The Cost of Adapting to Extreme Weather Events in a Changing Climate
Bangladesh is one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world. Situated in the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna (GBM) rivers, the country is exposed to a range of river and rainwater flood hazards due to climate variability, t...
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AFFORESTATION ANNUAL GROWTH RATE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE BANKS BASES BUILDING CODES CAPITAL COST CASUALTIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE FUND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE INVESTMENT CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM CLIMATE CHANGE RISK CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE HAZARD CLIMATE HAZARDS CLIMATE PROOFING CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK SCREENING CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE- CHANGE CLIMATE- CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE-CHANGE CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE-PROOF CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS CLIMATIC VARIABILITY COLORS COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST ESTIMATES CYCLONE ACTIVITY CYCLONE TRACKS CYCLONES CYCLONIC STORM CYCLONIC STORMS DAMAGES DEVASTATION DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RISKS DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM ECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCY SHELTERS EMISSION EMISSIONS SCENARIO EROSION CONTROL EVACUATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FARMERS FATALITIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD FORECASTING FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODED FLOODING FOOD SECURITY FOREST FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE-CHANGE GLOBAL WARMING HEAT WAVE HEAVY RAINFALL HYDROLOGICAL DATA HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPORTS INCOME INCREASE IN WIND SPEED INFORMATION ON CLIMATE INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INTENSITY OF CYCLONES INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRON LAND SURFACE MANGROVE FOREST METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION MONSOON NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NEGOTIATIONS PALEOCLIMATE PRECIPITATION PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE RAIN RAINFALL RAINWATER RAINY SEASON REGIONAL CLIMATE REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL RELIEF OPERATIONS RISK EXPOSURE RISKS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SEA-LEVEL SEA-LEVEL RISE SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE SEASON SEVERE WEATHER SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS STORM SURGE STORM SURGES STORMS SUPER CYCLONES SUPER CYCLONIC STORM SURFACE DATA SURFACE RUNOFF SURFACE TEMPERATURE SURGE HEIGHT TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE RISE TIDAL WAVES TOTAL COST TOTAL DAMAGES TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS TROPICAL STORMS TROPICS UNCERTAINTIES WIND WIND SPEED WIND STRESS WIND VELOCITY |
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AFFORESTATION ANNUAL GROWTH RATE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE BANKS BASES BUILDING CODES CAPITAL COST CASUALTIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE FUND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE INVESTMENT CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM CLIMATE CHANGE RISK CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE HAZARD CLIMATE HAZARDS CLIMATE PROOFING CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK SCREENING CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE- CHANGE CLIMATE- CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE-CHANGE CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE-PROOF CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS CLIMATIC VARIABILITY COLORS COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST ESTIMATES CYCLONE ACTIVITY CYCLONE TRACKS CYCLONES CYCLONIC STORM CYCLONIC STORMS DAMAGES DEVASTATION DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RISKS DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM ECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCY SHELTERS EMISSION EMISSIONS SCENARIO EROSION CONTROL EVACUATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FARMERS FATALITIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD FORECASTING FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODED FLOODING FOOD SECURITY FOREST FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE-CHANGE GLOBAL WARMING HEAT WAVE HEAVY RAINFALL HYDROLOGICAL DATA HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPORTS INCOME INCREASE IN WIND SPEED INFORMATION ON CLIMATE INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INTENSITY OF CYCLONES INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRON LAND SURFACE MANGROVE FOREST METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION MONSOON NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NEGOTIATIONS PALEOCLIMATE PRECIPITATION PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE RAIN RAINFALL RAINWATER RAINY SEASON REGIONAL CLIMATE REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL RELIEF OPERATIONS RISK EXPOSURE RISKS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SEA-LEVEL SEA-LEVEL RISE SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE SEASON SEVERE WEATHER SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS STORM SURGE STORM SURGES STORMS SUPER CYCLONES SUPER CYCLONIC STORM SURFACE DATA SURFACE RUNOFF SURFACE TEMPERATURE SURGE HEIGHT TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE RISE TIDAL WAVES TOTAL COST TOTAL DAMAGES TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS TROPICAL STORMS TROPICS UNCERTAINTIES WIND WIND SPEED WIND STRESS WIND VELOCITY World Bank The Cost of Adapting to Extreme Weather Events in a Changing Climate |
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Bangladesh is one of the most climate
vulnerable countries in the world. Situated in the delta of
the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna (GBM) rivers, the
country is exposed to a range of river and rainwater flood
hazards due to climate variability, the timing, location,
and extent of which depend on precipitation in the entire
GBM basin. The Government of Bangladesh is fully committed
to global climate-change advocacy and action, having already
invested heavily in adaptation measures and policies. In
recent decades, the government has invested more than US$10
billion to protect its population and assets in the
floodplains. Given the uncertain magnitude and timing of the
added risks from climate change, it is essential to identify
the costs of climate proofing Bangladesh's critical
infrastructure from intensified monsoon floods and cyclonic
storm surges. Previously, few if any detailed studies have
been developed on the costs of climate-proofing the
country's infrastructure assets from inland monsoon
floods and cyclones. Most analytical work to date has been
confined to case studies, with relatively limited sets of
locations, impacts, and adaptation measures. This study aims
to fill that knowledge gap by providing detailed vulnerable
population estimates and estimates of the incremental costs
of asset adaptation out to the year 2050. It is part of a
larger World Bank-supported study, entitled Economics of
Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC), funded by the
governments of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. |
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The Cost of Adapting to Extreme Weather Events in a Changing Climate |
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The Cost of Adapting to Extreme Weather Events in a Changing Climate |
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The Cost of Adapting to Extreme Weather Events in a Changing Climate |
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The Cost of Adapting to Extreme Weather Events in a Changing Climate |
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The Cost of Adapting to Extreme Weather Events in a Changing Climate |
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cost of adapting to extreme weather events in a changing climate |
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okr-10986-268902021-04-23T14:04:34Z The Cost of Adapting to Extreme Weather Events in a Changing Climate World Bank AFFORESTATION ANNUAL GROWTH RATE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE BANKS BASES BUILDING CODES CAPITAL COST CASUALTIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE FUND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE INVESTMENT CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM CLIMATE CHANGE RISK CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE HAZARD CLIMATE HAZARDS CLIMATE PROOFING CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK SCREENING CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE- CHANGE CLIMATE- CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE-CHANGE CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE-PROOF CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS CLIMATIC VARIABILITY COLORS COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST ESTIMATES CYCLONE ACTIVITY CYCLONE TRACKS CYCLONES CYCLONIC STORM CYCLONIC STORMS DAMAGES DEVASTATION DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RISKS DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM ECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCY SHELTERS EMISSION EMISSIONS SCENARIO EROSION CONTROL EVACUATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FARMERS FATALITIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD FORECASTING FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODED FLOODING FOOD SECURITY FOREST FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE-CHANGE GLOBAL WARMING HEAT WAVE HEAVY RAINFALL HYDROLOGICAL DATA HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPORTS INCOME INCREASE IN WIND SPEED INFORMATION ON CLIMATE INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INTENSITY OF CYCLONES INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRON LAND SURFACE MANGROVE FOREST METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION MONSOON NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NEGOTIATIONS PALEOCLIMATE PRECIPITATION PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE RAIN RAINFALL RAINWATER RAINY SEASON REGIONAL CLIMATE REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL RELIEF OPERATIONS RISK EXPOSURE RISKS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SEA-LEVEL SEA-LEVEL RISE SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE SEASON SEVERE WEATHER SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS STORM SURGE STORM SURGES STORMS SUPER CYCLONES SUPER CYCLONIC STORM SURFACE DATA SURFACE RUNOFF SURFACE TEMPERATURE SURGE HEIGHT TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE RISE TIDAL WAVES TOTAL COST TOTAL DAMAGES TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS TROPICAL STORMS TROPICS UNCERTAINTIES WIND WIND SPEED WIND STRESS WIND VELOCITY Bangladesh is one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world. Situated in the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna (GBM) rivers, the country is exposed to a range of river and rainwater flood hazards due to climate variability, the timing, location, and extent of which depend on precipitation in the entire GBM basin. The Government of Bangladesh is fully committed to global climate-change advocacy and action, having already invested heavily in adaptation measures and policies. In recent decades, the government has invested more than US$10 billion to protect its population and assets in the floodplains. Given the uncertain magnitude and timing of the added risks from climate change, it is essential to identify the costs of climate proofing Bangladesh's critical infrastructure from intensified monsoon floods and cyclonic storm surges. Previously, few if any detailed studies have been developed on the costs of climate-proofing the country's infrastructure assets from inland monsoon floods and cyclones. Most analytical work to date has been confined to case studies, with relatively limited sets of locations, impacts, and adaptation measures. This study aims to fill that knowledge gap by providing detailed vulnerable population estimates and estimates of the incremental costs of asset adaptation out to the year 2050. It is part of a larger World Bank-supported study, entitled Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC), funded by the governments of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. 2017-06-05T17:20:10Z 2017-06-05T17:20:10Z 2011-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/716231468014361142/The-cost-of-adapting-to-extreme-weather-events-in-a-changing-climate http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26890 English en_US Bangladesh Development Series;No. 28 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Dhaka Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper South Asia Bangladesh |