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Recording | ICCCAD and IUB E-Lecture Series -Gregg B. Walker
Lecture on “Organizing and Empowering Local Voices and Views: Collaborative Alignment and Locally-Led Adaptation Planning and Action” by Prof. Gregg B. Walker International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Science and Management at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised a webinar on 13th September 2021 (Monday) Prof. Gregg B…
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Tackling climate emergency requires a global pact
The impacts of the recent hurricane Ida in the United States, which killed more than 50 people and caused floods as far as in New York, was acknowledged by President Joe Biden as being more severe because of human-induced climate change. The same has been proven unequivocally by the science of attribution for having raised…
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Iseke, Tanzania: young people boost their own economic opportunity in midst of Covid-19 pandemic
In Ikungi district, Singida Region, Tanzania a group of young female entrepreneurs is making liquid soap as a means of income and safeguarding their community during Covid-19. Jerry Danny, Charles Mnyororo, Emmanuel Hamis and Emmanuel Msumba report. This is the forty-eighth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and…
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Interactions between two existential threats: COVID-19 and climate change
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change are complex existential threats, unpredictable in many ways and unprecedented in modern times. There are parallels between the scale and scope of their impacts and responses. Understanding shared drivers, coupled vulnerabilities, and criteria for effective responses will help societies worldwide prepare for the simultaneous threats of climate change…
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YOUTH IN CLIMATE ACTION
Climate Tribune | August 2021 “YOUTH IN CLIMATE ACTION” This issue of Climate Tribune turns the spotlight on youth in the forefront of climate change. We hear from the youth climate activists themselves. They talk about their own journeys, report about their activism and share their visions for the future. Articles in the series…
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The Climate Question | Should rich countries help pay for climate change impacts in poorer ones?
As extreme weather events become more frequent and intense, the developing world says urgent action is needed to avert catastrophe. Some in the developing world say that as richer countries caused the bulk of global emissions, they should compensate them for the losses and damages caused by the climate crisis. But will delegates, negotiators and…
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Kampala, Uganda: Resilience in the face of COVID-19: A single mother’s story
In Kampala, Uganda, Sandra Coote follows a single mother’s journey in search of income and wellbeing for her family during the country’s second wave of Covid-19 – to see what it tells us about personal savings and governmental support for households. It is one woman’s story of building up resilience for herself and others. This…
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Recording | ICCCAD and IUB E-Lecture Series -Mozaharul Alam
LECTURE ON ‘AGGREGATION OF ADAPTATION GOALS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS AND SCALES: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK’ by Mozaharul Alam International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Science and Management at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised a webinar on August 16th, 2021. Mozaharul Alam, Regional Coordinator, Climate Change for Asia…
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Winners of the Catalytic Grant Awards
Three teams will be awarded with a $5000 grant. The award is a joint effort from Climate Justice Resilience Fund (CJRF), Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), and International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD). We are excited to announce the winners of the catalytic grants promoted at the 15th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change…
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Climate change adaptation as a global public good: implications for financing
Abstract Beginning as an afterthought in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, adaptation as an agenda has come a long way since 1992. With no ambitious mitigation, recent years have witnessed an increasing frequency of extreme climate events, including cross-border or borderless climate risks. Accordingly, the Paris Agreement frames adaptation as a global goal…
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Policy implications of the IPCC report on science of climate change
The IPCC AR6 report is a clarion call that if drastic steps to reduce emissions are not taken quickly we may cross the 1.5 Degree threshold within a decade or so The sixth assessment report (AR6) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released their Working Group 1 (WG1) report…
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Young people can be saviours in dealing with climate change
In just the last few days, there have been two major reports from the United Nations on the status of global climate change and our efforts to tackle it. The first was on the science of climate change impacts by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which, in its sixth assessment report, confirmed…