Category: Blog
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Nureen Faiza Anisha’s Reflections
Nureen Faiza Anisha one of our Alumnus shares her story. My interest in the field of climate change was triggered by the climatology course I took in my undergraduate final year in BUET, where I was studying water resources engineering (WRE). I was so driven by that 2 credit course, I did my undergraduate thesis on…
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2017 is the tipping point for loss and damage from climate change
Is it time to make climate polluters pay for the losses and the damage they cause? Even before we come to end of the year we already know that 2017 will be one of the warmest years on record and we have seen a succession of extreme weather events around the world, including typhoons in…
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Seeking Justice for the Slum Dwellers of Dhaka
Robert Irven one of our Visiting Researchers shares his story. Seeking Justice for the Slum Dwellers of Dhaka When I first decided to pursue topics of environmental migration, climate justice and urbanization in Dhaka, Bangladesh for my Masters of International Development at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, I had no idea how much such an endeavor would…
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The Urban Challenge: What Makes Transformative Adaptation Difficult in Dhaka?
Ashali Bhandari one of our Visiting Researchers shares her story. The Urban Challenge: What Makes Transformative Adaptation Difficult in Dhaka? The monsoon season in South Asia elicits a variety of emotions: children rejoice as the summer heat is disrupted by the cool drops of rain and farmers anxiously await the return of the crop after a…
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Envisioning Transformative Adaptation in Bangladesh
Danielle Falzon one of our Visiting Researchers shares her story. Envisioning Transformative Adaptation in Bangladesh Adaptation and development in Bangladesh are one in the same issue. This became clear to me almost immediately when I arrived in Dhaka and began working with the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD). As a country that faces enormous…
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Climate Change is here: Learning from Bangladesh
Charlotte Hugman one of our Visiting Researchers shares her story. Climate Change is here: Learning from Bangladesh My journey to Bangladesh began some time ago, in the Himalayan mountains in April 2015. I had just recently qualified as a lawyer and had taken unpaid leave to travel round parts of Asia. My friend and I had started…
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Learning resilience from the people of Bangladesh
C. Emdad Haque one of our Visiting Researcher share his story. Learning resilience from the people of Bangladesh By C. Emdad Haque In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, a panel of experts on CNN suggested that if any country or society needs to learn about resilience to natural disasters, they should look to Bangladesh. This…
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Learning from Local Experts in Bangladesh
Anja Rühlemann one of our Visiting Researcher share her Experience on Global Development Institute Blog. Learning from Local Experts in Bangladesh By Anja Ruehlemann While I was doing my Masters in International Development at The University of Manchester my mentor Dr Joanne Jordan not only triggered my passion for climate change topics, but also laid the path to…
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International Centre for Climate Change and Development(ICCCAD) signs MOU with icddr,b
International Centre for Climate Change and Development(ICCCAD) signs MOU with icddr,b Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on 23 July 2017, the two centres will work to raise awareness on risks associated with climate change and gather and share relevant knowledge. [clear][layerslider id=”9″] [clear] Based in Bangladesh, ICCCAD aims to gain and distribute knowledge…
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The value in stepping outside your comfort zone: a journey to discovery at the ICCCAD in Dhaka
One of our Visiting Researcher Nadine Suliman share her Experience on Global Development Institute Blog. The value in stepping outside your comfort zone: a journey to discovery at the ICCCAD in Dhaka By-Nadine Suliman The Global Development Institute- International Centre for Climate Change and Development internship programme that was established by Dr Joanne Jordan. If I…
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UN energy envoy urges investors to consider 1.5C warming limit
(Originally published here) Investors should consider how an aspirational 1.5C limit on global warming affects their portfolios, a top UN envoy said on Monday. Shareholders are already pressing fossil fuel majors to recognise the risk greenhouse gas emissions curbs could dampen demand for their products. To date, most analysis has focused on a 2C threshold. Rachel Kyte, CEO…
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Eco-systems help cope with climate change
(Originally published here) Good management of natural resources such as forests and wetlands is particularly important for poor, vulnerable communities most at risk from the impacts of climate change such as increasing floods and droughts. They are reliant on the natural resources to earn a living and feed their families. Many eco-systems embodied in these…