Due to its geographic location and climatic conditions, Bangladesh is one of the countries to be severely affected by climate change, projected to significantly impact the country’s agriculture and water sectors. Climate change adversely affects a country’s ability to achieve its Sustainable Development Goal targets. As such, sustainable solutions and project development for mitigation and adaptation become more and more urgent. To enable these, a high-level risk screening approach to address climate and geophysical hazards at the early stage of project development is necessary.

The Bangladesh Climate and Disaster Risk Atlas: Hazards—Volume I and Exposures, Vulnerabilities, and Risks—Volume II is a major output of the project Establishing a Climate Risk Screening System for Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into National Development Budgeting Activities in Bangladesh. This project was conducted under an ADB regional knowledge and support (capacity development) technical assistance. This Atlas is intended to support the formulation of co-beneficial options for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and management in Bangladesh.

The publication launch provided highlights on the information presented in the Atlas that are key to the future and current development of agriculture and water projects in Bangladesh.