Charlotta Schlyter, Swedish Ambassador in Dhaka, and Anne-Charlotte Malm, Counsellor, Head of Development Cooperation, Swedish Embassy in Bangkok, visited a union in Khulna on Friday, reports UNB.
The name of the union parishad is Deluti situated in Paikgacha upazila of the district.
They went there to see the initiative of Gender Responsive Climate Change Adaptation.
The visiting team also included Controller, Swedish Embassy in Bangkok Goran Schill, Controller, Swedish Embassy in Dhaka Reazul Islam and representatives from UNDP.
Bangladesh is considered as one of the most climate vulnerable countries.
Deluti union is among the most vulnerable and is at greatest risk of climate related hazards.
UNDP in collaboration with the Finance Division has been working to address this challenge through the increasing flow to climate finance.
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and UNDP financed the Inclusive Budgeting and Financing for Climate Resilience (IBFCR).
It is working to consider women in national strategy for climate change and implement the local climate action plan to demonstrate gender-responsive climate actions at local level.
The team visited the project and met a group of vulnerable women.
They learned about how the women are becoming the change- makers and fighting climate change with support from UNDP and SIDA.
Under the project women are trained on alternative livelihoods like crab fattening, alternative agri-system like hydroponics etc. They are also provided with a "Women Centre" under this project, for training and other purposes.
Charlotta Schlyter has applauded the initiative of the women with support from the Union Parishad, UNDP and SIDA for their measures to tackle climate change, said a statement.
The team also visited Bainpara of Sutarkhali in Dakop upazila to see the Disaster Resilience Habitat made by the Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) of UNDP after cyclone Sidr
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