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Satkhira Unnayan Sangstha (SUS)
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The Satkhira Unnayan Sangstha (SUS) climate resilience and adaptation program is the collective effort
from different project activities to address climate change issues by capacity building in
south-west coastal communities of Bangladesh. The projects span a variety of areas such as loss
of livelihoods, health threats, homelessness and the effects of climate-related disasters such as
cyclone, tidal flooding, sea level rise and subsequent salinity ingress, drought and river erosion.
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Action Pledge
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The main purpose of the projects pledged by SUS is to:
- Improve understanding and awareness of the south-west communities about climate change-related
variability, extreme events and their impacts on lives and livelihoods using socio-economic and
environmental data;
- Facilitate coping mechanisms and enhance the adaptive capacity of the vulnerable group
participants including community people using local adaptation practices;
- Establish an information-sharing mechanism on learning, experiences on community based adaptation
and advocacy to influence the policy and decision-making process at the local, national and
international level.
 Action Pledge (113 kB)
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Action Pledge Update (September 2009)
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The following was provided as a contribution to and is summarised in the Nairobi work
programme publication "Action pledges: Making a difference on the ground. A synthesis of
outcomes, good practices, lessons learned, and future challenges and opportunities"
Scaling up community-based adaptation actions
Community
based adaptation facilitation in South-west Bangladesh (408 kB)
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