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 to graduate out of Least Developed Country status and also towards becoming a climate resilient country. In this lecture Saleemul will share some insights into how this happened and where things are headed.

Bangladesh’s journey towards tackling poverty and climate change

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 to graduate out of Least Developed Country status and also towards becoming a climate resilient country. In this lecture Saleemul will share some insights into how this happened and where things are headed.Saleemul Huq, Senior fellow, Climate Change, IIED. Saleemul is an expert on the links between climate change and sustainable development, particularly from the perspective of developing countries.

Posted by Institute of Development Studies on Thursday, March 21, 2019

This lecture is part of the Sussex Development Lecture series: Achieving the SDGs: Synergies and Tensions.

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Saleemul Huq, Senior fellow, Climate Change, IIED
Saleemul Huq is an expert on the links between climate change and sustainable development, particularly from the perspective of developing countries.

This lecture was streamed live to the IDS Facebook page.

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