It is about the size of Iowa. It faces serious challenges with melting off the Himalayas as well as rising sea levels. Due to climate change. right now Bangladesh is losing 1 percent of its arable land each year. and it is projected over the next decade or soleading into 2030to lose a large percentage of its land. displacing millions of Bangladeshis. literally creating climate refugees. The sea level rising is predicted to inundate about 15 percent of the land area and create refugees. making it a reality for them that is so urgent that they went there with a large degree of mission to join with other global actors. I was proud to be able to sit with them and talk to them about New Jerseynot only a State that has 75.000 people who are Bangladeshis but also a State that knows that our economy and our strength as a State will be affected by climate change as well. We are already seeing what is happening with the warming of our oceans. the acidification of our oceans. how it is affecting the many jobs related to our fishing industry.
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