1. 2.2b What will climates be like in the future? To understand that people everywhere will face climate change in the future To understand some predicted global impacts To gain an insight into possible risks for the UK and Bangladesh Climate futures? Specification Statement- Future climates are likely to present major challenges to the UK and especially to people in the developing world Lessons 5 and 6

20. Possible Impacts on Bangladesh

21. How are we responsible for Iman- a shrimp farmer in Bangladesh? 3 months ago a tidal river burst its banks and left him in water up to his chest Since abandoning rice farming he has been a shrimp farmer, he makes more cash but has more to spend it on as he no longer feeds on his own crops Iman has had to abandon rice farming as his paddy fields became increasingly contaminated with sea water from the rising sea Iman used to be a rice farmer in a paddy fields he would feed himself and his family and then sell excess crop for money If sea level rises by another metre Iman and up to 40 million others will have to leave their homes as they will be permanently submerged below water 1/3 of Bangladesh lies in a delta where 3 main rivers meet the sea at the Bay of Bengal. Land lies below sea level there Bangladesh has a population of 145 million and is only marginally larger than the UK which has only 65 million people He and other locals have repaired the breach in the protective embankment themselves with silt from the river bed Iman’s sons have left him in order to find work in the big cities in India he now sees them only twice a year His drinking water is tasting more of salt every day Over the past 3 decades the sea level around his house has risen 3 metres He lives in a mud house in the coastal region of Munshiganj, Iman Ali Gain is a 65 year old shrimp farmer in SW Bangladesh

22. Bangladesh- a victim of it’s geography?

26. What has happened? How will this affect Bangladeshi’s who live their? How will it impact on other places in the world?