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Climate Justice for Vulnerable Regions in Bangladesh: Integrating Geospatial Data with Socioeconomic Indicators

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Student Authors
Tohomina Rahman Tisha
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Engineering, FST
Supervisors
Md. Mortuza Ahmmed
Associate Professor, Faculty, FST

Abstract

Exposure to climate hazards (floods, cyclones, salinity, and heatwaves) in coastal Bangladesh has disrupted lives, particularly of women and the elderly, who bear the brunt of poverty and displacement from loss of agriculture and property. A review of international studies on climate injustice, considering the five most vulnerable districts in Bangladesh, has been assessed through amalgamating geospatial hazard data and evaluating socioeconomic indicators using Project funding statistics (2000–2023) and which have been taken from NASA, BMD, CEGIS, and the BBS. Key indicators, such as exposure to hazards (0–10), displaced population (in 1,000s), and crop yield loss (percentages of total), were measured in terms of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI; 0–1), adaptation finance for millions of USD, and gender sensitive projects based on secondary data and time series trend. The climate risk has been increasing from 6.8 in 2000 to 8.0 in 2020, due to Cyclone Amphan disaster and the COVID-19 effect, with an estimated displacement of around 4.2 million, half are mainly from Satkhira and Khulna. Salinity intrusion was 26% higher, causing damage to 1.2 million hectares of farmland and drops in crop yields, the coastal MPI (0.59) remaining still 45% above the national average. While the adaptation fund had grown from $5.2M in 2000 to $410M in 2023, only 35% Hong were able to reach the most-affected district of the money reached the most affected after set in, and women incurred 73 post-disaster livelihood losses. These patterns indicate large regional and sex-based inequities in climate resilience. The results imply that for climate justice in coastal Bangladesh, there would be a requirement to adopt strategies that focus on local interests and ensure fair distribution of resources with increasing gender-sensitive responses by cushioning capacity enhancement against poverty and vulnerability. Keywords: Climate hazard, displacement, agricultural loss, and poverty.

Keywords

Climate hazard displacement agricultural loss and poverty

Publication Details

  • Type of Publication:
  • Conference Name: 1st International Conference on Geosciences for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (ICGSDG)
  • Date of Conference: 14/11/2025 - 14/11/2025
  • Venue: University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi
  • Organizer: Dept of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Rajshahi
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