1. In its latest update of Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas, Maplecroft (2015) has identified 32 “extreme risk countries” in its Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI), which evaluates the sensitivity of populations, the physical exposure of countries, and governmental capacity to adapt to climate change over the next 30years. Bangladesh ranks as the “1st and most at risk” to climate change, followed by Nigeria, India, Myanmar, Philippines (Maplecroft V., 2015. Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas. Latest products and reports. http://maplecroft.com/portfolio/new-analysis/2014/10/29/climate-change-and-lack-food-secusity-multiply-risks-conflict-and-civil-unrest-32-count).
2. Hiron Point (Station ID: 1451): 21.78° North and 89.46° East (Southwest coast: on the bank of the Kunga River estuary in the Sundarbans mangrove forest area; in Koyra subdistrict, Khulna district) Charchanga (Station ID: 1496): 22.21° North and 91.05° East (South-central coast: on the east coast of Bhola Island in the Meghna River estuary; in Lalmohan subdistrict, Bhola district). Cox's Bazar (Station ID: 1476): 21.45° North and 91.83° East (East coast: on the southwest coast of Maheshkhali Island; in Maheshkhali subdistrict, Cox's Bazar district). Source: Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) (http://www.pol.ac.uk/psmsl).
3. Recent estimates of subsidence of the Ganges delta (west of the GBM estuary) range from 0.16 to 0.28inches/year (4–7mm/year) for the Bangladesh coast to about 0.2inches/year (5mm/year) near the Indian part of the delta in West Bengal. See Brammer (2014a, pp. 154–155) for additional references and a critical evaluation of subsidence rates along the Bangladesh coast.
4. Climate change and freshwater resources of Bangladesh;Ahmad,2011
5. Agricultural and environmental changes in Bangladesh in response to global warming;Ahsan,2011