Climate Change Diplomacy- Apparatus for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: A Reflection in the Context of Bangladesh.
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2014-01
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The objective of this analysis is mainly to examine the current trend of climate change
diplomacy carry forward by the Government of Bangladesh. This focus on effectiveness
of Climate Change (CC) Diplomacy for the climate change victim nation like Bangladesh.
Some interrelated issues addressed here are: (i) essence of climate change diplomacy
for the developing nations mostly affected by climate induced disasters; (ii) performance
of Bangladesh in the bilateral and multilateral negotiations. The findings of the analysis
suggest that, climate change diplomacy of the government of Bangladesh is not formally
fashioned yet to influence foreign governments and/or multilateral institutions towards
extending highest support in mitigating and adapting the climate change impact. It is
apparent that, climate change diplomacy does not seem to have emerged as an integral
component of its international relations to complement the national efforts through tie up
with international affiliations. The paper is concluded with a roadmap to make the climate
change diplomacy more effective so that Bangladesh could avail optimum assistance
from the international community/alliance to mitigate and adopt climate change for
reduction of vulnerability of the community recurrently affected by climate change
induced disasters. With the prominence of climate change diplomacy on the top,
Bangladesh should have a strategy of playing a pro-active role at the international level in
coming years. Such strategy would help Bangladesh to draw on the global assistance in
favor of climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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Climate Change, Diplomacy, Foreign Relations, Negotiations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh and United Nations
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Islam Mohammad Tarikul. Climate Change Diplomacy- Apparatus for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: A Reflection in the Context of Bangladesh. British Journal of Environment and Climate Change. 2014 Jan-Mar; 4(1): 115-132.