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By Rajib Shaw, Juan Pulhin, Joy Pereira

"Following on from quantity four during this sequence, which checked out concerns and demanding situations with reference to weather swap model (CCA) and catastrophe possibility aid (DRR), quantity five has a selected concentrate on Asia. Arguably one of the areas of the realm such a lot prone to weather swap, Asia has diversified mechanisms for CCA and DRR actions. Synergies among DRR and CCA during this zone are important not just to avoid  Read more...

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However, it is imperative to mention that depriving common people from the natural resources (that support provisional, supportive, and regulatory services) and excluding them from equitable sharing of wealth and service-related provisions seriously hampers the development of strong community resilience. CONCLUSION Climate change will not necessarily give rise to any new hazards in Bangladesh; rather, the known hazards will have added dimensions leading toward worse scenarios, and the intensity and frequency of common hazards will increase.

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