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Recommendations for the Green Climate Fund
Last week the Green Climate Fund (GCF) held a weeklong Global Programming Conference at its headquarters in Songdo, Korea, with over five hundred participants from all over the world. The GCF has recently appointed a new Executive Director, Yannick Glemarec, and is also developing its new strategy and seeking replenishment after the first tranche of…
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GREEN CLIMATE FUND
Supporting climate adaptation should be a priorityThe developed countries of the world had agreed under the Paris Agreement to provide USD 100 billion each year, starting from 2020 onwards, to support mitigation as well as adaptation projects in developing countries. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was set up with its secretariat in Songdo, Korea to handle a significant part of that…
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Climate Change, Making Poor People Poorer?
An assessment of climatic shocks on household income in Bangladesh.Master’s Thesis in Economics Climate Change, Making Poor People Poorer? An assessment of climatic shocks on household income in Bangladesh. [btn btnlink=”http://website.icccad.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Master_Thesis_Climate_Change_Making_Poor_People_Poorer_Daniel__Dariush.pdf” btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#23840B” txtcolor=”#ffffff” btnnewt=”1″ nofollow=”1″]Download[/btn] Example fallback content: This browser does not support PDFs. Please download the PDF to view it: Download PDF. [btn btnlink=”http://website.icccad.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Master_Thesis_Climate_Change_Making_Poor_People_Poorer_Daniel__Dariush.pdf” btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#23840B” txtcolor=”#ffffff” btnnewt=”1″ nofollow=”1″]Download[/btn]
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How Bangladesh can improve access to climate funding
Under the Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), rich countries have promised to provide, collectively, USD 100 billion every year to support the developing countries tackle climate change, both by mitigation and adaptation. The UNFCCC also set up the Green Climate Fund (GCF) with its headquarters in Korea to…
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Turning Challenge into Opportunity: The Upcoming Bangladeshi Climate Migration Crisis
Last month, I had the chance to stay in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. I could clearly witness the demographic boom happening in an already land and resource scarce overpopulated city. Having worked there for a local research centre, the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), and having experienced local living conditions, I…
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A developing partnership between Bangladesh and the UK to tackle climate change
Earlier this month, during the London Climate Action week, my organisation, the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, together with the UK’s Royal Geographical Society (RGS) and the Bangladesh High Commission in London, organised a major event with several hundred Londoners, including many British Bangladeshis, themed “Learning lessons from Bangladesh”. The speakers included myself;…
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Bangladesh can lead the way
Finding solutions to the global problem of climate change Last week, Bangladesh hosted a major global climate change meeting in Dhaka, hosted by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with Ban Ki-moon, former secretary general of the United Nations, Chief Executive Kristalina Georgieva from the World Bank, and President Heine of the Marshall Islands present. The visiting…
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ENACTS Climate Data Initiative Officially Launches in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society have launched a new data service that provides national users short-term climate and weather forecast information for decision making. The Enhancing National Climate Services (ENACTS) initiative helps countries overcome significant gaps in their historical climate records by an innovative combination of…
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GCA Meeting
Vulnerable countries merit greater attentionThis year marks a clear break with the past in terms of the climate change problem now becoming a “climate change crisis” with the adverse impacts of human-induced climate change getting visible across the world. The most recent manifestation of it was the unprecedented heatwave in Europe, which was several degrees higher than normal. This…
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Innovative solutions to the plight of climate migrants
Some countries take lead in adopting new approaches in aiding those displaced by natural disasters and climate change. The wealth gap that largely divides the world also manifests itself in the effects of climate change. A United Nations report warned last week that the world is on course for “climate apartheid”, where the rich buy their way…
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Climate change diplomacy is now the challenge
Last May, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was invited to the annual leaders’ high-level meeting in Munich, Germany, to speak on the growing concern about the global security threats due to climate change. On July 10, Bangladesh will be hosting President Heine of the Marshall Islands who heads the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF)—which is a group…
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Environmental migration and non-migration: A new scientific discourse
People migrating from one place to another—whether within the same country or across international borders—is a complex phenomenon, in which pull factors (such as job-seeking) and/or push factors (such as environmental degradation) can play important roles. Recently, the impacts of climate change have been included in this hypothesis, as a major environmental push factor, which…