NEGOTIATIONS
FOCUS
PROCESS
KEY STEPS
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| Partner
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Satkhira Unnayan Sangstha (SUS) |
| Link
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http://susbangladesh.weebly.com/ |
| Description
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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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Capacity building in south-west coastal communities of Bangladesh to cope with climate change |
| Further information
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Documentation on local coping strategies to climate change impact |
| Regional focus
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Least Developed Countries
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| Sector
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Business
Education and training
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Human health
Oceans and coastal areas
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Water resources
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| Adaptation delivery activity
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Capacity building
Climate-resilient development planning
Communications and awareness-raising
Disaster risk reduction
Early warning systems
Education
Financial support
Humanitarian assistance
Knowledge management
Monitoring and evaluation
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Risk/vulnerability mapping
Training
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| NWP work area
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Adaptation planning and practices
Climate related risks and extreme events
Data and observations
Economic diversification
Socio-economic information
Technologies for adaptation
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| Climate hazards
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Drought
Flood
Storms/tropical cyclones
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| Operational scale
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Community-based
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Organizations, institutions and private sector companies at all levels and in a wide range of sectors can become engaged with the NWP by becoming a partner and making Action Pledges. Information about how organizations can become engaged with work on adaptation under the NWP can be found here.
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