Description
Climate change and rising sea levels impact millions of coastal inhabitants worldwide, with a fundamental injustice in who suffers most. Nations facing rising oceans are the least responsible for the problem and have the fewest resources to cope. In Bangladesh, climate change's most severe and early effects are visible in the availability of water resources, human health (particularly in females), agricultural productivity, fisheries, and marine life. The proposed paper explores how international negligence in implementing sustainable climate measures exacerbates the suffering of coastal communities in Bangladesh while local actors capitalize on these hardships. Local government leaders often support their political followers, and NGO staff favor their members when distributing climate adaptation support. This favoritism and bribery deprive affected people of their rights and promote injustice. Internationally, those responsible for climate change neglect vulnerable communities, failing to take proportional responsibility. The paper will examine the impacts of climate change and the suffering of coastal communities in Bangladesh, highlighting the negligence of the international community and the local political dynamics that worsen their hardships.
