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How do we reach 2030 climate goals?
The year 2030 is the target year for the world to achieve all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations. In addition to the SDGs, 2030 is also the year by which all countries party to the Paris Agreement on climate change must keep the global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius,…
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Saleemul gets OBE
Prof Huq has dedicated his professional life to helping developing countries and vulnerable communities adapt to the impacts of climate change. His scientific research, at leading universities and centres of excellence in the UK and in Bangladesh, has informed international policy on climate change for over 35 years. Accepting his OBE, Prof Huq said it…
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Prof Saleemul Huq awarded OBE for climate fight
His scientific research in the UK and Bangladesh has informed international policy on climate change for over 35 years The United Kingdom (UK) has awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) honour to Prof Saleemul Huq for his work to combat climate change in Bangladesh and build climate expertise in Bangladesh,…
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IIED’s Saleemul Huq awarded OBE
IIED director Andrew Norton has hailed Saleemul Huq as a “tireless climate justice champion” after he was awarded an OBE by the Queen in the New Year’s Honours List for his services to combating international climate change. The honour was awarded in recognition of his work to build climate expertise in Bangladesh, the UK and…
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2021 was a critical year for climate actions
The year 2021 has been significant in climate change discussions, in a decade that is already quite important in terms of tackling the climate crisis. This was the year when the world finally acknowledged that human-induced climate change due to the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from burning fossil fuels for over a century had…
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Now it’s time to start preparing for COP27
As someone who has attended every single climate change conference under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—the Conference of Parties (COP)—one thing I have learnt is that waiting until a COP is held to prepare to get something out of it simply does not work. If a country or a group of…
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An appeal to the UN secretary-general
The current secretary-general of the United Nations, Antonio Guiterres, has already established himself as a champion for actions to tackle climate change to all countries and actors, and has recently been quite outspoken in his criticism of the poor outcomes of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), held in Glasgow last month. While there was…
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Climate Justice
Climate Tribune | November 2021 Climate Tribune’s November issue is on the crucial subject of “Climate Justice”. The editorial reflects how climate change is an ethical and political issue rather than one that is purely environmental or physical in nature. Articles in the series Climate change actions must be gender sensitive to address the existing…
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The abandoned climate refugees -A weekly news show by Channel 4 News
The abandoned climate refugees A weekly news show by Channel 4 News that takes you on a journey to uncover the world’s most interesting untold stories. “They’re not just local destitutes. They’re the victims of climate change – not the causes of climate change” Seven million people in Bangladesh have been forced to leave their…
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What did COP26 do to deal with loss and damage?
Going into COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland in November, it was already clear that the most vulnerable developing countries wanted the topic of loss and damage from human-induced climate change to get significant attention in the COP process, as well as outside the COP process. Now, after COP26 is over, we can discuss what was achieved,…
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Who were the true leaders at COP26?
Ever since COP26 ended, we have been bombarded with analyses on how good or bad it was. The COP26 Presidency claimed it was a great success, while the vulnerable developing countries left Glasgow in great dismay over the overturning of their demand for a “Glasgow facility” on “financing loss and damage”. They only got a…
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The next step in climate action is creating a fund for loss and damage
One of the new and very politically sensitive topics being discussed at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, as the summit enters its second and final week of negotiations, is the matter of loss and damage from human-induced climate change. This refers to the adverse impacts that can be attributed…