Bangladesh confronts growing threat of warming-driven floods
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Recent government policies have instead adopted a "living with floods" approach using tactics such as discouraging settlements in high-risk areas and promoting types of housing and agriculture that can better withstand floods.
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The country's national adaptation plan encourages climate-resilient housing built above flood levels that can conserve water and energy through techniques like rainwater storage.
Development organisations are also expanding flood protection work. Financial institutions like BRAC Bank and the SAJIDA Foundation are using micro-credit and insurance to help vulnerable people become more resilient to repeated floods.
And agencies like ActionAid have recruited volunteers who spread early warnings issued by the government to communities.
Architects are also designing homes that can keep people safer during the frequent flash floods that are hitting sandbar islands in flood-prone northern districts, by creating settlements on elevated ground around a man-made water body that collects rainwater for safe drinking.
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