ABSTRACT
Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries facing climate risk events-related impacts. Various stakeholders, such as government and non-governmental organizations, are working at different levels to address climate change issues. Despite the ongoing efforts of different actors, climate change governance remains problematic. The main aim of this chapter is to assess local communities’ perception of climate change governance practices, including aspects such as accountability, transparency, participation, governance effectiveness, and resources to tackle climate change. This research follows a mixed-method approach – qualitative and quantitative research approaches. To evaluate climate change governance practices of the community people, empirical surveys were undertaken. The evaluation findings reveal that the national government has already undertaken numerous measures to tackle climate risk events-related impacts. However, in many cases, the results are not visible at the community level as expected. The results also show that the community perceptions and views are not always considered when planning and implementing various climate risk events-related projects at the community level. It is expected that if climate programs are implemented properly with adequate consideration of knowledge and experience of local people, climate change governance practices are likely to bring about significant changes to community resilience.
