Understanding climate change from below, addressing barriers from above Practical experience and learning from a community-based adaptation project in Bangladesh M Sajid Raihan M Jahedul Huq Nana Gerstrøm Alsted Manja Hoppe Andreasen Year of publication: December 2010 First published by: ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) Copyright © ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) All rights reserved ISBN: 978-984-33-2252-5 For a full list of publications or a catalogue please contact: ActionAid Bangladesh House #8; Road #136 Gulshan-1, Dhaka-1212 Bangladesh
[email protected] www.aab.org/pubs Citation: M Sajid Raihan, M Jahedul Huq, Nana Gerstrøm Alsted, Manja Hoppe Andreasen (2010) Understanding climate change from below, addressing barriers from above: Practical experience and learning from a community-based adaptation project in Bangladesh ActionAid Bangladesh The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and limited to experiences gathered from an action research project, Assistance to Local Communities on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladesh, funded by the Embassy of Denmark, Bangladesh, and do not necessarily refl ect the views of ActionAid and the Embassy of Denmark. Edited by: Frances Ellery Cover Design by: Intent Design Printed by: GraphNet Limited Contributors M Sajid Raihan is ActionAid Bangladesh’s Manager of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction. He has a Masters in International Development: Development Management and Administration from the Institute for Development Policy and Management, School