Climate Research and Education BUET

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Climate Research and Education _at_ BUET
Seminar on Matching Climate Impact prediction
modelling and development needs Held on April
21, 2009 at BRAC Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh

• A.K.M. Saiful Islam

Associate Professor, IWFM Coordinator, Climate
Change Study Cell
Bangladesh University of Engineer and Technology
(BUET)
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Presentation Outline

• Overview of BUET and IWFM
• Climatic Research and Education at BUET
• Climate Change Study Cell at BUET
• Background
• Mission, Vision, Scope
• Institutional Framework
• Activities in the past
• Future Plan and Roadmap

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Bangladesh University of Engineering and
Technology (BUET)

• BUET has been established in 1962.
• Yearly intake Undergraduate is 900 and Masters
  and PhD programs is 1000. About 5,500 students
  are pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate
  studies in Engineering, Architecture, Planning
  and Science.
• 500 Faculty members in 16 Teaching Departments
  under 5 Faculties and 3 Institutes.

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http//www.buet.ac.bd/
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Institute of Water and Flood Management

• Established in 1947 to pursues research and
  capacity development in the field of water and
  flood management.
• 16 Full time Faculty members specialized in water
  and environment.

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Academic Activities

• Offered Ph.D., M. Sc. and Post Graduate Diploma
  in Water Resources Development.
• Conduct short courses.
• Publish Research Bulletin.
• Organize International conference
• ICWFM 2009

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Climate Researches at IWFM

• Impact of Climate and Sea Level Change in Part of
  Indian Sub-Continent (CLASIC)(PI Prof. Jahir
  Uddin Chowdhury)  
• Water Impact Study of Atmospheric Brown Clouds
  (PI Prof. Rezaur Rahman).

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Articles _at_ Climate 2009

• Climate change related policies and strategies
  Bangladesh Perspective
• M.H. Rahman, M.A. Noor, A.Ahmed
• Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Small
  Drinking Water Systems
• E.A. McBean, M.M. Rahman and M.A. Rajib
• Assessment of Changes in Temperature and
  Precipitation patterns in Bangladesh
• J.K. Basak, M.M. Rahman, R. Das, T. Rahman and
  M.A. Ali

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Articles _at_ Climate 2009

• Assessment of the effect of Climate Change on
  Boro Rice Production in Bangladesh using
  CERES-Rice Model
• J.K. Basak, M.A. Ali, M.N. Islam and M.J.B. Alam
• Regional Climate Model in Generation of Climate
  Change Scenarios for SAARC Region Special
  Reference to Bangladesh
• M.N. Islam
• North Indian Tropical Cyclones in a Changing
  Climate Key Issue
• M.A. Noor, N. Ahmed and M.H. Rahman

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Articles _at_ Climate 2009

• Earthen Housing for better Adaptation to Climate
  change in Bangladesh
• M.S. Islam and N. Hoque
• Changes of Dryness Pattern and Drought Occurrence
  in Bangladesh
• M.M. Rahman and K.S. Akhter
• Architecture Adapting to Climate Change
• Z.N. Ahmed

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Articles _at_ ICWFM-2009

• Long Term Changes in Bright Sunshine Duration in
  Bangladesh and Its Effects on Crop
  Evapo-transpiration
• M. Shahjahan Mondal, Farzana Nasrin, Sinora
  Zaman, M.M. Awlad Hossain
• Regional Climate Model for Rainfall Projection in
  Bangladesh
• M. Nazrul Islam
• Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts through Rain
  Water Harvesting for Agriculture of Bangladesh
• Md. Mafizur Rahman, Sazia Afreen, M. Asad Hussain

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Global Warming

• Temperature rises of 0.74 0C per century

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Temperature Data Analysis (1947-2007)

• Mean daily temperature of Bangladesh has
  increased with a rate of 1.03 0C per 100 years

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Change of mean temperature(0C/year)
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Possible Impacts of climate change on Bangladesh

• Human Health impacts
• Increase of vector born diseases
• Ecosystem Impacts
• Coastal wetland loss from sea level rise
• Increase of salinity
• Agriculture Impacts
• Adverse effect on wheat, potato, Boro yield
• Loss of agricultural lands
• Water Resources Impacts
• Increase of drought, intensity of flood and
  cyclone
• Market Impacts
• Increase energy demand in winter for heating and
  summer for cooling

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Climate Change Study Cell

• IWFM has established a climate change study cell
  in 2008
• The vision of the Cell is to establish itself as
  the premier knowledge center on climate change
  risk and adaptation for Bangladesh.

Chief Guest was Dr. Abdur Razzaque, MP,
Minister, MoFD
Launching Ceremony On March 08, 2009
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Vision

• The vision of the Climate Change Study Cell is
  to establish itself as the premier knowledge
  center on climate change risk and adaptation for
  Bangladesh.

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Mission

• To improve knowledge about climate change and
  associated risk to Bangladesh
• To increase awareness of the planners, policy
  makers about the effects of climate change
• To become institutional home for climate modeling
  and predicting future scenarios
• To strengthen capacity of professionals in
  climate change modeling and
• To share knowledge and expertise with other
  organizations.

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Scope

• Research
• Short courses
• Workshop
• Seminar
• Advisory Services
• Conference
• Journal publications
• Climate change Database
• Digital and web based dissemination of
  information

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Institution Frameworks
Syndicate
BOG
Advisory committee
Director
Liaison Committee
Coordinator
Research Teams
IWFM
CCSC
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Advisory Committee

• Chairman
• Dr. A.M.M. Safiullah, Vice-Chancellor, BUET
• Members from BUET
• Prof. Jahir Uddin Chowdhury
• Prof. M. Mirjahan
• Prof. Md. Hossin Ali
• Prof. Md. Mujibur Rahman
• Prof. Ijaz Hossain
• Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam
• Member-Secretary
• Director, IWFM, BUET

• External Members
• Prof. Ainun Nishat, IUCN
• Dr. Atiq Rahman, BCAS
• Dr. Asaduzzaman, BIDS
• Director General, BWDB
• Director General, WARPO
• Director General, DOE
• Chairman, SPARRSO
• Director, BMD

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Multidisciplinary Liaison Committee

• Chairman Director, IWFM, BUET
• Member-Secretary Coordinator, CCSC
• Members from 10 departments of BUET
• Prof. Md. Monowar Hossain, Water Resources
• Prof. Md. Elias, Mathematics
• Prof. Khandaker Shabbir Ahmed, Architecture
• Mrs. Fahima Khanam, Physics
• Dr. G.M. Tarekul Islam, IWFM
• Dr. Syeda Sultana Razia, Chemical Engineering
• Dr. Ishrat Islam, Urban and Regional Planning
• Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam, Chemistry
• Dr. Zia Wadud, Civil Engineering
• Mr. Md. Rafiuz Zaman, Humanities

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Working Teams

• Three working teams are formed to address various
  issues related to climate change.
• Modeling and Scenario Development Team
• Data Acquisition Team
• Adaptation, Impact Assessment and Mitigation Team

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Activities in 2008

• Short courses
• Two short courses on "Climate Change Training for
  Water Professionals, were held on 17-19 November
  and 18-20 October of 2008 at DCE, BUET.
• Short Course on "Climate Change Risks and
  Adaptation in Water Sector" held on 10-11
  February, 2008 at DCE, BUET.

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Activities in 2008

• Regional Climate Change Modeling
• Various regional climate change models such as
  PRECIS, RegCM3, MM5 etc. are now running at this
  study cell to predict future scenarios of
  climate.

PRECIS domain over Bangladesh 25 km
x 25 km
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Web based knowledge dissemination

• Sharing of data and model output
• Publication of Research Report
• Information about short courses
• Useful links related to climate change related
  activities in Bangladesh
• News of all the upcoming events

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http//teacher.buet.ac.bd/diriwfm/climate/
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Upcoming

• Formation of Working Teams
• Request for Research Proposals Funding of
  Research
• Supporting Student Research..
• Developing Graduate Courses/ Workshops on Climate
  Change..

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Roadmap

• Start of Climate Change Study Cell
• Become a Center in BUET
• Become an Institute in BUET

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Thank you
Seminar on Matching Climate Impact prediction
modelling and development needs Held on April
21, 2009 at BRAC Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh