Bangladesh

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Air Pollution

• In 2019, the Clean Air Bill was drafted by the Department of Environment and the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers’ Association, which set penalties of imprisonment or fines for violating air pollution standards. It also proposed that a National Quality Management Plan be drafted within a year of the law coming into effect.
• From 2009-2019 the Clean Air and Sustainable Environment Project in partnership with the World Bank worked to tackle pollution from brickfields and transports. Among other activities, it establishes 16 continuous air quality monitoring stations in 7 major cities.
• In 2013, the Clean Air Partnership for Bangladesh was formed to strengthen air quality management through young professionals' exchanges. The partnership is made up of Clean Air Asia, the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.

Agriculture

• From 2017-2020, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the CCAC designed the “Livestock Development-based Dairy Revolution and Meat Production Project-LDDP” to reduce methane emissions in the livestock sector. The project worked to improve the national emissions inventory by coordinating a household survey on livestock production practices and analyzing the findings. This information will help the country better achieve their Nationally Determined Contributions and raise the ambition of their future efforts.
• In 2017, a cohort of organizations and the CCAC worked with Bangladesh to identify low-cost strategies to reduce methane emissions while contributing to the countries’ development and increasing resilience to climate change. The study "Options for Low Emission Development in the Bangladesh Dairy Sector" found that technical interventions such as deworming and improved diets can increase milk production by 26 percent while decreasing emission intensity by 17 percent.
• In 2016, The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock published the Draft National Integrated Livestock Manure Management Policy, demonstrating how improved manure management paired with good policy and regulatory frameworks can transform waste into a valuable resource.
• In 2014, work began to implement Alternate Wetting and Drying, a form of rice cultivation that has the potential to cut emissions in half and help farmers better manage their resources—a huge step given that rice paddies are a major source of emissions in the country.

Energy

• In 2015, the Renewable energy program for Bangladesh (SREP Bangladesh) incorporated renewable energy generation into the grid and continued expanding off-grid electrification programs.
• In 2020, Bangladesh’s Minister of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources announced that the country was reviewing all but three of 29 planned coal plants to start moving away from coal as a source of fuel.

Transport

• In 2018, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority began the development of policies and instruments to improve the fuel efficiency of the national light duty vehicle fleet.
• Since 2015, Bangladesh has been reducing vehicle emissions by importing diesel fuels with a lower sulphur content, restricting the importation of used cars over four years old, and implementing emission standards for petrol at Euro 2 and diesel Euro I.
• In 2012, the Greater Dhaka Sustainable Urban Transport Project was approved which will build a sustainable urban transport system with the help of the Asian Development Bank. It will include a 20 kilometre bus rapid transit corridor as well as a depot and terminal facilities.

Energy efficiency

• In 2016, an Emissions Report was published in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program based on the research done in collaboration with the CCAC.
• In 2015, Bangladesh developed the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Master Plan that will help increase energy efficiency through 2030.
• In 2017, the New Bangladesh National Building Code developed green building guidelines focusing on energy efficiency and sustainability.

Brick production

• In 2019, The Brick Production and Brick Kiln Building Control Act (first enacted in 2013) was amended, mandating that brick kilns use emissions-reducing technology.
• In 2019, in collaboration with the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, the Bangladesh Brick Sector Road Map was published, which reviews the state of the brick sector and proposes specific recommendations to reduce pollution. It also outlines a transition plan from informal brick production to energy efficient manufacturing.
• The Clean Air and Sustainable Environment (CASE) project that completed in 2019 is now contributing to reduce air pollution from transport and brick kilns

Climate Finance

• In 2020, the Ministry of Finance published Climate Financing for Sustainable Development, a report demonstrating maximum budget allocations for food security, social security and health, infrastructure, emissions mitigation, and low carbon development. The report includes data and analytics for government-wide climate change allocations.
• In 2017, the Bangladesh Country Investment Plan for Environment, Forestry and Climate Change (CIP-EFCC) 2016-2021 was launched. It is the first framework for national and international investments for the environment, forestry, and climate change sectors in Bangladesh and will contribute to sustainable, climate-friendly development.
• In 2016, Bangladesh Bank launched a $200 million Green Transformation Fund to provide low-rate, long-term financing for more efficient and cleaner machinery and equipment in the textile, leather, and jute sectors. The fund has already disbursed over $22.8 million.
• In 2014, the current Climate Fiscal Framework was adopted to ready the Bangladesh public finance system for efficient use of the national and international climate finance landscapes. It is key for establishing greater national ownership of climate finance, increasing the opportunity for climate resilient development, and using finance to mitigate emissions.