This study identifies how climate change-induced events affect the livelihoods of
haor fishers and what coping strategies are adopted by the fishing community to
tackle the ongoing climate change. A number of qualitative tools such as
interviews, focus group discussions and oral history were employed to collect
empirical data. The vulnerabilities related to climate change included fluctuation
of temperature and rainfall, frequent occurrences of natural calamities, and
outbreaks of damning diseases. Fishers were found to survive initially on income
through illegal fishing while enjoying relief from the government by taking an
immediate loan from NGOs for any calamity. In the case of long-term strategies,
improvement of physical capital, harvesting rainwater, and tree plantation around
houses are found as common strategies. A number of suggestions were elicited
from fishers’ perceptions to confront the vulnerabilities of environmental changes
effectively.