Erosion, Sea level rise
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Sub-region
Southern Asia
Region
Southern Asia
Macro-region
Asia
Relevant GCM objective
- GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available
sea level rise could result in the displacement of millions of people - 'environmental refugees' - from coastal regions.
Ps. 1, 13, 56
Increased river bank erosion and saline water intrusion in coastal areas are likely to displace hundreds of thousands of people who will be forced to migrate, often to slums in Dhaka and other big cities. If sea level rise is higher than currently expected, and coastal polders are not strengthened and/or new ones built, six to eight million people could be displaced by 2050 and would have to be resettled.
Ps. 1, 13, 56
Programme T4P5. Research and knowledge management - Macroeconomic and sectoral economic impacts of climate change. A4. Assessment of climate change and its impacts on out-migration.
Ps. 1, 13, 56