World Bank2017-06-052017-06-052011-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26890Bangladesh is one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world. Situated in the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna (GBM) rivers, the country is exposed to a range of river and rainwater flood hazards due to climate variability, the timing, location, and extent of which depend on precipitation in the entire GBM basin. The Government of Bangladesh is fully committed to global climate-change advocacy and action, having already invested heavily in adaptation measures and policies. In recent decades, the government has invested more than US$10 billion to protect its population and assets in the floodplains. Given the uncertain magnitude and timing of the added risks from climate change, it is essential to identify the costs of climate proofing Bangladesh's critical infrastructure from intensified monsoon floods and cyclonic storm surges. Previously, few if any detailed studies have been developed on the costs of climate-proofing the country's infrastructure assets from inland monsoon floods and cyclones. Most analytical work to date has been confined to case studies, with relatively limited sets of locations, impacts, and adaptation measures. This study aims to fill that knowledge gap by providing detailed vulnerable population estimates and estimates of the incremental costs of asset adaptation out to the year 2050. It is part of a larger World Bank-supported study, entitled Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC), funded by the governments of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAFFORESTATIONANNUAL GROWTH RATEATMOSPHERIC PRESSUREBANKSBASESBUILDING CODESCAPITAL COSTCASUALTIESCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE FUNDCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE CHANGE INVESTMENTCLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMCLIMATE CHANGE RISKCLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOCLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGYCLIMATE EXTREMESCLIMATE HAZARDCLIMATE HAZARDSCLIMATE PROOFINGCLIMATE RESEARCHCLIMATE RISKCLIMATE RISK SCREENINGCLIMATE RISKSCLIMATE VARIABILITYCLIMATE- CHANGECLIMATE- CHANGE SCENARIOSCLIMATE-CHANGECLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIOCLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIOSCLIMATE-PROOFCLIMATE-RELATED RISKSCLIMATIC VARIABILITYCOLORSCOST BENEFIT ANALYSISCOST ESTIMATESCYCLONE ACTIVITYCYCLONE TRACKSCYCLONESCYCLONIC STORMCYCLONIC STORMSDAMAGESDEVASTATIONDISASTERDISASTER MANAGEMENTDISASTER PREPAREDNESSDISASTER RECOVERYDISASTER RELIEFDISASTER RISKSDROUGHTSEARLY WARNINGEARLY WARNING SYSTEMECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGEEMERGENCY SHELTERSEMISSIONEMISSIONS SCENARIOEROSION CONTROLEVACUATIONEVAPOTRANSPIRATIONEXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER EVENTSFARMERSFATALITIESFINANCIAL SUPPORTFLOODFLOOD CONTROLFLOOD DAMAGEFLOOD FORECASTINGFLOOD PROTECTIONFLOODEDFLOODINGFOOD SECURITYFORESTFUTURE CLIMATE CHANGEGENERAL CIRCULATION MODELGLOBAL CLIMATEGLOBAL CLIMATE-CHANGEGLOBAL WARMINGHEAT WAVEHEAVY RAINFALLHYDROLOGICAL DATAHYDROLOGICAL SCIENCESIMPACT OF CLIMATEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPORTSINCOMEINCREASE IN WIND SPEEDINFORMATION ON CLIMATEINFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGEINFORMATION SYSTEMINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINTENSITY OF CYCLONESINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEIPCCIRONLAND SURFACEMANGROVE FORESTMETEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONMONSOONNATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL HAZARDSNEGOTIATIONSPALEOCLIMATEPRECIPITATIONPROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCERAINRAINFALLRAINWATERRAINY SEASONREGIONAL CLIMATEREGIONAL CLIMATE MODELRELIEF OPERATIONSRISK EXPOSURERISKS FROM CLIMATE CHANGESCIENTIFIC CONSENSUSSCIENTIFIC EVIDENCESEA-LEVELSEA-LEVEL RISESEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURESEASONSEVERE WEATHERSEVERE WEATHER EVENTSSTORM SURGESTORM SURGESSTORMSSUPER CYCLONESSUPER CYCLONIC STORMSURFACE DATASURFACE RUNOFFSURFACE TEMPERATURESURGE HEIGHTTEMPERATURETEMPERATURE RISETIDAL WAVESTOTAL COSTTOTAL DAMAGESTROPICAL CYCLONETROPICAL DEPRESSIONSTROPICAL STORMSTROPICSUNCERTAINTIESWINDWIND SPEEDWIND STRESSWIND VELOCITYWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/26890