Category: Publications

Strengthening Loss and Damage Narrative: Building cohesive voices with policymakers and civil society in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has been striving for years to shift its narrative from being climate vulnerability to resilience. Over the years, it has managed to build itself as one of the climate-resilient countries, despite the geographical vulnerability, through building efficient early warning systems, community-led disaster management, and women’s leadership in resilience efforts. However, communities in Bangladesh continue…
Climate Tribune | October 2023

Climate Tribune | October 2023 Articles in the series FOREWORD ADAPTATION VULNERABILITY INDEX FINANCING VANUATU AND BEYOND LOSS AND DAMAGE PARTNERSHIPS NATIONAL AND LOCAL STORIES [one_half_last][btn btnlink=”http://website.icccad.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CT_October-2023-2_compressed.pdf” btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#3f9e0c” txtcolor=”#ffffff” btnnewt=”1″ nofollow=”1″] Download PDF[/btn] [/one_half_last]
Opinion: Effective climate adaptation must be locally-led

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Sixth Assessment Report, released in 2021, stated that South Asia will face intensified monsoon seasons, heatwaves and changing snowmelt patterns as the planet warms. And yet, the people most affected are often left out of adaptation projects. According to the think tank International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), “estimates suggest under 10…
Eight ways Asia is using nature to adapt to the climate crisis

The Asia-Pacific region is no stranger to climate change. In just the last few months, it has endured droughts, record-breaking heat, and multiple super typhoons, a bout of extreme weather that experts say will only get worse as the planet warms. This week, leaders are in Malaysia for Asia Pacific Climate Week, an event designed to explore solutions…
Climate-induced Displacement: Loss and Damage in Bangladesh

As climate change exacerbates displacement and loss in Bangladesh, Saleemul Huq and Lutfor Rahman call for a collaborative global effort to address loss and damage funding. The upcoming COP28 in Dubai may be a game changer. The world has entered a new era of climate change reality. It is not a theoretical concept or a…
Pay attention to what poor communities want and need
_{Though agriculture has helped to reduce poverty in Bangladesh, families who depend on small-scale farming still struggle economically. The climate crisis is exacerbating their problems, and they are the least able to adapt.}

When Bangladesh became independent in 1971, it was an agrarian country with low incomes on average. Today, agriculture is no longer dominant, contributing only about 14 % to gross domestic product. Nonetheless, the sector still matters very much. It employs a bit less than half of the workforce and accounts for almost 60 % of female employment.…
Accounting for Non Economic Loss & Damage changes perspective of L&D as a whole

Adverse impacts induced by climate change is already occurring and manifesting in the form of losses and damages which are expected to accelerate as climate change worsens and tipping points in eccological systems are reached. Failure to address climate-driven loss can trap populations in a state of vulnerability. Such kinds of losses and damages can…
Climate change, beyond the politicians
In Bangladesh and elsewhere, people are devoted to tackling climate change – regardless of what world leaders do this week

[quotes quotes_style=”bquotes” quotes_pos=”center”]In memory of Prof Saleemul Huq, let’s revisit an article he wrote back in 2009 about his plans to set up the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD). Now, we all deeply realize how dedicated he worked for all of us and for this world, from then until his last breath.[/quotes]…
Climate Tribune | August 2023

Climate Tribune | August 2023 Articles in the series Bangladesh Unbowed: Chronicles of Resilience from the Climate Frontlines by Abul Bashar Rahman and Rifat Abrar Anik Missing Voices from Bangladesh: Empowering Child Representation at COP28 by Aruba Faruque Youth in Climate Action by Joyee Chakma and Naznine Nahar Rising Voices: The Power of Youth Action…
Event Report | Roundtable on Climate Change in the Build Up to the COP28 with the United Arab Emirates

This publication briefly includes the discussion from the Roundtable on Climate Change in the Build Up to the Conference of Parties (COP28)cwith the United Arab Emirates. This publication has been compiled from the notes taken by the respective rapporteurs. The publication is a summary from the organizer’s point of view and does not necessarily express…
Climate Tribune | July 2023

Climate Tribune | July 2023 Articles in the series “Can donors enhance the capabilities of local actors to access climate finance?” by Afsara Binte Mirza, Victoria Matusevich, Ameil Harikishun, Kazi Taiba Bari Nowsheen and May Thazin Aung “Challenges & Prospects: The Road to Realizing Locally Led Climate Adaptation Principles” by AIY Lankapura “Flexible Funding and…
Locally Led Transformative Action to Address Loss & Damage: ICCCAD’S Nexus Approach

Globally, people are disproportionally affected by climate change consistently and are enforced to adapt, with or without external assistance. Nonetheless, the current mitigation and adaptation efforts have been deemed insufficient to resist losses and damages (L&D), particularly in vulnerable countries from the Global South. Amongst this countries, mainly women, people with disability, and other marginalized…