Introduction

In November 2023, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) published the 'Climate Risk Screening System for Mainstreaming Adaptation Into Bangladesh’s National Development Budgeting'. This manual discusses the process of climate risk screening/climate risk and vulnerability assessment (CRVA) mainstreamed into the project formulation and implementation system of Bangladesh. It uses a modified CRVA tool based on the climate risk management framework, which was developed to help assess the climate and disaster risks and vulnerability of public sector development projects in Bangladesh, and to ensure that their designs and subsequent development project proformas address significant climate change and disaster risks.

Based on the methodology of the ADB publication Link, this fully automated digital tool is developed in January 2024 to provide a single platform to conduct the required district-wise analysis of hazards, their likelihood, exposures, vulnerabilities, consequences of hazards and risks. The tool uses data from the Disaster and Climate Risk Information Platform (DRIP) launched by the Planning Commission in February 2022 Link and maps from the 'Bangladesh Climate and Disaster Risk Atlas' published by the Planning Commission, Ministry of Planning and Asian Development Bank in December 2021 Volume 1 Volume 2.

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