Climate Change

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — International Development – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 5 November 2008.

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Photo of Michael Foster Michael Foster Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development 11:30, 5 November 2008

I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. Bangladesh's geography and poverty combine to make it especially vulnerable to climate change. DFID has helped to raise the floors of some 32,000 homes in Bangladesh—the equivalent of a small city in our country—above the one-in-100-year flood level. In addition, we have announced a £75 million programme to help the country to adapt further to rising sea levels, waterlogged land and increased saline intrusion.