Category: Publications
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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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PART II: Sustainable Energy Pathways for Post-Pandemic Bangladesh
This article is the second installment of a two-part series. As COVID-19 ravages Bangladesh’s economy, its inevitable impacts have exposed the many dysfunctionalities and loopholes of the country’s power sector. This article attempts to better understand how the pandemic has affected Bangladesh’s power sector and anticipates the role of renewable energy technology in paving climate-resilient,…
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PART I: Sustainable Energy Pathways for Post-Pandemic Bangladesh
This article is the first installment of a two-part series. As COVID-19 ravages Bangladesh’s economy, its inevitable impacts have exposed the many dysfunctionalities and loopholes of the country’s power sector. This article attempts to better understand how the pandemic has affected Bangladesh’s power sector and anticipates the role of renewable energy technology in paving climate-resilient, sustainable…
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Debt-for-Adaptation Swap – Investment in Adaptation and Resilience
Published by Heinrich Böll Foundation, Center for Sustainable Finance (SOAS, University of London), and Global Development Policy Center (Boston University) as Background Paper to the Debt Relief for Green and Inclusive Recovery Project [btn btnlink=”https://drgr.org/files/2020/12/Background-Paper-3.pdf” btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#23840B” txtcolor=”#ffffff” btnnewt=”1″ nofollow=”1″]Download This Background Paper[/btn] About The Author: Prof Dr Mizan R. Khan is currently Deputy Director…
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Previously unrecognized potential threat to children from manganese in groundwater in rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Abstract The forced displacement of over 700,000 Rohingyas from Myanmar to Bangladesh since the crackdown in August 2017 has resulted in a critical humanitarian and environmental crisis. Groundwater is the primary source of drinking water in the camps that were constructed to provide shelter for the refugee population. The current study explores occurrence of Mn…
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Nature-based solutions by people of nature
Climate Tribune | November 2020 [one_half_last][btn btnlink=”http://website.icccad.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CT_November_2020.pdf” btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#3f9e0c” txtcolor=”#ffffff” btnnewt=”1″ nofollow=”1″] Download PDF[/btn] [/one_half_last]
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Capacity-building for Enhancing Resilience at the Local Level | Event Summary Report
This virtual roundtable discussion was organized as part of the Capacity-building Momentum to Recover Better event series under the PCCB Network. It aimed to shine a light on the enormous surge of support for activities underway across the globe that are moving the world toward a highly resilient, low-carbon future. The event included discussions on:…
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Transforming the Future: Supercharging Action at the UN Food Systems Summit
In a time of many seemingly insurmountable challenges, there is something that we can fix. One thing, which if changed could simultaneously accelerate the end of hunger, ensure everyone has access to a healthy diet, dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reverse biodiversity loss, and make societies and economies more equitable and resistant to devastating pandemics…
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Water Security for Vulnerable Communities in Coastal Bangladesh in the Face of a Changing Climate
Impacts of climate change severely affect the water security of the communities in the south-west coastal region of Bangladesh. An action research conducted in two selected villages of Khulna in 2018 shed light on specific local water insecurities due to climatic and non-climatic factors, associated consequences on local communities and limitations of current coping strategies.…
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Contextualizing the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on food security in two small cities in Bangladesh
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is an evolving urban crisis. This research paper assesses impacts of the lockdown on food security and associated coping mechanisms in two small cities in Bangladesh (Mongla and Noapara) during March to May 2020. Due to restrictions during the prolonged lockdown, residents (in particular low-income groups) had limited access to livelihood…
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Communities leading the way
Climate Tribune | October 2020 [one_half_last][btn btnlink=”http://website.icccad.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CT_October_2020.pdf” btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#3f9e0c” txtcolor=”#ffffff” btnnewt=”1″ nofollow=”1″] Download PDF[/btn][/one_half_last]