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Session

Climate Change Mitigation 4: Natural Disasters
Location: B011
Session Chair: Simeon Onya, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus

Presentation 3

An economic evaluation of climate morbidity risks in Bangladesh

Susan Chilton¹, Darren Duxbury¹, Shehrin Shaila Mahmood², Irene Mussio³, Smriti Sharma¹, Mohammad Wahid Ahmed²

1: University of Newcastle, United Kingdom; 2: icddr,b, Bangladesh; 3: University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Discussant: Simeon Onya (Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus)

Tropical cyclones increasingly pose severe threats to public health, with recent seasons producing storms that are more intense, persistent, and destructive than historical averages. These events contribute to a range of health impacts, including infectious and parasitic diseases, water- and vector-borne illnesses (e.g., cholera, typhoid, diarrhoea), etc. One of the most affected regions is the Sundarbans in Bangladesh, which has endured a series of devastating cyclones over the past decade. Based on original surveys conducted with 400 households in four upazilas in Khulna, this study employs a non-monetary risk-risk trade-off valuation method to assess individual preferences regarding reductions in cyclone-related morbidity risks. Results reveal a strong context premium: relative to preventing traffic-related injuries – a widely used benchmark in the risk-risk trade-off literature – respondents value preventing cholera from cyclone exposure 1.3 times more and typhoid prevention 1.5 times more. Based on these, we estimate the Value of Prevented Illness (VPI) at £2.7 million for cholera and £2.1 million for typhoid in the Bangladeshi context. Transferred values of VSLY (proxies for Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)) for Bangladesh for cholera, typhoid and diarrhoea range around half of the VPI values, from £888,000 to £1.15 million. These findings underscore the urgency of targeted public health interventions in cyclone-prone regions.