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| Title
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Capacity building in south-west coastal communities of Bangladesh to cope with climate change |
| Partner
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Satkhira Unnayan Sangstha (SUS)
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| Date of submission
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01/04/2009
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| Description
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SUS Action pledge
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.
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| Action pledge updates | |
| 01/09/2009 |
SUS Action pledge update. Scaling up community-based adaptation actions
Community based adaptation facilitation in South-west Bangladesh
This update 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". |
| Further information
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| Regional focus
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Asia and the Pacific
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| Sector
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Education and training
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Water resources
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| Adaptation delivery activity
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Capacity building
Communications and awareness-raising
Disaster risk reduction
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
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| NWP work area
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Adaptation planning and practices
Climate related risks and extreme events
Research
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| Target group
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Children
Communities
Practitioners
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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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