Bangladesh is a deltaic plain developed under three big river systems of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna. The delta borders with the Bay of Bengal in the south. The fast growing population of the country is badly exposed to flood, drought, storms and sea-level rise. Among the 16 countries listed by Maplecroft, a British-based global risk advisory firm as being at “extreme” risk from climate change over the next 30 years, five are from South Asia with Bangladesh on the top of the list.

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