Bangladesh: How the people of Bangladesh live with climate change and what communication can do
The project surveyed 33,500 people across 7 Asian countries, including 3,578 households in Bangladesh
Abstract
Climate Asia is the world’s largest study of people’s everyday experience of climate change. The project surveyed 33,500 people across 7 Asian countries, including 3,578 households in Bangladesh. 16 focus groups were conducted with men and women from different social backgrounds across 7 locations and 7 assessments with communities vulnerable to changes in climate were carried out. In addition to research with the public, 20 key experts and opinion formers from government, civil society, business and academia were interviewed, a workshop was held with experts and opinion formers from media, business and civil society and an evaluation of current and past communications on these subjects was carried out.
The research was conducted from May to August 2012 across 25 districts in each of Bangladesh’s 7 divisions, from the char islands and the mangroves of the Sundarbans, to the heart of Dhaka and the beaches of Cox’s Bazar. Climate Asia recorded the opinions, insights and needs of this large population, more than 30% of whom live below the poverty line.
This report (in English and Bengali) presents the findings from Bangladesh.
Citation
Al Mamun, M. A.; Naomi Stoll, N.; Whitehead, S. Bangladesh: How the people of Bangladesh live with climate change and what communication can do. BBC Media Action, (2013) 70 pp.
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