DHAKA, Dec 10, 2020 (BSS) – British High Commissioner to Bangladesh
Robert Chatterton Dickson today said Bangladesh is ‘distinguish
exemplar’ by attaining ‘extra ordinary achievement’ in reducing
climate change vulnerability through adaptation.
“Bangladesh has been a distinguish exemplar on how to adapt to
climate change impact and the effectiveness of responding to extreme
weather events,” he said.
The British envoy made the remark while speaking at a virtual
launching ceremony of a book titled ‘Building Resilience to Climate
Change through Craftsmanship’, organised by BRAC Climate Change
Programme, said a press release here.
“People who are most vulnerable to climate change will be made
worse off in future to due to increasing climate change impact and we
have been working in Bangladesh in reducing the impact through our
support in various sectors access to food, water, sanitation,
education and health,” Dickson said.
The book illustrates the ways BRAC’s sister concern, the Ayesha
Abed Foundation, works to transform communities from areas at risk
from climate change into ones that are resilient.
The book features stories from the lives of 14 artisans, offering
an insight into their sufferings due to climate change.