Category: Publications
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IntoAction Gibika
Securing livelihoods against climate change
Overview – Gibika | Securing livelihoods against climate change All key drivers of risk are present in Bangladesh: natural hazards, rapid urbanisation, demographic changes and poverty in many regions of the country. With Gibika the project partners aim to increase resilience of people affected by disasters and climate change and to secure livelihoods also during…
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Ethics as negotiated and emergent in a study of liveability in small cities
This Reflections Article published on SENTIO JOURNAL, Issue 2: Theory and Practice in Research Ethics [btn btnlink=”https://sentiojournal.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sentio_Issue_2_complete.pdf” btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#23840B” txtcolor=”#ffffff” btnnewt=”1″ nofollow=”1″]Article Link[/btn] Authors: Alexandra Halligey, Istikh Ahmed, M Feisal Rahman, Hanna A Ruszczyk and Sumaiya Binte Selim Sudha Example fallback content: This browser does not support PDFs. Please download the PDF to view…
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Call for a robust mechanism to ensure the effective implementation of Locally-led Action
How to frame and strengthen an effective MEL of LLA on the ground? Most of the dynamic and innovative adaptation solutions around the world are developed by people and communities living at the forefront of climate change. These solutions are generally locally-grounded and context-specific as local people remain in the main driving seat of action.…
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Rethinking adaptation
Climate Tribune | September 2020 [one_half_last][btn btnlink=”http://website.icccad.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CT_September_2020.pdf” btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#3f9e0c” txtcolor=”#ffffff” btnnewt=”1″ nofollow=”1″] Download PDF[/btn][/one_half_last]
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Sharing Adaptation Failure to Improve Adaptation Outcomes
Sharing lessons is critical for ensuring that finite funding for climate change adaptation is deployed in ways that provide the most value and impact. Successes are celebrated, but failures are habitually obscured, leaving a major knowledge base untapped. This commentary calls for the urgent sharing of failures as a source of critical learning. [btn btnlink=”https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.09.002″…
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I (don’t) want to live here! Exploring perceptions of liveability in Bangladesh
[clear] What makes people prefer one place over another? Liveability is a popular topic, but smaller cities are still left unexplored. Istiakh Ahmed from the International Centre for Climate Change and Development wonders what residents in coastal Bangladesh consider a liveable, even loveable city. “Living in Dhaka has become impossible; this city is not liveable…
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Rethinking Nature: A Pathway towards Sustainable Development?
Nature and people are closely interconnected but our current approaches and actions to speed up economic growth are harming nature. Rapid industrialization, unplanned urbanization, and excessive resource utilization are rapidly changing the quality of our ecosystems and, of course, changing our climate. To ensure sustainable, healthy societies we need to learn from nature and incorporate…
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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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A Roadmap for Nature-based Solutions in Bangladesh: Promises and Challenges
Nature-based solutions (NbS) are receiving international attention for helping us to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change, whilst protecting biodiversity and supporting sustainable development. As such, NbS provide a way to enable economic development without ecosystem loss or damage. Bangladesh has a long history of implementing NbS but has faced challenges due…
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Why emission reduction and resilience are two sides of the same coin
Under the UN, reduction of emissions(mitigation) and resilience (adapting to climate change impacts) are often treated as two discrete areas. But as the world is already experiencing the impacts of climate change — such as the recent ‘super cyclone’ and flooding in Bangladesh, or the wildfires in Australia — we are going to have to…
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Our house is on fire, and we’re trapped inside
Climate Tribune | July 2020 [one_half_last][btn btnlink=”http://website.icccad.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CT_July2020_compressed.pdf” btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#3f9e0c” txtcolor=”#ffffff” btnnewt=”1″ nofollow=”1″] Download PDF[/btn][/one_half_last]
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Coronavirus: how lockdown exposed food insecurity in a small Bangladeshi city
The COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as far more than a health crisis for the world’s poor and marginalised, exposing faultlines in food systems around the world. The UN’s World Food Programme warned in early July that 270 million people will face food insecurity before the end of 2020. Our ongoing research in Mongla, a small coastal city of 106,000…