Abstract
Bangladesh, one of the South Asian countries, has started experiencing major public health impacts of climate change due to its vulnerable geographical location. The objective of this paper is to look at the extent of climate change in Bangladesh and its impact on human health. This paper is based on the review of relevant literature and journal articles on climate change and health from varied recourses. Major health impacts of climate change in Bangladesh observed are temperature related illness, food, water and vector borne diseases. About 20 million people in more than 27 districts are at risk of having Leishmaniasis. Human health is at serious risk due to climate change in Bangladesh though the country’s contribution to Greenhouse Gas emissions is very small compared to many developed nations. Unless steps are taken and put in place immediately to mitigate and adapt to climate change, Bangladesh will have to pay a heavy toll in terms of productivity and human lives.
Highlights
Climate change has already established its impression through various recent extreme climatic events around the world such as recent prolonged and devastating floods in Bangladesh, India, China and the UK, severe drought in Asia and Africa, extreme heat waves in central Europe, devastating cyclones and tidal surges across the coasts
Costello et al (2009: p. 1700) illustrated how climate change and its rapid emergence in the past decades can be a major challenge to public health together with poverty, inequity, and infectious and non-communicable diseases
Climate change has altered the distribution of some infectious disease vectors and some allergenic pollen species (IPCC 2007)
Summary
Climate change has already established its impression through various recent extreme climatic events around the world such as recent prolonged and devastating floods in Bangladesh, India, China and the UK, severe drought in Asia and Africa, extreme heat waves in central Europe, devastating cyclones and tidal surges across the coasts. It is the direct result of the burning of fossil fuel and wasteful consumption by the people in industrialized and rich countries. How to cite this paper: Hasib, E., & Chathoth, P. The vulnerability of societies to climate change will depend on the ways in which critical ecosystems adapt to climatic change (Martens et al, 1997)
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