Staff Reporter

About 18 per cent of Bangladesh land will go under water and much of the Maldives would submerge following sea level rise at certain level, ‘World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change’ released yesterday in advance of the December meetings on climate change in Copenhagen said.
“Rising sea levels are also of important concern in South Asia, which has long and densely populated coastlines, agricultural plains threatened by saltwater intrusion, and many low-lying islands,” it said.
The report said South Asian countries are facing daunting climate-related development challenges. [Read more]