Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to climate change due to its location, fast-growing population, and frequent climatic shocks. Climate-induced disasters are becoming more frequent and severe with intensifying heatwaves, floods, and cyclones, and slower-onset impacts such as sea level rise. All of these events harm livelihoods and ecosystems, especially food systems (IPCC, 2018, 2021, 2022). Nearly 70% of the country’s landmass …

Countries and communities are exposed to increasingly harmful effects of climate change, leading to loss and damage. These concerns must be urgently addressed, especially in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). After decades of lobbying by LDCs, SIDS and others, the world has woken up to this situation, and negotiators at the 27th United Nations Climate …