Methodology of monitoring climate change impacts in a month
The methodology of monitoring climate change impacts in the country will be finalised in a month to make a database to formulate a strategy and an action plan to deal with the climate change.
The information collected will help Bangladesh strengthen its position in international climate change negotiations, as well as prepare for future natural disasters, said the experts in a national workshop yesterday.
Department of Forest (DoF) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Bangladesh jointly organised the workshop on “Enhancement of Bangladesh's Capacity to Participate in Road to Copenhagen and Post Copenhagen Regime” that was held at the auditorium of DoF.
The experts will find out criteria on what, when and how to monitor to know the long-term effects of climate change on eight sectors -- agriculture; forest, flora and fauna; fresh water fisheries; marine water fisheries; hydrometeorology; health; livelihood and poverty; and livestock.
About 100 scientists, academics and professionals from the public sector and various research organisations participated in the workshop and they would find out evidence and indicators of climate change and assess the impact in those sectors.
DoF and IUCN, Bangladesh will submit the report then to the forest and environment ministry.
The speakers also said it is very important to establish a monitoring system for future [climate change impact] projections and the food security of Bangladesh.
“The government is concerned about the current climatic conditions and the indicators set in this project will be very useful. So I encourage continuing the research in this area,” said Dr Mihir Kanti Mazumder, secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Forest, in the workshop as the chief guest.
“The impact of climate change is visible now, such as the lack of rain and unexpected floods.”
The workshop was facilitated by Dr Ainun Nishat, vice-chancellor of BRAC University while Ishtiaq Uddin Ahmad, chief conservator of forest was present as a special guest.
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