Challenges in integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Exploring the Bangladesh case

Islam, Shafiqul; Chu, Cordia; Smart, James C. R.

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101540

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“…This uneven practice has now become a part of the administrative culture of Bangladesh. Although all of our experts expressly said on this issue, while many literature [70,[82][83][84][85], both empirically and with historical analysis, proved how the lack of coordination between ministries and bureaucracy is hampering Bangladesh's economic growth.…”

Section: Lack Of Coordination and Collaboration Between Ministriesmentioning

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RETRACTED: Paving towards Strategic Investment Decision: A SWOT Analysis of Renewable Energy in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh, being a developing country, needs an uninterrupted electricity supply to sustain and expand economic growth. The government’s strategic vision of 2021 and the international commitment under the Paris Agreement has meant to attract new capital investments for renewable electricity generation by diversifying energy blends, ranging from natural gas to more reliable coal technologies and renewable energy. To understand the practical implementation of such policies, this paper explores the key factors of the renewable energy (RE) sector of Bangladesh. This research has adopted the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis method to examine the RE market and to understand the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) to attract new investments. For the analysis purposes, data were collected from extant literature and semi-structured interviews from the RE experts in Bangladesh. This study bears significance as it empirically reflects the government’s vision and strategy on RE development and analyzes its challenges and recommends accordingly. The analysis of the study reveals that the regulatory framework, tax haven/exemption, higher tariff, and presence of government guarantee are the major strengths to draw foreign investment. On the contrary, land acquisition, lack of coordination and collaboration among government authorities, administrative procedures, corruption, and access to local finance turns out to be the key weaknesses to consider while investing in this sector. In terms of the external factors, increasing energy demand, increasing global awareness of climate change, and decreasing cost of RE setup equipment act as potent opportunities; while the dominance of fossil fuel and discontinuity of energy policies should be taken as threats that can hinder the flow of investment in this sector. Hence, in order to attract sustainable FDI in the RE sector, several key areas need to be strengthened in the short, medium, and long-term. These are: (i) regulations on non-discriminatory treatment to foreign investors; (ii) control of corruption; (iii) protection of intellectual property rights; and (iv) coordination and collaboration between ministries.

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confidence: 99%

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“…They are thus not separate and interconnected -like in the other nexusesbut actually more or less the same in all important aspects. Despite the prevailing academic debate over the conceptual overlap or separation of DRR and CCA (Islam, Chu & Smart 2020;Kelman & Gaillard 2008;Mercer 2010;Mitchell & Van Aalst 2008;Schipper 2009;Shea 2003), the results contain little that warrants treating them as distinct from each other.…”

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confidence: 87%

‘Too many mice make no lining for their nest’ – Reasons and effects of parallel governmental structures for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in Southern Africa

Becker

Hagelsteen

Abrahamsson

2021

Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies

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Many African countries face escalating challenges of increasing disaster risk and anticipated impacts of climate change. Although disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) are tightly linked and comprising virtually identical practices in vulnerable countries in Southern Africa, research has identified parallel governance structures across the region. This study applied comparative case study research, based on 27 semi-structured interviews, to investigate the reasons for and effects of such parallel structures for DRR and CCA in Botswana, Mozambique, the Seychelles, Tanzania and Zambia. It revealed overwhelmingly negative effects in terms of unclear mandates and leadership, uncoordinated efforts, duplication of efforts, suboptimal use of resources and competition over resources and control. The study identified both external reasons for the parallel structures, in terms of global or international initiatives or incentives, and internal reasons, with regard to the history and quality of the governance structures. Although the identified negative effects are common to a range of complex nexuses, there is a clear distinction with the DRR–CCA nexus comprising virtually indistinguishable practices in Southern Africa. There is, as such, no practical reason for keeping them apart. The parallel structures for DRR and CCA are instead the result of pervasive institutionalisation across the region, driven by coercive, mimetic and normative pressures coming from both within and abroad. Although much point to the difficulties of changing the studied institutional arrangements, these parallel structures for DRR and CCA must be addressed if the populations in Southern Africa are to enjoy safety and sustainable development.

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“…In our analysis, technical concerns, instead of being treated as a separate challenge, it is viewed here as a crosscutting theme. Though the challenges identified in this paper are specific to SP programmes, many of these would apply to any DRR/CCA intervention (see, e.g., Islam et al, 2020; Prabhakar et al, 2009).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Mainstreaming climate adaptation into social protection: The issues yet to be addressed

Kundo

Brueckner

Spencer

et al. 2021

J of Intl Development

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As the consequences of climate change become better understood, there is growing agreement among development practitioners and academics on the need for mainstreaming climate adaptation into social protection. This review paper assesses the progress in mainstreaming efforts, revealing that there has been considerable progress made to date. However, a number of critical issues relating to the challenges of such mainstreaming in the context of developing countries and the conceptual framework needed to assess the outcomes of such developmental programmes are yet to be addressed. These issues are examined in this paper.

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Challenges in integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Exploring the Bangladesh case

Cited by 38 publications

References 54 publications

RETRACTED: Paving towards Strategic Investment Decision: A SWOT Analysis of Renewable Energy in Bangladesh

RETRACTED: Paving towards Strategic Investment Decision: A SWOT Analysis of Renewable Energy in Bangladesh

‘Too many mice make no lining for their nest’ – Reasons and effects of parallel governmental structures for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in Southern Africa

Mainstreaming climate adaptation into social protection: The issues yet to be addressed

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