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19 TowardsEstablishingaNationalMechanism… 461 Fig.19.5 DisasterManagementRegulatoryFrameworkofBangladesh. SourceShamsuddohaetal. (2013) theCDMPhasbegun to recognise the importanceofaddressing lossanddamage in its agenda” (p.15). TheLocalDisasterRiskReductionFund(LDRRF),acomponentofCDMPpro- vides some resources and financial support to the most vulnerable communities affectedbyaclimaticdisaster.ApproximatelyUSD5millionwasdisbursedto local governments in the2013–2014fiscalyear fromthis fund. Inaddition to theLDRRF, theMoDMRalso runs several social safety net programsmeant to support climate affected communities such asFoodForWork (FFW),TestRelief,Bridge andCul- verts (FFW), Execution of Risk Reduction Programme, Relief and Rehabilitation Programme,VulnerableGroupFeeding(VGF)andVulnerableGroupDevelopment (VGD). Other disaster and relief related programmes include the National Relief FundandPrimeMinister’sReliefFund (Huqet al. 2016) (Fig.19.5). 19.3.3 ClimateChangePolicies inBangladesh BangladeshwasanearlymoveramongstLeastDevelopedCountries (LDCs) tocre- ate aNationalAdaptation ProgrammeofAction (NAPA) and a dedicated national policyonclimatechange.Stemming fromtheNAPAprocess, theMinistryofEnvi- ronmentandForests,alongwithDFIDandotherpartners,formulatedtheBangladesh ClimateChangeStrategyandActionPlan(BCCSAP)in2009.Thedocumentguides climatechangepolicies,programsandprojects in thecountryand is in linewith the government’s vision to eradicate poverty and achieve economic prosperity for its people.Thedocument stresses,