Category: Publications
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Water is life
Climate Tribune | April 2021 List of Articles “Water is life” by Juel Mahmud “How a man lost everything in cyclone, then became a changemaker” by Moumita Sen, Md Kamruzzaman Khan, and Ashish Barua “A stitch in time saves nine” by Ashish Barua and Kamruzzman Khan “Alternative resilient livelihood through fish farming” by Ashish Barua,…
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How the theme of Adaptation and Resilience marginalizes Loss and Damage and why we must focus on addressing loss and damage
Despite repeated calls for Loss and Damage1 to be reflected prominently in the themes of COP 26, the UK presidency continues to champion Adaptation and Resilience as a key theme of COP 26, alongside clean road transport, energy transition, finance and nature. In its description of the importance of adaptation and resilience, the website for…
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The sustainability–peace nexus in crisis contexts: how the Rohingya escaped the ethnic violence in Myanmar, but are trapped into environmental challenges in Bangladesh
Abstract Because of ethnic and cultural violence in Myanmar, approximately a million Rohingya fled to neighboring Bangladesh starting from August 2017, in what the UN has called a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing”. Those arriving in Bangladesh were able to escape decade-long ethnic violence in Myanmar, but the Rohingya’s immediate destination, Cox’s Bazar district is…
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Women Champions in the Face of Climate Adversities
Climate Tribune | March 2021 List of Articles “The critical roles played by the women climate champions” by Dilruba Haider and PriodarshineAuvi “Celebrating women climate champions of the global south” by Farah Kabir “Making LLA workable for the urban poor and cities” by Celine d’Cruz “WASH and gender: The human rights perspective” by Rifat Saifee…
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Locally Led Adaptation
Climate Tribune | February 2021 List of Articles “Locally led adaptation to climate changes comes of age” by Saleemul Huq “In locally-led adaptation, “locality”and “leadership” remain unclear” by Danielle Faizon “My reflections on the first virtual Gobeshona conference” by Susan Nanduddu “The importance of learning about climate change from the Global South” by Farhana Sultana “Indigenous peoples…
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Policy gaps and needs analysis for the implementation of NDCs on adaptation, and loss and damage in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Abstract In 2015, the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreed on a long-term plan to limit global warming to below 2°C or 1.5°C through internationally coordinated, but nationally driven actions. Nationally Determined Contributions or NDCs are country-level commitments to achieve this goal. Like many other developing countries, Bangladesh has…
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Locally led adaptation: drivers for appropriate grassroots initiatives
Abstract Adapting to the impacts of climate change is one of the most urgent priorities of our time. Given that the impacts of climate change are experienced at local scales, it makes sense that adaptation should occur locally, and yet, despite this, locals often have little control over how adaptation is funded, designed and delivered…
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Principles for locally led adaptation
Recovery from COVID-19 provides a historic opportunity for giving greater voice to local people — especially women, youth, children, disabled, displaced and marginalised ethnic groups — and putting agency over their own adaptation into their hands. To support this shift, we present eight principles for locally led adaptation and invite adaptation stakeholders to join us…
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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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RESILIENCE OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES: LESSONS FROM COVID-19
Executive Summary We provide a first assessment on how 15 local communities in the Global South are building resilience in the face of COVID-19. We found that communities used many different coping strategies, spanning multiple social domains of resilience, when responding to a crisis. Social domains of resilience not only imply communities having access to…
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Impact of Climate Change on Cotton Production in Bangladesh
Bangladesh produces only 5% of the cotton she needs to sustain her readymade garments industries. The country has very limited agricultural land and cotton competes with other crops for this scarce land resource. On top of that, Bangladesh is regarded as a country where agriculture is highly vulnerable to the variabilities of weather patterns that…
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Rethinking travel in a post-pandemic world
Climate scientists recommend ways to boost the value of virtual conferences and reduce carbon footprints even when travel curbs ease. In 2018, social scientist Roger Tyers pledged to stop flying for work and leisure. Soon afterwards, he won a research fellowship that included fieldwork in China. So he decided to take the train from Southampton…