Category: Dhaka Tribune Articles
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Nature-Based Solution
Climate Tribune | January 2021 List of Articles “Nature-based solutions should be an integral part of locally-led adaptation” by Haseeb Md Irfanullah “Imagining a pristine Dhaka by adopting NbS” by Tasfia Tasnim and Saleemul Huq “Climate-induced displacement can be prevented through NbS” by Kazi Amdadul Hoque and Towrin Zaman “How environmental restoration and refugee protection are connected” by Mokhlesur…
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Enhanced direct access: Costly in the short term but worth it in the end
Climate Tribune | December 2020 List of Articles Climate finance in Bangladesh: A critical review by Sirazoom Munira, Saleemul Huq, and Mizan R Khan Enhanced direct access under the Green Climate Fund can be an effective vehicle for Locally-led adaptation by Mizan R Khan and Saleemul Huq Protecting people from losing their homes and assets due to climatic hazards should be a…
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Bangladeshi professor among top 2% environmental scientists in the world
Saleemul Huq’s ranking is the highest for an environmental science researcher located in Bangladesh Saleemul Huq, the Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and professor at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has been ranked amongst the world’s top 2% scientists in the environmental sciences category. Huq has been positioned in…
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A partnership of equals
Bangladesh and the UK can join forces to do a lot of good, including addressing the global problems of poverty and climate change The United Kingdom and Bangladesh have a very long and cordial relationship as members of the Commonwealth, as well as of the United Nations. Bangladesh has also benefited from the overseas development…
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Nature-based solutions by people of nature
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Communities leading the way
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Rethinking adaptation
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‘We survived on two meals and charity after the cyclone’
Water security and crisis in the new normalClimate Tribune | August 2020 [one_half_last][btn btnlink=”http://website.icccad.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Climate_Tribune_August2020.pdf” btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#3f9e0c” txtcolor=”#ffffff” btnnewt=”1″ nofollow=”1″] Download PDF[/btn][/one_half_last]
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Are we ready to shed the LDC tag?
While many countries are entering the fourth industrial revolution, many of our expatriate workers do not even know how to use washing machines On June 22 UNDP, Dhaka organized an online discussion on the graduation of Bangladesh from the LDC status in view of Covid-19. The event was attended by a good number of local…
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Our house is on fire, and we’re trapped inside
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A paradigm shift in knowledge transfer on adaptation
The traditional North-South paradigm of technology transfer ignores the increasing importance of developing countries as sources of appropriate climate-friendly technologies The expressions of `knowledge’ or `technology transfer’ has traditionally evoked in us a unidirectional trajectory – from advanced, developed to developing countries, which are popularly called the `Global North’ and `Global South.’ This pathway has…
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The only light from the disappointing : COP25 Gender Action Plan
The longest ever COP in the history closed in Madrid with disappointment as expressed by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres. As many issues remain unresolved despite major fights by civil society and rights group. However, the frustrating climate talks could produce a key breakthrough and rare success story at this year’s COP was the decision…