Climate Finance Governance in Bangladesh: Mechanisms, Institutional Challenges, and Policy Pathways

Climate change poses a severe threat to developing economies, particularly those that combine limited adaptive capacity with high exposure to environmental hazards. Bangladesh ranks among the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world owing to its low-lying deltaic terrain, high population density, and recurrent exposure to catastrophic weather events. In this setting, climate finance plays a crucial role in adaptation and mitigation, in strengthening resilience, and in advancing sustainable development. This paper examines the governance architecture of climate finance in Bangladesh by analysing its principal funding sources, institutional frameworks, and governance challenges.