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DTSTART:20161207T170000Z
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SUMMARY:GDI Lecture series: Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change: Keeping 
 Our Heads above Water
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DESCRIPTION:The Global Development Lecture Series brings together scholar
 s involved in cutting edge research on international development. It aim
 s to facilitate dialogue and discussion\, providing a space for leading 
 development thinkers to share their latest research ideas.\n\nThis lectu
 re will be delivered by:\n\n- Dr Manoj Roy\, Lancaster University\n\n- P
 rofessor David Hulme\, The University of Manchester\n\n- Dr Joseph Hanlo
 n\, Open University\n\n\nThe lecture will be followed by a Q&A\n\n\nEver
 yone knows that Bangladesh will be flooded as climate change causes sea 
 levels to rise. But as Roy\, Hanlon and Hulme argue in their new book Ba
 ngladesh Confronts Climate Change\, that does not have to happen. With o
 ne billion tonnes of silt deposited in the country from the Himalayas ev
 ery year\, Bangladesh’s engineers are seeing whether the land could rise
  faster than the sea – if the science of regulating flood waters can cre
 ate innovative water management practices based on indigenous knowledge.
  The new book challenges the assumption that the solutions to problems o
 f climate change will come from the rich and advanced nations. Poor peop
 le and poor countries are “doing it for themselves”. While rich nations 
 and emerging powers debate climate change mitigation and ‘who’ should pa
 y for the costs of adaptation\, the Least developed countries\, and espe
 cially Bangladesh\, are taking action. They have been coping with an exc
 eptionally difficult environment for millennia and are already using the
 ir knowledge. They are not ‘waiting’ for donors and foreign aid. 
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Theatre B\, Roscoe Building\, Manchester
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