Hossen, M. AnwarChowdhury, ArifHans, AshaTagoe, Cynthia AddoquayeAllan, AndrewNelson, WinfredPatel, AmritaMondal, M. ShahjahanSalehin, MashfiqusQuaye, Ruth M.Das, Shouvik2021-03-222021-03-222019-04-10http://hdl.handle.net/10625/59769Laws, policies and programs can fall short of addressing the needs of climate-affected people, especially in natural resource-dependent societies in Asia and Africa. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of existing policy documents affecting people living in one large delta (Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna in Bangladesh), two medium-sized deltas (Indian Bengal delta—part of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna and Mahanadi in India), and a small-sized delta (Volta in Ghana). National laws, policies and programs were assessed in the context of climate change adaptation through three lenses: human rights, natural resource management and disaster response.application/pdfenCOASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENTCLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITYCLIMATE POLICYDELTASNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENTGOVERNANCELIVELIHOODSDISASTER PREPAREDNESSMIGRATIONBANGLADESHINDIAGHANASOUTH ASIAJournal Article (peer-reviewed)