Category: Newspaper and magazine articles
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Climate Tribune | January 2023
Climate Tribune | January 2023 Articles in the series ‘Mapping of the losses and damages’ by Afroz Shah ‘Enhancing the ability of Sri Lankan agricultural communities to cope with loss and damage from severe floods’ by Amila Lankapura ‘The invisible role of local communities in adapting to climate change’ by Gonzalo Pérez E ‘From framing to financing’ by…
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Climate Tribune | December 2022
Climate Tribune | December 2022 Articles in the series “ICCCAD at COP27” by Saleemul Huq “Around the halls” by Nusrat Naushin “Global Shield” by SM Saify Iqbal “Under one platform” by Sarah Farheen Khan “Activism to action” by Shohail Bin Saifullah “Joining forces” by Sumaiya Binte Selim “Climate action funds” by Towrin Zaman Raya [one_half_last][btn…
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Climate Tribune | November 2022
Climate Tribune | November 2022 Articles in the series “A community buzzing with stories of resistance” by Afsana Afrin Esha, Md Hasibul Hasan and Mahabuba Hasan Lima “Capacitate, activate, amplify” by Rukhsar Sultana, Juel Mahmud and Tabia Tasnim Anika “Waste: The one with waste recycling” by Hamida Akter, Sarah Nandudu, and Zakia Sultana “Catalytic…
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Prof Saleemul Huq named one of Nature’s 10 people who helped shape science in 2022
Bangladeshi scientist Professor Saleemul Huq has made it to the coveted list of people who helped shape the biggest science stories of 2022. Saleemul Huq, a climate researcher, has been recognised for his role in forcing wealthy countries to pay for the losses and damages from climate change. The list prepared by Nature – one…
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COP27: Historic shift towards loss and damage financing
The UN climate talks COP27, which closed in Egypt on Saturday, started addressing the symptoms of the climate crisis in a breakthrough decision for the most vulnerable. A historic progress was made with a commitment to set up a financial support structure for the most vulnerable to deal with “loss and damage” caused by the…
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COP27: A historic shift towards setting-up a loss and damage financial structure
COP27 process represents a historic moment for loss and damage (L&D) since this is the first time the issue was adopted into the agenda and approved in the same year and am not sure if this has ever been the case within any UN negotiating process, said Saber H Chowdhury, president of the Parliamentary Standing…
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COP27: Focus shift towards setting up Loss and Damage Financial Structure
Little was done to address the causes of global warming
The UN climate talks COP27 closed in Egypt on Saturday started to address the symptoms of the climate crisis in a breakthrough decision for the most vulnerable. A historic progress was made with a commitment to set up for a financial support structure for the most vulnerable to deal with “Loss and Damage” caused by…
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Climate Tribune | October 2022
Climate Tribune | October 2022 Articles in the series “Wind of change” by Saleemul Huq and Nusrat Naushin “Loss and Damage in UNFCCC” by Nusrat Naushin and Hafij Khan “A gender perspective on non-economic losses and damages in coastal Bangladesh” by Douwe van Schie, Afsara Binte Mirza and Fatema Akhter “Stepping up of CSOs for the establishment of…
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OPINION:COP27 will be the first U.N. climate summit in the era of loss and damage
The upcoming talks must agree to set up a funding facility to help countries deal with the growing harm caused by climate change impacts It has now been 30 years since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1972 – and…
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Climate Tribune | September 2022
Climate Tribune | September 2022 Articles in the series ‘Financing climate adaptation at the last mile’ by Abdullah Zahiruddin Ahmad ‘Global goal on adaptation’s potential to incorporate local communities’ voices’ by Afsara Mirza and Md Bodrud-Doza Zion ‘Evolution of LLA: How locally- led adaptation came into the climate change arena’ by Fatema Akhter, Dr. Saleemul…
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The ways to reinvent climate change adaptation in Bangladesh and beyond
Adaptation is more urgent than ever before as climate change-induced catastrophes sweep across the globe, mostly targeting the least developed entities and fragile ecosystems. More urgent, it seems, is the investment and effort needed to implement different types of adaptation to spearhead long-term solutions The global community has been citing Bangladesh as one of the…
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Climate Tribune | August 2022
Climate Tribune | August 2022 Articles in the series ‘Climate education for Bangladeshi children: Necessity or luxury?’ by Aruba Faruque ‘Women empowerment in Climate Change’ by Farhin Rahman Reeda and Nazmus Sakib ‘Youth engagement in the climate change policy arena of Bangladesh’ by Afsara Binte Mirza and Masrura Tahiat ‘No more excuses for Loss and Damage’ by Ineza Umuhoza Grace ‘The role of…