COUNTRY CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT
Abstract
Bangladesh’s vulnerabilities to climate change will put development progress at risk in the coming decades. Building on three decades of growth and poverty reduction, the Government of Bangladesh’s (GoB) Vision 2041 aims to achieve country upper-middle income status by 2031 and high-income status by 2041, while eliminating extreme poverty by 20311 and absolute poverty by 2041. These goals will require navigating the increasingly severe impacts of climate change. As the world’s seventh most climate risk-affected country, with 185 extreme events recorded and 0.38 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants over the past two decades,2 Bangladesh must adapt rapidly to climate change while simultaneously accessing cleaner, more efficient technologies that support development, leverage co benefits (such as in health, air and water quality) and limit emissions.
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The World Bank Group
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The World Bank Group
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The World Bank Group
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