The country is preparing to face the aftermath of climate change in around 50 different sub-sectors under six thematic areas of agriculture, health, livelihoods, disasters management, environment and development. Bangladesh will present its national action plans at a conference in London in September, according to a presentation at the international symposium on "Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia". In the presentation on "Climate Change and Bangladesh," Rabindranath Roy Chowdhury, joint secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Forest, said the government has formed a high-powered committee to implement the national action plans. Bangladesh, one of the worst victims of climate change, will seek grants as compensation of probable impacts of climate change on the country, he said. The impacts and consequences of climate change in other South Asian countries were also presented on the second day of the symposium held at the senate auditorium of Dhaka University yesterday. In his presentation, the joint secretary said Bangladesh is going to be affected by frequent natural disasters including cyclones, storms and floods. The Sundarbans, the world heritage site and habitat of the Royal Bengal Tiger, will be more vulnerable due to climate change, he said. The experts speaking at the symposium emphasised invention of new variety of crops, which will cope with the changed weather. Chowdhury said overall development of the country is going to be affected as a result of climate change. Global warming caused by the developed countries is also going to leave an impact on the lives of thousands of people and their livelihoods. Bangladesh is taking preparations to build capacity for climate resilient development. He also stressed the importance of adaptation planning and adequate financing for in the coming decades. The presentation also said how the government responded to the greenhouse gas reduction through facilitating clean development mechanism (CDM) projects and opportunities for finance and investment in mitigations efforts as well. Twenty papers were presented yesterday mainly on impacts of climate change on soil and water in South Asia. The session will be presented at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) today where the experts are scheduled to focus mainly on food security issues. President of Iceland Olafur Rangnar Grimsson will attend the symposium on climate change at Hotel Sonargaon on Saturday.