DUBAI -- Climate change is always close to the mind of Mohammad Atiqul Islam, a local mayor in Bangladesh's chaotic capital Dhaka. The politician sees thousands flock daily to his city to escape drought, eroding coastlines and other hazards in the disaster-prone nation.
But as officials scramble to accommodate those arriving from other parts of Bangladesh, strained city budgets make it harder to fight the impact of heatwaves and local dengue fever outbreaks that experts link to rising global temperatures.
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