The Bangladesh Climate Resilient Infrastructure Investment Roadmap – Technical Report presents a strategic framework to strengthen the resilience of Bangladesh’s infrastructure systems against escalating climate risks, including flooding, cyclones, sea-level rise, and extreme weather events. Developed through a collaboration between the Government of Bangladesh and the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), the report builds on the findings of the national Climate Resilient Infrastructure Stress Test assessment.

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), in partnership with the International Coalition on Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI) and in consultation with local experts and institutions, is pleased to release Gender-Responsive and Socially Inclusive Climate-resilient Infrastructure: A Practitioner’s User Guide on Incorporating Gender (available in English and Bangla), alongside a companion Case Study Booklet and appendices with detailed applications for the transport and energy sectors.

Bangladesh’s coastal towns are increasingly exposed to rising sea levels, salinity intrusion, flooding, erosion, and extreme heat, placing growing pressure on urban infrastructure, ecosystems, and livelihoods. To support more resilient urban development pathways, the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) is launching From Vulnerability to Resilience: A Nature-First Approach for Coastal Towns, a climate resilience assessment covering 22 coastal Pourashavas in Bangladesh, including detailed analyses of Bagerhat, Chalna, Morelganj, and Kuakata.

To scale climate-resilient infrastructure globally, GCA developed the Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Knowledge Module, which includes the Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Officers (CRIO) Handbook, practical Masterclasses, and CRIO Certification programs. These initiatives bridge the gap between theory and implementation by providing hands-on training and recognized professional credentials for infrastructure practitioners. The Masterclass series has expanded globally, reaching stakeholders from ministries, PPP units, infrastructure agencies, the private sector, and academia. The program has demonstrated that Masterclasses are highly effective in creating dialogue between public and private actors, aligning incentives, and improving the bankability of resilient infrastructure projects while strengthening institutional capacity to integrate resilience into infrastructure planning and operations. 

This Adaptation Insights report addresses how health systems can be made climate resilient to sustain value chains, healthcare services, and access to care. It introduces two complementary conceptual frameworks that provide a systematic basis for identifying disruptions and guiding adaptation. Together, they examine resilience from two perspectives: maintaining healthcare service provision, including facilities and assets, and ensuring sustained access to healthcare for patients, populations, and vulnerable groups, ultimately leading to actionable adaptation strategies.

This report is an independent, end-of-phase evaluation of the “Scaling up Locally Led Adaptation, Nature-based Solutions, and Financing for Adaptation Programme”, conducted by GOPA Meta Meta. The Programme is under the Bangladesh Climate and Environment Programme (BCEP), funded by the FCDO. 

The Climate Resilient Water Services Masterclass is a practical training programme developed by the Global Center on Adaptation, in collaboration with IRC WASH, to strengthen the capacity of water and sanitation professionals to address climate risks in service planning, infrastructure and operations.

This report presents healthcare as a complex system of systems—a network of interdependent components including water, energy, waste, digital and transport services, all susceptible to climate-related hazards. This interconnectedness makes health infrastructure especially vulnerable to climate change, as disruptions in one area can trigger cascading effects across the entire system. By mapping these interdependencies, this report identifies targeted adaptation strategies to prevent such chain reactions and ensure the continuous delivery of healthcare services.

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) supported the African Development Bank’s preparation of the second phase of the Namibia Water Sector Infrastructure Support Program (NWSISPII). The program aims to strengthen water security in Namibia by upgrading, expanding, rehabilitating, and developing climate-resilient water supply infrastructure to improve access, quality, and sustainability of water and sanitation services, while supporting more effective management of water facilities.