Category: Events
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Reflections from Kuakata Seashore: Developing a Local Climate Adaptation Plan (LCAP)
The first time I heard the name Local Climate Adaptation Plan (LCAP), I didn’t understand what it meant and I asked one of my colleagues about it. After her explanation, I found the topic to be genuinely intriguing and I felt a desire to delve deeper into it. Fortunately, just one week after this conversation…
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Climate Smart Rain Water Harvesting System Inaugurated in Mongla, Promises Inclusive Urban Infrastructure for Informal Settlements
In a momentous ceremony held on 31st July, 2023, the Climate Smart Rain Water Harvesting System project was officially inaugurated in Mongla, bringing hope in the form of inclusive urban infrastructure for an informal settlement named Signal Tower Colony. The event witnessed the handover of the project structure to local authorities and marked the commencement…
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Exploring the Heart of Mongla: Balur Math Slum and Signal Tower Slum | Experience Sharing from Field visit
During my recent trip to Mongla, Bangladesh, I had the opportunity to visit two slum areas: Balur Math and Signal Tower Colony. These areas provided a unique glimpse into the daily lives, challenges, and resilience of the local community. Join me on this journey as I delve into the stories and experiences, I encountered in…
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LOSS AND DAMAGE RESPONSE FUND
With extreme weather events causing loss and damage to societies around the world, the Loss and Damage Fund mandated by the Conference of the Parties of the Climate Change Convention intends to provide financial relief to the most vulnerable. But what should be the focus of the new fund and how can be fund be…
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Online Course on Urban Resilience and Liveability
This course provides a sound interdisciplinary introduction to the basic understanding of Urban Resilience and Liveability, their inter-relationship as well as perspectives and variances and how people and the environment have connected them. Following the completion of this course, the participants will know How urban resilience impacts the liveability and quality of life in cities…
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MoU Signing Ceremony between ICCCAD and Foreign Services Academy
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Signing between Foreign Service Academy (FSA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh And International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Independent University, Bangladesh The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Foreign Service Academy (FSA) and International Centre for Climate Change and Development…
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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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MoU signing between ICCCAD and SREDA
The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) and International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) took place in Chandana conference room, IEB Building, SREDA Level-9, Ramna, Dhaka- 1000, Bangladesh on the 18th July 2018. The ceremony began with general introductory remarks between the entities…
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ICCCAD Organizing Second Regional Short Course on Climate Finance
ICCCAD organizing the Second Regional Climate Finance Course in partnership with International Institute on Environment and Development (IIED) and Action on Climate Today (ACT) and UNDP’s Bangkok Regional Hub, with the support of UK Aid, and the Government of Sweden. This course is aimed at government officials from developing countries, especially from ministries of finance and…
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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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CBA11 closing speeches by Saleemul Huq
Closing speech of Dr. Saleemul Huq on 11th international conference on Community based adaptation (CBA11) at Kampala,Uganda where over 300 participants from over fifty countries can participate.