No Rise in Temperature or Rainfall in Bangladesh for 100 Years
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The country of Bangladesh is mostly a floodplain. Over 80% of the
territory is classified as such, while 75% of the land is less than
10 metres above sea level. Heavy monsoons and widespread
flooding are common. In an average year, 18% of the landmass
is inundated, a figure that rose to 75% in 1988. What better place
for western guilt-trippers to highlight and claim that all the
natural tribulations are down to humans changing the climate?
And what better 'poster child' for grant-hungry activists and local
politicians to highlight when demanding large amounts
of 'compensation' from developed nations to assuage the sins
of industrialisation?
Earlier this year, Bangladesh was hit by the regular monsoon rains
and flooding. Sky News reported that "experts say that climate
change is increasing the frequency, ferocity and unpredictability
of floods in Bangladesh". Needless to say, the BBC made the same
point, adding that "experts say that climate change is increasing the
likelihood of events like this happening around the world".
Presumably, when they talk about climate change, Sky and the BBC
are worried about flooding being caused by rising temperatures and
increased rainfall. It might therefore be considered curious that
these climate changes do not seem to have affected Bangladesh.
According to figures compiled for the World Bank, the average
temperature in Bangladesh is the same today as it was 100 years ago.
There are the usual cyclical changes, but global warming is not much
in evidence around the Bay of Bengal.
Again according to the World Bank, we see little change in the
overall trend going back 100 years. If anything, rainfall has slightly
decreased, and there's certainly nothing unusual in the recent past.
The graph shows that rainfall can vary widely between years. Severe
monsoons in the past have caused enormous damage and heavy loss
of life. Six catastrophic floods were recorded in the 19th century
and 18 in the 20th. These days, hundreds of people can die in the
flooding; in the past the figures could run into hundreds
of thousands.
In a recent article in Climate Home News, it was said that Bangladesh
is were dealing with wave after wave of climate chaos. The article
"sponsored" by the international ngo Helvetas told its Western
audience that one of the impacts of these disasters is "forced
migration". Of course, this plays into another common climate scare,
suggesting, without any discernible evidence, that huge numbers
of people will become 'climate refugees' in the future, mostly from
tropical areas, and inevitably seeking to move northwards to
'safety'.
Making Bangladesh a poster country for Western Armageddonites
spreading the pseudoscientific notion that humans are causing the
climate to radically change, does the country few favours. It is
sited in many geographically fragile areas, and is prone to tropical
cyclones. But over 160 million people are sustained by good
agriculture, increased manufacturing development, and economic
growth of around 6% per annum.
As countries become more prosperous, they can become more resilient
in the face of what nature has always thrown at them. This appears to
have happened in the case of Bangladesh, where the number
of fatalities from flooding has significantly declined over the last
50 years. Surely, this is the good news story that should be spread
in mainstream media, and probably would be if the climate change
narrative was not embedded in every part of the discourse.
As we have reported throughout the year, it has been a disastrous
period for climate alarmists preaching their gospel of doom
to inflict a controlling Net Zero political agenda across the world.
Global warming ran out of steam years ago, and no amount
of 'adjusting' of surface temperature databases can hide that fact.
Weather events are cyclical, and attributing any one event to human
activity is model-driven junk science. Summer Arctic sea ice stopped
declining over a decade ago, but David Attenborough still says
it could all be gone by 2035. Polar bears, penguins and coral - all
doing nicely thank you. More prosperous and healthier societies are
learning to protect themselves against the ravages of Mother Nature.
Small increases in carbon dioxide, otherwise known as plant food,
continue to green up the planet, leading to higher food yields,
reduced famine and healthier eco systems.
