United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan yesterday bestowed the First Class Order of Zayed II on several global dignitaries including late Bangladeshi Professor Saleemul Huq in recognition of their contributions to the success of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) hosted by the UAE late last year. …

The south Asian country is a world leader in climate adaptation, but without more funding the country will struggle to protect its people, a report warns As far back as she can remember, Shahanaz Ali has been running from cyclones. “Moving constantly from one place to another is exhausting,” says Ali. “Nowhere feels like home.” Her family first fled from …

I have been working on climate change for many years, first as a researcher in my native Bangladesh and later as head of the climate change group at the International Institute for Environment and Development, and as a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I have seen first-hand the threats climate change poses in places such as the …

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 of the world’s top science …

  Bangladeshi scientist Prof Saleemul Huq has made it to the coveted list of global climate change influencers. Prof Huq is the director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) at Independent University, Bangladesh. He has, in fact, been ranked fourth among the world’s top 20 ‘Climate Change Influencers’ by UK-based online marketing platform Onalytica. In its …