NCC

National Coastal
Convention 2025

13th-14th December 2025
Bangladesh Military Museum
Dhaka , Bangladesh

National Coastal Convention 2025, Bangladesh

The National Coastal Convention 2025 is a landmark initiative aimed at addressing the deep-rooted vulnerabilities and systemic injustices facing Bangladesh’s coastal communities. Bringing together policymakers, civil society, and grassroots actors, the Convention seeks to co-create climate-resilient development strategies, document community-led adaptation practices, and promote policy coherence grounded in human rights. Against the backdrop of rising sea levels, salinity intrusion, displacement, and ecological degradation, this multi-stakeholder platform will foster evidence-based dialogue and mobilize resources to safeguard livelihoods, food and water security, and long-term resilience across the 19 coastal districts.

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Where

Bangladesh Military Museum,
Dhaka , Bangladesh

When

13th-14th December 2025

Broader Objective

To create a multi-stakeholder platform that addresses the structural vulnerabilities and systemic injustices in coastal Bangladesh, promotes policy coherence, protects human rights, and advances climate-responsive development, ensuring community voices shape decision making and safeguard livelihoods, food, water security, and resilience.

Specific Objective

The Convention convenes a multi-stakeholder forum that empowers coastal communities to co-create equitable and climate-resilient development strategies, ensuring that investments by IFIs and donors uphold social and environmental safeguards, protect livelihoods and ecosystems, and strengthen community-led adaptation and accountability.
The Convention documents community experiences, showcasing community-led initiatives, and creating evidence-based “people-practices-policy” bridges that inform actionable, context specific adaptation measures and mobilize resources for localized climate resilience.
The Convention strengthens alignment across policymakers, institutions, and civil society by focusing on governance frameworks, policy coordination, and human-rights-based approaches, enhancing accountability to reduce climate vulnerability, protect lives, and ensure the rights and well-being of coastal populations.

Context of the Convention

The coastal region of Bangladesh constitutes a critical economic and ecological zone, supporting a significant portion of the national population. The coastal belt spans approximately 710 kilometers, including 310 kilometers of plains and sea beaches, 125 kilometers of Sundarbans mangrove forest, and 275 kilometers of river estuaries and islands. Covering roughly 32 percent of the country’s land area, about 28 percent of the population resides in this zone. Its low-lying topography, dense population, and environmental sensitivity render it highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, including sea-level rise, salinity intrusion, and increased frequency of extreme weather events.