Bangladesh’s progress is going backwards due to the adverse effects of natural disasters
Climate change, human intervention in nature, unplanned urbanization, and river management have increased the dangers in Bangladesh.
Natural disasters in Bangladesh not only cause loss of life and property but also greatly hinder economic development.
During a virtual media advocacy meeting recently, speakers articulated these key points. The meeting was organized at Light House with the support of USAID’s Happy Life Project and Pathfinder International.
Head of BRAC’s Climate Change Fund Golam Rabbani, coordinator of the National Alliance of Humanitarian Actors spoke at the meeting under the chairmanship of Harun Or Rashid, the executive head of Light House.
Farooq Ahmed Talukder, Member Secretary of the Bangladesh Editors Forum, was among the distinguished attendees at the event.
The negotiators said that Bangladesh is being affected by various natural disasters due to its geographical location. Bangladesh is in an area where earthquakes are common, as it is between the Eurasian Plate, the Indian Plate, and the Burma Plate.
Apart from this, Bangladesh is one of the countries affected by climate change. Due to poverty and overcrowding, the effects of climate change are deadly here.
Haroon or Rashid mentioned in the original article that disaster risk, damage, and loss are significant challenges for people’s lives and livelihoods. Especially big barriers are for the poor.
New technologies, unplanned cities, environmental and geographical disasters, AIDS epidemic, climate change, geological disasters, and growing population are making global disasters more likely.
To overcome these challenges, it is important to include disaster risk reduction in different policies, plans, and programs. This will help promote poverty reduction and sustainable development.
