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Researching Bangladesh’s Nationally Determined Contribution
Rebecca Eldon one of our Visiting Researchers shares her story. Researching Bangladesh’s Nationally Determined Contribution Since my first visit to Bangladesh, the country has stood out to me as one of the most unique places in the world. There is incredible beauty, seen both in the population’s love for art and culture, and in the…
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Children are at risk due to climate change, but they are also sources of solutions
A recent report from Unicef mentions that 19 million (or one in three) children in Bangladesh are at risk from the effects of climate change. This is indeed an alarming potential risk for the country. However, all such reports about future adverse impacts of future climate change have an unwritten codicil which says “if we…
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Low-Carbon Futures in Least Developed Countries
The Paris Agreement emerged at the same time as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which also chart a future of more environmentally friendly development. What separates the Paris Agreement and SDGs from previous climate and development efforts is that they are universal and required of every signatory country. For developing nations, including the 47 least…
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Time to enhance global support to the most vulnerable communities
The massive cyclone Idai that devastated Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe last week has destroyed 90 percent of Beira, the second biggest city in Mozambique. This was a cyclone of unprecedented severity for that part of Africa and has been rightly attributed to human-induced climate change by the scientific community. Hence, we are now unequivocally living…
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Bangladesh’s journey towards tackling poverty and climate change
Sussex Development Lectures Bangladesh’s journey towards tackling poverty and climate change 21 March 201917:00–18:30 IDS, Convening SpaceInstitute of Development Studies University of Sussex Library Road Brighton BN1 9RE Bangladesh has been well known as both a poor as well as climate vulnerable country for several decades. However the country is now well on the path…
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Dr. Saleemul Huq among world’s 100 most influential people in climate policy 2019
Dr Saleemul Huq, director of International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), has been named among the “World’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy for 2019”, with the likes of David Attenborough and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The announcement came last night on the official site of Apolitical, a global network for government helping public servants find…
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Dr Saleemul: Impact of global warming inevitable
Dr Saleemul Huq has participated in the international climate negotiations since their inception in 1992, and has been named among the ‘World’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy for 2019’ for making a positive difference. In an interview with the Dhaka Tribune’s Syed Samiul Basher Anik, Dr Huq – director, International Centre for Climate Change…
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Dr Saleemul Huq among ‘World’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy for 2019’
He is a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Dr Saleemul Huq, director of International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) has been named among the “World’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy for 2019” for making a positive difference. Saleemul has so far participated in all the International Climate…
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How children are educating adults on climate change
Over the last two decades or more, the global scientific community has been raising the alarm about climate change, through the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which were then considered by the governments of the world at the annual Conference of Parties (COP) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…
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FROM ISLAND TO SLUM: BANGLADESH’S QUIET DISPLACEMENT CRISIS
Sitting on a plastic chair inside a small brick house in Cox’s Bazar, the light from the evening sun shining on his tired face, 70 year-old Mahmud* recalls the day when a five-metre tidal wave engulfed his home and land on Kutubdia island, killing his wife and two sons. The ‘1991 cyclone’ was one of the…
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Zero Hunger, Zero Emissions University Student Workshop
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