[climateprediction.net] Flood project stakeholder workshop to take place in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Climateprediction.net’s Professor David Wallom and Dr Sarah Sparrow are visiting Dhaka, Bangladesh, this March for a stakeholder workshop around the REBuILD project (Risk Evaluation of Brahmaputra Inundations for Loss and Damage). During this stakeholder workshop, participants will share their opinions and insights on how extreme event risk assessments could be further developed for comprehensive risk management, aiding Bangladesh policymakers in developing appropriate adaptation strategies for achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Bangladesh is listed as one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. It has one of the largest population densities in the world, resulting in high pressure on land and water resources. When an extreme weather event such as flooding occurs, millions of people are displaced and both freshwater...

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