Dhaka, Sep. In Sukh-er Bati, a village tucked into Roumari upazila in Kurigram, people speak of Ukina Bano the way you’d speak of someone whose luck ran out a long time ago. Some call her unlucky. Others say God tests those He loves most. Neither explanation touches what she is actually carrying. Ukina is sixty-two. Her story came out of …
PHOTO: Md Jamil Hossain The story of Char Khedaimari: A community’s struggle to survive in the shadow of river erosion Suggested: The river didn’t just take their homes, but memories too When the river takes their homes and their memories As part of the “Evidence-based Approach to Address Non-Economic Loss & Damage (EBAAN)” project under the International Centre for Climate …
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Sixth Assessment Report, released in 2021, stated that South Asia will face intensified monsoon seasons, heatwaves and changing snowmelt patterns as the planet warms. And yet, the people most affected are often left out of adaptation projects. According to the think tank International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), “estimates suggest under 10 per cent of climate finance …
The fight against climate change is difficult even at the best of times. But this week began with the loss of one of the foremost warriors in this fight. My first encounter with the maverick, Dr Saleemul Huq, happened about a decade ago. I had already been working for many years in the remotest, most vulnerable and unaddressed communities in …
The litmus test of success for the U.N. climate summit will be the creation of an urgently needed fund to help the most vulnerable people. Open letter to the incoming president of the COP28 U.N. climate summit Dear Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Let me thank you for inviting me to join the Advisory Committee for the COP28 Presidency, which will …
Comment: Cop27 resulted in the historic decision of setting up a loss and damage fund to help vulnerable countries, but success depends on a few key actions.
Last November, at Cop27 in Egypt, a pivotal decision was unanimously agreed by all countries to establish a funding mechanism to address loss and damages caused by human induced climate change. The process for doing this was also agreed by setting up a Transitional Committee (TC) on funding loss and damage with 24 members representing different geographical and other constituencies …
The seven-day round-the-clock conference was a platform for local leaders of LLA from over 30 countries to share their knowledge and experience.
Last week, my young colleagues at the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) spent seven days at a hotel in Dhaka hosting the third annual Gobeshona Global Conference on locally led adaptation (LLA) and resilience. This is now a well-established, fully online conference that takes place round the clock, for seven days, with three eight-hour sessions each …
UN Climate Change High-Level Champions for COP27 and COP28, H.E Ms Razan Al Mubarak and Dr Mahmoud Mohieldin, along with our Global Ambassadors, explain why women’s equal participation and leadership in political and public life are key to accelerating the race to a net zero and resilient world. H.E Ms Razan Al Mubarak, President of the IUCN and UN Climate Change …
The world has entered the third era of loss and damage from human-induced climate change. In the first era, the experts were focused on completely avoiding the potential losses and damages from climate change by stopping – or at least drastically reducing – greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which caused the global temperature to rise. This understanding came from the scientific …
A conversation from COP27 on inclusive locally led adaptation. When it comes to climate change adaptation in affected communities, top-down approaches where international- and national-level decision-makers drive interventions do not work. In recognition of this, efforts to promote locally led adaptation (LLA) have been growing steadily and in August 2022, over 100 organisations endorsed eight core principles to strengthen the …
