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The Asian Development Bank (ADB), together with the Planning Commission of Bangladesh, today launched the  Bangladesh Climate and DisasterRisk Atlas. 

The atlas, which includes geospatial maps for climate and disaster risk screening and assessment,will be an effective tool for infrastructure planning and design, hazard mitigation, and climate- anddisaster-proofing. 

It reflects the priorities set out in ADB’s country partnership strategy (CPS) forBangladesh (2021–2025) and Strategy 2030, as well as Bangladesh’s policies and strategies forenvironmental sustainability and climate resilience.Bangladesh Minister of Planning Muhammad Abdul Mannan; State Minister of Planning ShamsulAlam;  ADB’s Vice President (Operations 1) Shixin Chen;  Director General for  ADB’s  South AsiaDepartment Kenichi Yokoyama; Secretary, 

 Ministry of Disaster Management and ReliefMd. Kamrul Hasan ndc; Deputy Director General for ADB’s South Asia Department ManmohanParkash; ADB Country Director for Bangladesh Edimon Ginting; and Liping Zheng, Advisor, Officeof the Director General for ADB’s South Asia Department, among others, attended the event.The   two-volume   publication—Hazards—Volume   I  and  Exposures,   Vulnerabilities,   and   Risks—Volume II—is intended to  support design and implementation of projects and options for climatechange adaptation and disaster risk reduction and management in Bangladesh. It is a key output ofthe project  “Establishing   a  Climate  Risk Screening System  for   Mainstreaming  Climate  ChangeAdaptation into National Development Budgeting Activities,” funded by ADB’s regional knowledgeand support (capacity development) technical assistance Action on Climate Change in South Asia(2013–2018). The project was implemented by the Programming Division, Planning Commissionunder the supervision of Dr. Nurun Nahar, Joint Chief.The  regional technical assistance  project aimed to further enhance  the capacity of South Asiadeveloping member countries, including Bangladesh, in managing the impacts of climate change,through   effectively   transitioning   to   a   low-carbon   and   climate-resilient   development   path.   Thetechnical  assistance   project has strengthened   screening of investment  projects against climaterisks and boosted capacity to develop and implement climate change strategies and action plans.The ADB CPS for 2021–2025 has prioritized enhanced support for climate change adaptation andmitigation, and  disaster  risk management  to address  the  country’s  high vulnerability   to climateevents and other natural hazards, in line with the Paris Agreement. A holistic approach to integrateclimate  change will  be applied  to all  operations, while  expanding programs to directly  addressclimate change impacts through integrated management of water, river, and coastal areas.ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and  thePacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. Established in 1966, it is owned by68 members—49 from the region.