Bangladesh: heat country snapshot

Heat context

Known: Western/southwestern daytime hotspots coexist with humid urban and night exposure. Inferred: Combine work, housing and overnight recovery with warning-to-action design. Uncertain: Comparable ward-level exposure, health burden and nationally representative indoor monitoring. Are hotspots and frequencies of heat waves changing over time? · Diurnal asymmetry in heat stress intensification across Bangladesh, 1985–2024 · Bangladesh faces health and economic risks from rising temperature - report release

Plans and law

National Adaptation Plan 2023–2050 Legal standing: Cross-sector strategic framework; publication page verified, full annexes not reviewed National Adaptation Plan of Bangladesh 2023–2050 (opens in a new tab)
Health National Adaptation Plan 2026–2031 Legal standing: Government adoption reported by UNFPA; strategic health adaptation plan includes heat. Not a dedicated whole-of-government heat HAP or statutory cash entitlement. UNFPA welcomes adoption of Health National Adaptation Plan (opens in a new tab) · Bangladesh Health National Adaptation Plan 2026 (opens in a new tab)
National Guideline on Heat-Related Illness 2024 Legal standing: Official clinical/preparedness guidance; implementation not assumed National Guideline on Heat-Related Illness (opens in a new tab) · Guidelines launched to protect children and pregnant women from heat stress (opens in a new tab)
Narayanganj HAP 2025 Legal standing: Plan records municipal approval; national law and actual programme delivery are separate Heat Action Plan, Narayanganj City Corporation (opens in a new tab)
Labour Act 2006, sections 52 and 58 Legal standing: Pre-2015 legal foundation/background, current portal text checked. Full 2026 amendment audit outstanding. Bangladesh Labour Act section 52 - ventilation and temperature (opens in a new tab) · Bangladesh Labour Act section 58 - drinking water (opens in a new tab) · Ministry of Labour and Employment legislative information (opens in a new tab)
Disaster Management Act 2012 Legal standing: Pre-2015 foundational/background legal copy explicitly includes heat wave in section 2(11)(a); no automatic fund access inferred Disaster Management Act 2012 (opens in a new tab)
BNBC 2020 Part 3 Chapter 4 Legal standing: Primary gazette facsimile on mirror; technical energy/sustainability code. Scope, enforcement and amendments to verify. Bangladesh National Building Code 2020, Part 3 Chapter 4 (opens in a new tab)
National Cooling Plan December 2021 Legal standing: Existing plan; later draft to 2035 cannot fairly be treated as approved replacement Bangladesh National Cooling Plan for implementation of Montreal Protocol (opens in a new tab) · Ministry listing - draft National Cooling Plan up to 2035 (opens in a new tab)

Warnings

Bangladesh Meteorological Department heat-wave warning portal · Heat Action Plan, Narayanganj City Corporation · Bangladesh Health National Adaptation Plan 2026 Proposed last mile channels: NCC plan proposes local media, SMS, loudspeakers, ward offices, religious/educational institutions and visits. Not verified as comprehensive operating coverage. Note: Meteorological warning, health action and financial payout triggers are separately authorised and validated. No universal WBGT/fan threshold supplied.

Rules for heat at work

Bangladesh Labour Act section 52 - ventilation and temperature · Bangladesh Labour Act section 58 - drinking water · Ministry of Labour and Employment legislative information Verified foundation: Ventilation, suitable workplace temperature and drinking-water provisions. Why this is left blank: Not verified after full 2026 amendment/rules review, not a claim no protection exists. Equity: Formal-establishment provisions cannot be assumed to reach all informal, migrant, domestic or self-employed workers.

Cooling and buildings

Bangladesh National Building Code 2020, Part 3 Chapter 4 · Bangladesh National Cooling Plan for implementation of Montreal Protocol · UNEP Ozone Secretariat country profile - Bangladesh · Six Seasons, Four Summers: how to solve fashion’s high heat problem · Creating cooler buildings in Dhaka - Cool to be Cool Approach: Proposed passive-first assessment with adequate active cooling where needed; select by humidity, building, task and power. Cooling trap: Loop cooling: poorly specified mechanical cooling can add peak demand and waste heat; refrigerant management and affordability would ideally accompany access. Cost examples:

Basic passive home retrofit estimate Location: Dhaka-region worker homes, engineering scenarios Evidence status: reported Upfront: Materials BDT: 7000 Installation BDT: 5000 Total BDT: 12000 USD as published: 100 Running: Additional kwh per month: 0 Additional electricity BDT per month: 0 Currency: BDT Publication year: 2026 Fx note: Source prints rounded USD pairs but does not disclose exchange rate used. No independent historical conversion added; comparison does not meet complete FX documentation standard. Source: Six Seasons, Four Summers: how to solve fashion’s high heat problem (opens in a new tab) Limitations: Home size/specification, permissions, fire safety, airflow, water ingress, wiring and income would be worth checking locally. Zero added energy for passive scenario does not mean zero maintenance. Modelled cooling magnitude omitted; no safety certification or universal price.
Minimum hybrid home retrofit estimate Location: Dhaka-region worker homes, engineering scenarios Evidence status: reported Upfront: Materials BDT: 17500 Installation BDT: 8000 Total BDT: 25500 USD as published: 210 Running: Additional kwh per month: 25.5 Additional electricity BDT per month: 184 Currency: BDT Publication year: 2026 Fx note: Source prints rounded USD pairs but does not disclose exchange rate used. No independent historical conversion added; comparison does not meet complete FX documentation standard. Source: Six Seasons, Four Summers: how to solve fashion’s high heat problem (opens in a new tab) Limitations: Home size/specification, permissions, fire safety, airflow, water ingress, wiring and income would be worth checking locally. Zero added energy for passive scenario does not mean zero maintenance. Modelled cooling magnitude omitted; no safety certification or universal price.
Higher-specification home retrofit estimate Location: Dhaka-region worker homes, engineering scenarios Evidence status: reported Upfront: Materials BDT: 46100 Installation BDT: 15000 Total BDT: 61100 USD as published: 500 Running: Additional kwh per month: 40.5 Additional electricity BDT per month: 292 Currency: BDT Publication year: 2026 Fx note: Source prints rounded USD pairs but does not disclose exchange rate used. No independent historical conversion added; comparison does not meet complete FX documentation standard. Source: Six Seasons, Four Summers: how to solve fashion’s high heat problem (opens in a new tab) Limitations: Home size/specification, permissions, fire safety, airflow, water ingress, wiring and income would be worth checking locally. Zero added energy for passive scenario does not mean zero maintenance. Modelled cooling magnitude omitted; no safety certification or universal price.

Policy uncertainty: No current appliance-specific MEPS, incentive eligibility, tariff, universal fan rule or household cooling-loan product verified here.

Money for protection

CLARE Research for Impact Opportunities Fund Advancing Narayanganj HAP under CLARE (opens in a new tab) Verified role: Support to Narayanganj planning via programme partners Access: Current call and applicant eligibility not verified
Start Fund Bangladesh B060 Start Fund Bangladesh B060 anticipation of heatwave (opens in a new tab) Verified role: Historical heat allocation through Start Fund Committee and selected implementers Access: Member/project process; no open Common Shade eligibility verified
Rajshahi SRSP simulation When social protection anticipates risk - Rajshahi SRSP simulation (opens in a new tab) Verified role: Actual cash delivery test; EU/German Federal Foreign Office finance acknowledged Access: No standing national heat top-up or current application route verified
Urban health project channel When heat drains growth - World Bank project-team account (opens in a new tab) · Heat-Health Adaptation Plan for Bangladesh workshop (opens in a new tab) Verified role: Heat-health planning pilots reported by World Bank Access: Exact legal project identity, procurement and eligibility to verify
Multilateral Fund / Montreal Protocol programme route UNEP Ozone Secretariat country profile - Bangladesh (opens in a new tab) Verified role: Country profile lists ongoing implementation projects Access: National Ozone Cell and designated implementing agencies; not general municipal heat grants
Municipal/health public budgets Heat Action Plan, Narayanganj City Corporation (opens in a new tab) · Bangladesh Health National Adaptation Plan 2026 (opens in a new tab) Verified role: Plans include action and cost frameworks; releases not verified Access: Requires appropriation, delegation, procurement and maintenance funding

Ways to help (proposed)

Consent-based city implementation tracker: action, authorised trigger, owner, payer, released funds, access, uptime and feedback Heat Action Plan, Narayanganj City Corporation (opens in a new tab) · Extreme heat is not just a climate problem - Khulna (opens in a new tab)
Worker-led work-to-home package: environmental cooling, paid rest, affordable electricity, secure housing permissions and night recovery Six Seasons, Four Summers: how to solve fashion’s high heat problem (opens in a new tab) · No escaping the heat: informal workers in urban Bangladesh (opens in a new tab) · Creating cooler buildings in Dhaka - Cool to be Cool (opens in a new tab)
Warning-to-cash delivery learning with existing anticipatory-action actors; test exclusion and grievance routes before scale When social protection anticipates risk - Rajshahi SRSP simulation (opens in a new tab) · Start Fund Bangladesh B060 anticipation of heatwave (opens in a new tab)
Align clinic preparedness and heat reporting with HNAP owners, with disaggregated records and evaluated implementation National Guideline on Heat-Related Illness (opens in a new tab) · UNFPA welcomes adoption of Health National Adaptation Plan (opens in a new tab) · Bangladesh Health National Adaptation Plan 2026 (opens in a new tab)

Paying when heat strikes

The layers of money we found for heat in Bangladesh, from the systems that reach people to risk shared with insurers: Budgets and reserves, Anticipatory action, Social protection. Each is shown with how it is released, how it reaches people, and what we could not find.

See Bangladesh, layer by layer

Cities

Dhaka

Heat context: Humid heat and night recovery concern; monitored factory/home exposures complement grid/station data.

Heat plan: No consolidated currently approved DNCC/DSCC heat plan retrieved. National guideline, health planning and project pilots are different instruments.

Warnings: Bangladesh Meteorological Department heat-wave warning portal (opens in a new tab) Note: Current city warning-to-action agreement and coverage not verified.

Local finance: Study estimates and reported government health-pilot channel, not verified city heat expenditure or household loan product.

Gaps in what we found: Separate Dhaka North/South responsibilities and peri-urban factory locations; current facilities, budgets and wage-protected rest not verified.

A place to start (proposed): Worker-led work-to-home protection package with pay, retrofit maintenance and night monitoring.

Selection basis: Large-city humid/night exposure and original worker/home evidence.

Geographic caution: Station, grid, district and municipal boundaries are not interchangeable.

Evidence: Diurnal asymmetry in heat stress intensification across Bangladesh, 1985–2024 (opens in a new tab) · Bangladesh faces health and economic risks from rising temperature - report release (opens in a new tab) · Six Seasons, Four Summers: how to solve fashion’s high heat problem (opens in a new tab) · No escaping the heat: informal workers in urban Bangladesh (opens in a new tab)

National framework note: See country record for health guidance, warnings, occupational law caveat and building/cooling policy. National documents do not verify city implementation or present service access.

Narayanganj

Heat context: Urban humid-heat concern documented in municipal assessment; ward risk differs.

Heat plan: Approved by NCC Administrator 22 September 2025, as stated in plan.

Warnings: Bangladesh Meteorological Department heat-wave warning portal (opens in a new tab) Note: Current city warning-to-action agreement and coverage not verified.

Local finance: CLARE planning support documented; actual municipal heat-budget releases not verified.

Gaps in what we found: Current heat officer appointment, task force operation, budget releases and outcomes not verified.

A place to start (proposed): Help track action owner, released budget, maintenance and inclusive access for a small agreed ward package.

Selection basis: Published heat-risk assessment and approved city HAP, not national temperature ranking.

Geographic caution: Station, grid, district and municipal boundaries are not interchangeable.

Evidence: Heat Action Plan, Narayanganj City Corporation (opens in a new tab)

National framework note: See country record for health guidance, warnings, occupational law caveat and building/cooling policy. National documents do not verify city implementation or present service access.

Rajshahi

Heat context: Western high dry-season daytime heat; humid episodes and night heat also matter.

Heat plan: Cash simulation verified; final currently approved municipal HAP not retrieved.

Warnings: Bangladesh Meteorological Department heat-wave warning portal (opens in a new tab) Note: Current city warning-to-action agreement and coverage not verified.

Local finance: Grant-supported operational cash test and historic Start allocation; recurring public heat benefit not verified.

Gaps in what we found: Trigger validation, recurring budget, people outside OAA and citywide coverage require confirmation.

A place to start (proposed): Compare forecast receipt, cash arrival, exclusions and ability to rest with the established simulation partners.

Selection basis: Station heatwave hotspot study; city cash-delivery test.

Geographic caution: Station, grid, district and municipal boundaries are not interchangeable.

Evidence: Are hotspots and frequencies of heat waves changing over time? (opens in a new tab) · Diurnal asymmetry in heat stress intensification across Bangladesh, 1985–2024 (opens in a new tab) · When social protection anticipates risk - Rajshahi SRSP simulation (opens in a new tab) · Start Fund Bangladesh B060 anticipation of heatwave (opens in a new tab)

National framework note: See country record for health guidance, warnings, occupational law caveat and building/cooling policy. National documents do not verify city implementation or present service access.

Khulna

Heat context: Southwestern urban humid heat; water, livelihood and disability access concerns reported.

Heat plan: Heat-governance/HAP development described; signed adopted final KCC HAP not verified.

Warnings: Bangladesh Meteorological Department heat-wave warning portal (opens in a new tab) Note: Current city warning-to-action agreement and coverage not verified.

Local finance: Practitioner/governance work documented; current dedicated municipal heat allocation and access not verified.

Gaps in what we found: Full 2026 studies inaccessible; city/district boundaries, current budget and programme outcomes need checking.

A place to start (proposed): Accessible ward planning connecting water, livelihoods and health, with funded operations and community oversight.

Selection basis: Station/grid heat evidence and practitioner research; rural district findings are separate.

Geographic caution: Station, grid, district and municipal boundaries are not interchangeable.

Evidence: Are hotspots and frequencies of heat waves changing over time? (opens in a new tab) · Diurnal asymmetry in heat stress intensification across Bangladesh, 1985–2024 (opens in a new tab) · Strengthening heat governance in Khulna (opens in a new tab) · Impacts of the 2024 heatwave on marginalised groups in Khulna (opens in a new tab) · Extreme heat is not just a climate problem - Khulna (opens in a new tab)

National framework note: See country record for health guidance, warnings, occupational law caveat and building/cooling policy. National documents do not verify city implementation or present service access.

Jashore

Heat context: Western/southwestern daytime heatwave exposure; not exclusively hot-dry year-round.

Heat plan: No final municipal heat HAP retrieved.

Warnings: Bangladesh Meteorological Department heat-wave warning portal (opens in a new tab) Note: Current city warning-to-action agreement and coverage not verified.

Local finance: Historical Start B060 allocation; precise city-ward expenditure/reach not verified.

Gaps in what we found: Alert names geography; city-level delivery, local plan, paid rest and permanent finance not established.

A place to start (proposed): Learn from B060 partners, then verify municipality/ward coverage and work-rest-income needs.

Selection basis: Station hotspot study and Start anticipatory heat allocation naming Jessore.

Geographic caution: Station, grid, district and municipal boundaries are not interchangeable.

Evidence: Are hotspots and frequencies of heat waves changing over time? (opens in a new tab) · Start Fund Bangladesh B060 anticipation of heatwave (opens in a new tab)

National framework note: See country record for health guidance, warnings, occupational law caveat and building/cooling policy. National documents do not verify city implementation or present service access.

Chuadanga

Heat context: Western daytime hot extremes; seasonal humidity and night conditions need local measurement.

Heat plan: No final municipal heat HAP retrieved.

Warnings: Bangladesh Meteorological Department heat-wave warning portal (opens in a new tab) Note: Current city warning-to-action agreement and coverage not verified.

Local finance: No city-specific committed heat funding mechanism verified in this review; see national restricted routes.

Gaps in what we found: Station maximum is not household exposure; city mandates, outcomes and dedicated finance not verified.

A place to start (proposed): Municipal–district–BMD discussion of outdoor work, market shade and operational warning links.

Selection basis: BMD station reporting and original heatwave hotspot analysis.

Geographic caution: Station, grid, district and municipal boundaries are not interchangeable.

Evidence: Are hotspots and frequencies of heat waves changing over time? (opens in a new tab) · BMD May 2025 climate summary (opens in a new tab)

National framework note: See country record for health guidance, warnings, occupational law caveat and building/cooling policy. National documents do not verify city implementation or present service access.

Ishurdi

Heat context: Western inland heatwave station concern; humid periods and night recovery would also be worth considering.

Heat plan: No final municipal heat HAP retrieved.

Warnings: Bangladesh Meteorological Department heat-wave warning portal (opens in a new tab) Note: Current city warning-to-action agreement and coverage not verified.

Local finance: No city-specific committed heat funding mechanism verified in this review; see national restricted routes.

Gaps in what we found: Ishurdi station, municipality and wider Pabna district are distinct; heat-specific actor/project coverage needs verification.

A place to start (proposed): Assess station-to-workplace transfer, housing and outdoor-worker protection with municipal/district actors.

Selection basis: Station hotspot evidence in original 1991–2021 analysis.

Geographic caution: Station, grid, district and municipal boundaries are not interchangeable.

Evidence: Are hotspots and frequencies of heat waves changing over time? (opens in a new tab)

National framework note: See country record for health guidance, warnings, occupational law caveat and building/cooling policy. National documents do not verify city implementation or present service access.

Chattogram

Heat context: Coastal humid-heat/night concern; daytime maximum alone is an incomplete comparison.

Heat plan: No final municipal heat HAP retrieved.

Warnings: Bangladesh Meteorological Department heat-wave warning portal (opens in a new tab) Note: Current city warning-to-action agreement and coverage not verified.

Local finance: No city-specific committed heat funding mechanism verified in this review; see national restricted routes.

Gaps in what we found: No city-specific composite exposure rank, funded cooling-centre network or verified pilot outcomes found in reviewed corpus.

A place to start (proposed): Investigate worker exposure and heat-ready clinics using city-specific humid/night measurements.

Selection basis: Included in national station heatwave analysis and five-city validation in UTCI study.

Geographic caution: Station, grid, district and municipal boundaries are not interchangeable.

Evidence: Are hotspots and frequencies of heat waves changing over time? (opens in a new tab) · Diurnal asymmetry in heat stress intensification across Bangladesh, 1985–2024 (opens in a new tab)

National framework note: See country record for health guidance, warnings, occupational law caveat and building/cooling policy. National documents do not verify city implementation or present service access.

Programmes

Narayanganj Heat Action Plan Costs: Note: No verified intervention unit costs in this record; a blank does not mean zero.
Countries:
- BD
Places:
- Narayanganj
Official guidance or data Municipal approval recorded; phased structural and institutional actions. Heat Action Plan, Narayanganj City Corporation (opens in a new tab) · Advancing Narayanganj HAP under CLARE (opens in a new tab) Operational phase: Approved plan; implementation not independently verified Limits: Proposed heat officer/task force and indicative budgets are not appointments or released allocations.
National heat-related illness guideline Costs: Note: No verified intervention unit costs in this record; a blank does not mean zero.
Countries:
- BD
Places:
- Bangladesh
Official guidance or data Clinical and preparedness framework. National Guideline on Heat-Related Illness (opens in a new tab) · Guidelines launched to protect children and pregnant women from heat stress (opens in a new tab) Operational phase: Published guideline, launched 2024 Limits: Current facility training, supplies, access and treatment charges require verification.
Health National Adaptation Plan 2026–2031 Costs: Note: No verified intervention unit costs in this record; a blank does not mean zero.
Countries:
- BD
Places:
- Bangladesh
Official guidance or data Climate-resilient health-system framework includes heat and integrated surveillance/early warning. Bangladesh Health National Adaptation Plan 2026 (opens in a new tab) · UNFPA welcomes adoption of Health National Adaptation Plan (opens in a new tab) Operational phase: Government adoption/launch corroborated; delivery to verify Limits: Health adaptation framework is distinct from a dedicated cross-sector heat HAP. Targets and estimated budgets are not achieved outcomes or committed/disbursed funds.
BMD heat-wave warning service category Costs: Note: No verified intervention unit costs in this record; a blank does not mean zero.
Countries:
- BD
Places:
- Bangladesh
Official guidance or data Heat warning publication route verified. Bangladesh Meteorological Department heat-wave warning portal (opens in a new tab) Operational phase: Official portal exists; live issuance/reach not audited Limits: No city-specific payout threshold or automatic protection inferred.
Rajshahi shock-responsive social protection simulation Costs: Note: No verified intervention unit costs in this record; a blank does not mean zero.
Countries:
- BD
Places:
- Rajshahi Ward 4
Simulation or test Test linked anticipatory cash to Old Age Allowance recipients. When social protection anticipates risk - Rajshahi SRSP simulation (opens in a new tab) Operational phase: Completed operational cash simulation, August 2025 Limits: Not a recurring national heat benefit, universal coverage or independent mortality/income impact evaluation. Transfer: BDT per recipient: 2400 Recipients: 301 Period: August 2025 Recipient group: Old Age Allowance recipients, Ward 4 Note: Cash benefit, not implementation unit cost. Source prints EUR equivalent; no USD conversion rate verified.
Start Fund Bangladesh B060 Costs: Note: No verified intervention unit costs in this record; a blank does not mean zero.
Countries:
- BD
Places:
- Jessore/Jashore
- Rajshahi
Reported, not evaluated Anticipatory heat funding decision and selected projects recorded. Start Fund Bangladesh B060 anticipation of heatwave (opens in a new tab) Operational phase: Historical 2025 allocation Limits: Geography is alert description, not city-ward beneficiary coverage. No evaluated effect or current open call verified. Funding: Allocation amount: 70000 Currency: GBP Decision date: 2025-05-02 Interpretation: Alert allocation, not household grant, full intervention cost or USD/BDT estimate
Factory and home heat exposure research Costs: Note: No verified intervention unit costs in this record; a blank does not mean zero.
Countries:
- BD
Places:
- Dhaka region
Measured in a study Research combines monitored exposure with engineering/economic estimation. Six Seasons, Four Summers: how to solve fashion’s high heat problem (opens in a new tab) Operational phase: Research published September 2026 Limits: Eight factories and 36 homes are study samples, not representative census. Retrofit effects and returns are modelled/estimated, not evaluated outcomes.
Dhaka informal-worker heat/loss research Costs: Note: No verified intervention unit costs in this record; a blank does not mean zero.
Countries:
- BD
Places:
- Dhaka
Measured in a study Survey and qualitative research with 175 informal-worker households. No escaping the heat: informal workers in urban Bangladesh (opens in a new tab) Operational phase: Research published August 2026 Limits: Self-reported outcomes and extrapolation do not establish clinical incidence or national causal costs.
Khulna heat-governance and marginalised-group learning Costs: Note: No verified intervention unit costs in this record; a blank does not mean zero.
Countries:
- BD
Places:
- Khulna city
- Khulna district (separate rural evidence)
Reported, not evaluated Practical Action summaries and practitioner account describe heat impacts and institutional needs. Strengthening heat governance in Khulna (opens in a new tab) · Impacts of the 2024 heatwave on marginalised groups in Khulna (opens in a new tab) · Extreme heat is not just a climate problem - Khulna (opens in a new tab) Operational phase: Learning published October 2026; further planning described Limits: Underlying PDF downloads inaccessible; no final approved KCC HAP, numerical effect or independent evaluation claimed.
Cool to be Cool roof pilot Costs: Note: No verified intervention unit costs in this record; a blank does not mean zero.
Countries:
- BD
Places:
- Dhaka
Reported, not evaluated BRAC University team with BRAC Urban Development Programme describes roofs and community trust challenges. Creating cooler buildings in Dhaka - Cool to be Cool (opens in a new tab) Operational phase: Historical challenge pilot account, 2021 Limits: Deployment target not achieved coverage; no measured cooling magnitude reused; current continuation not verified.
Government/World Bank urban heat-health planning pilots Costs: Note: No verified intervention unit costs in this record; a blank does not mean zero.
Countries:
- BD
Places:
- Bangladesh urban areas; city-specific implementation unverified
Reported, not evaluated Bank team reports heat-health HAP pilots under urban health project; workshop names LGD/IUPHPSP. When heat drains growth - World Bank project-team account (opens in a new tab) · Heat-Health Adaptation Plan for Bangladesh workshop (opens in a new tab) Operational phase: Pilot activity described January 2026 Limits: Accounts use related project titles; exact legal financing identity, cities, disbursement and procurement eligibility require project-document verification.
National Cooling Plan 2021 / refrigerant transition Costs: Note: No verified intervention unit costs in this record; a blank does not mean zero.
Countries:
- BD
Places:
- Bangladesh
Official guidance or data Cooling policy and Kigali/Montreal Protocol implementation context verified. Bangladesh National Cooling Plan for implementation of Montreal Protocol (opens in a new tab) · Ministry listing - draft National Cooling Plan up to 2035 (opens in a new tab) · UNEP Ozone Secretariat country profile - Bangladesh (opens in a new tab) Operational phase: Existing 2021 plan; distinct later 2035 draft under consultation Limits: Treaty funding is purpose-restricted; efficiency/refrigerant compliance does not automatically secure equitable access.
National locally led adaptation framework Costs: Note: No verified intervention unit costs in this record; a blank does not mean zero.
Countries:
- BD
Places:
- Bangladesh
Reported, not evaluated Government/partner framework connects community-led adaptation with local institutions. Locally Led Adaptation Framework dissemination (opens in a new tab) Operational phase: Approved May 2025 according to official February 2026 dissemination account Limits: Heat relevance is researcher inference; no heat-specific grant or Common Shade eligibility verified.
GHHIN South Asia Hub learning connection Costs: Note: No verified intervention unit costs in this record; a blank does not mean zero.
Countries:
- BD
Places:
- Bangladesh
- South Asia
Reported, not evaluated Regional hub with CEEW and BRAC JPGSPH among named partners. GHHIN South Asia Hub country assessments launch (opens in a new tab) Operational phase: October 2026 country assessments launch Limits: Network, not an identified pooled grant allocator. Full Bangladesh country brief inaccessible; public contribution route to confirm.

Who is working on it

Listing does not imply partnership, endorsement or ranking.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (opens in a new tab) Publishes heat-wave warnings and station data; BMD researchers contributed the station-based heatwave study.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (opens in a new tab) Government lead for HNAP and health-sector climate adaptation.
Directorate General of Health Services (opens in a new tab) Government heat-related illness guideline and health preparedness.
Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (opens in a new tab) HNAP assigns integrated surveillance/early-warning leadership; partner in HNAP development.
Climate Change and Health Promotion Unit (opens in a new tab) Named health adaptation planning partner.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (opens in a new tab) Locally led adaptation framework and cooling-policy portfolio.
Department of Environment - Ozone Cell (opens in a new tab) Published 2021 national cooling plan; works within refrigerant transition mechanisms.
Local Government Division (opens in a new tab) Participated in heat-health adaptation workshop and locally led adaptation dissemination.
Narayanganj City Corporation (opens in a new tab) Published HAP records municipal approval on 22 September 2025.
Rajshahi City Corporation (opens in a new tab) Partner in Ward 4 heat-related social-protection cash simulation.
Khulna City Corporation (opens in a new tab) Named in Practical Action heat-governance work; final adopted HAP not verified.
Department of Social Services (opens in a new tab) Old Age Allowance delivery partner in Rajshahi simulation.
Department of Disaster Management (opens in a new tab) Named Rajshahi simulation partner; HNAP cross-sector institution.
Ministry of Labour and Employment / DIFE (opens in a new tab) Official ministry lists labour legislation and DIFE inspectorate. Older law contains heat-related workplace provisions.
BRAC University - JPGSPH, CED and relevant departments (opens in a new tab) Heat-health planning/research, worker/home monitoring collaborations and historical cool-roof pilot. Units have different project roles.
BRAC - Urban Development Programme (opens in a new tab) Community partner in the historical Dhaka cool-roof pilot.
Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity (opens in a new tab) Named worker-organisation partner in factory/home heat research.
YGEN Engineering (opens in a new tab) Engineering partner and source of estimated home cooling packages.
Cornell University - Global Labor Institute (opens in a new tab) Research on heat inside Bangladesh apparel factories and worker homes.
International Institute for Environment and Development (opens in a new tab) Published Dhaka informal-worker household heat research.
Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program (opens in a new tab) Conducted IIED study fieldwork with informal workers and migrant households.
Practical Action Bangladesh (opens in a new tab) Published Khulna heat-governance and marginalised-group learning.
Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance (opens in a new tab) Alliance context for Practical Action heat work described in practitioner account.
ICLEI South Asia (opens in a new tab) Technical collaborator on Narayanganj HAP through CLARE.
CLARE Research for Impact Opportunities Fund - FCDO/IDRC framework (opens in a new tab) Documented support mechanism for Narayanganj planning; not treated as an independent permanent organisation.
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (opens in a new tab) Implemented Rajshahi SRSP simulation with public-sector partners.
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (opens in a new tab) Produced Rajshahi simulation brief and technical learning.
German Red Cross (opens in a new tab) Named technical/anticipation partner in Rajshahi simulation.
Start Network / Start Fund Bangladesh (opens in a new tab) Recorded anticipatory heat allocation B060 for Jessore and Rajshahi.
Center for Natural Resource Studies (opens in a new tab) Selected implementing organisation in Start B060 heat allocation.
Eco-Social Development Organization (opens in a new tab) Selected implementing organisation in Start B060 heat allocation.
UNICEF Bangladesh (opens in a new tab) Supported DGHS heat-related illness guideline launch.
UNFPA Bangladesh (opens in a new tab) Supported HNAP development and launch with health authorities and WHO.
World Health Organization - Bangladesh (opens in a new tab) HNAP development partner and surveillance technical partner named in plan.
World Bank (opens in a new tab) Published national heat-health research and reports government heat-health plan pilots under urban health project.
UNDP Bangladesh (opens in a new tab) Publishes NAP; supports locally led adaptation and Montreal Protocol project mechanisms.
CEEW / GHHIN South Asia Hub (opens in a new tab) Hosts regional heat-health hub with BRAC JPGSPH among named partners.
Multilateral Fund for implementation of the Montreal Protocol (opens in a new tab) Bangladesh country profile lists refrigerant-compliance project funding.

Overall

Known: Multiple distinct approved frameworks, primary heat research and real anticipatory funding/test mechanisms exist.

Inferred: Common Shade can support shared delivery/accountability infrastructure with locally accepted governance.

Uncertain: Current city spending, legal details after amendments, service reach, unit lifecycle costs and causal protection outcomes.