, Sept. 1 -- Bangladesh needs to triple its annual expenditure to successfully implement the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (BDP 2100), the country's long-term strategy to safeguard water resources and enhance resilience against climate change and natural disasters.

The government currently spends around 0.8 percent of GDP on delta management projects, according to officials.

Implementing 80 priority projects under the plan will require spending to rise to at least 2.5 percent of GDP in the coming years, said the Climate Financing for Sustainable Development Budget Report 2025-26 of the Finance Ministry.

The Delta Plan 2100 was approved in 2018 aiming to harness the huge potential of Bangladesh as a Delta country through water resource man...