BUET-IWFM

COMPLETED RESEARCH

DEltas, vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA)


This 4.75-year project was funded under the CARIAA program of IDRC- Canada and DFID- UK, with IWFM as Lead Bangladeshi Partner collaborating with partners from UK, Ghana and India. The project aimed to examine how people are adapting to the physical effects of climate change, such as sea level rise, alongside socio-economic pressures, in three deltas in South Asia (GBM and Mahanadi deltas) and Africa (Volta delta). It aimed to develop methods to predict how these three deltas may evolve over the next 50 to 100 years and provide Governments with the knowledge and tools to ensure future policy can maximize planning services and programs to the benefit of the region’s population. There was a particular focus on the potential benefits of planned migration versus other adaptation choices.