Dhaka, April 29 -- Climate change is an everyday reality-- not a distant threat, but its complexity, cloaked in jargon, often alienates the people it impacts most, said Hasin Jahan, Country Director of WaterAid Bangladesh.

"To make adaptation meaningful, we must internalise climate action, embed it into national planning, and empower locally led responses," she said at a national consultation held at a hotel in Dhaka on Monday.

The outcomes of the People's Adaptation Plans-locally led climate adaptation strategies for water and sanitation in 106 low-income communities across 17 wards of Chattogram-were presented at the event.

The consultation, facilitated by WaterAid Bangladesh and Dushtha Shasthya Kendra (DSK) with support from the Gl...