Assessment of Climate Induced Migrant Women in Bangladesh: A Case for Dhaka Based Slum Dwellers

Background

A rise in sea levels and coastal erosion could lead to a loss of 17% of land surface and 30% food production by 2050. It has been predicted that only due to heat stress per year GDP losses would be 4.9% or at least USD 30 billion losses by 2030; and 3.83 million full-time job losses by 2030. Climate-fueled disasters (e.g., drought, floods, and storms) would cause of around USD 4.075 billion losses per year by 2030. And one-third of Bangladesh population at risk of displacement by 2030. Climate change has been acting as a threat multiplier in Bangladesh – climate change is now a growing humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh.

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