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RAJSHAHI, June 29, 2025 (BSS)- Speakers at a stakeholders meeting unanimously 
viewed that adverse impact of climate change has been triggering the number 
of displaced people every year.
 
This year, around 24 lakh new people have been displaced. Apart from this, 
around 1.90 lakh more people remained vulnerable. 

Government officials and development activists came up with the observations 
while disseminating their expertise in a workshop titled "Devising Local 
Level Solutions and Services for Displaced Population" here today.

International Organization for Migration (IOM) Bangladesh and Katnarpara Nari 
Unnayan Sangstha (KNUS) jointly organised the event at Hotel River View here 
with the support of Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) 
through the platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD).

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi Mirja Imam Uddin, Additional 
Superintendent of Police Helena Akter, Deputy Director of Department of Youth 
Development Golam Mahbub and District Fisheries Officer Jahangir Alam 
addressed the meeting as resource persons.

Deputy Regional Director of Bangladesh Betar Jannatul Ferdous, Deputy 
Director of Department of Social Service Ridia Khatun and Assistant Director 
of Department of Employment and Manpower Atikur Rahman also spoke on the 
occasion.
 
During their keynote presentations, IOM Representative Ashraful Islam, KNUS 
Project Coordinators Mahfuzur Rahman and Asutosh Dev told the meeting that 
facing the adverse impact of climate change is a global challenge and its 
local impact is more.

Integrated efforts of all the government and non-government organizations 
concerned can be the crucial means of quelling the crises. 

There is no way but to unite initiative towards protection and rehabilitation 
of the displaced population.
 
Mahfuzur Rahman mentioned adverse impact of climate change has been posing a 
serious threat to the overall living and livelihood condition in the region 
including its vast Barind tract.
 
He also viewed the climate change has been acknowledged as the depletion of 
natural resources and as a major threat to the humanity in the region and 
urged the policy planners and others concerned to take immediate effective 
measures to address the adverse impact of the change caused by global 
warming.

The meeting shortlisted the roles of the district level government and non-
government organizations to do welfare for the displaced people.

It also discussed and devised ways and means on how to prevent displacement, 
protect displaced people and sustainable solutions.