2008-09-10
UK Commits Funds to Help Bangladesh Adapt to Climate Change. By Sahil Nagpal, Asian News International (South Asia), September 10, 2008. "The UK is giving $133 million to 'climate-proof' Bangladesh... [with the money going to] measures such as protecting houses, schools and farms against flooding, and introducing new crop strains. Aid agencies have welcomed the move, but say poorer countries will need much more money to adapt to climate change [and that] U.N. resources for climate adaptation are badly under-funded... 'Other proposals in Bangladesh's climate action plan include raising the level of polders (sea defences) in the Bay of Bengal, increasing the height of embankments that protect residential areas or lands where crops are grown, and the introduction of seeds tolerant to salt or arsenic,' said [Chris] Austin, [head of the Department for International Development's Dhaka office]."
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