Category: Publications
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Zero Hunger, Zero Emissions University Student Workshop
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Climate change, environmental stress and loss of livelihoods can push people towards illegal activities: a case study from coastal Bangladesh
This paper aims to understand how environmental stressors influence people’s livelihood options in the coastal belt of Bangladesh. We argue that environmental stressors such as cyclones, riverbank erosion, salinity intrusion, and floods have negative impacts on people’s lives by reducing their livelihood options. Twelve in-depth interviews (Livelihood Histories) and twelve Focus Group Discussions (FGD) based…
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Zero Hunger – Zero Emissions Project findings
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International Trend of Renewable Energy: Focusing on the Cases of South Asia and Bangladesh
Report on ICCCAD’s Learning Hub Event (LHE) about “International Trend of Renewable Energy: Focusing on the Cases of South Asia and Bangladesh” held in January 2019. [btn btnlink=”http://website.icccad.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/LHE_24_01_19_Report_ICCCAD.pdf” btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#23840B” txtcolor=”#ffffff” btnnewt=”1″ nofollow=”1″]Download[/btn] Example fallback content: This browser does not support PDFs. Please download the PDF to view it: Download PDF. [btn btnlink=”http://website.icccad.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/LHE_24_01_19_Report_ICCCAD.pdf” btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#23840B”…
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‘Time is not on our side, and we cannot afford more setbacks’
A cornerstone of the Paris climate agreement The recently concluded COP 24, in Katowice, ended with the member states parties’ adoption of the rulebook for the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement at the national level. To accelerate the efforts for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and climate change adaptation several key factors need to be…
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Introduction to The Circular Economy
There is today a wide scientific consensus on the existence of global warming, driven by the increased Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions (due to historic human activities) and concentration in the atmosphere. The latest IPCC 1.5°C Special report, released a couple of weeks ago in October 2018, made a clear statement that the world need to…
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Gibika Final Research Report
An overview of research findings from the 2013 to 2018 Gibika project. Understanding how environmental stress and climatic changes influence people’s livelihood resilience and lives in Bangladesh. By: Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson Contributing authors: Kees van der Geest and David Wrathall Introduction A climate-resilient and sustainable future for people in vulnerable countries starts with resilient livelihoods. There…
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Mobilizing Knowledge To Enhance Adaptive Capacity
For over a decade, researchers and policymakers have considered enhancing “adaptive capacity” to be a linchpin of successful adaptation to climate change. In 2015, at the 21st Conference of Parties in Paris, the international community formally asserted the importance of increasing the ability of individuals and groups to adapt to long-term changes in the climate,…
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Building Climate-Resilient, Migrant-Friendly Cities and Towns
Bangladesh has been experiencing a rapid growth in urban population during last four decades. However, this growth follows an imbalanced spatial distribution, mostly directed towards Dhaka city. As of 2011, almost 44% of the country’s urban population lived in Dhaka resulting in excessive pressure on its housing, transportation, infrastructure, and basic services (GED, 2015). This…
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The Role of Universities in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Education and research are explicitly recognized in a number of the SDGs and universities have a direct role in addressing these. However, the contribution of universities to the SDGs is much broader, as they can support the implementation of every one of the SDGs as well as the implementation of the SDG framework itself. Some…
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Planning for Adaptation in Bangladesh: Past, Present and Future
The world community already lives in a climate changed world. However, the need to adapt to its increasing impact is extremely urgent for the particularly vulnerable countries, such as the least developed countries (LDCs), small island developing states (SIDS) and Africa. Of all these countries, Bangladesh stands unique in terms of climate impacts on a…
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Bridging Climate Action and Sustainable Development Goals in Bangladesh
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) introduce a holistic and integrated framework that spans across social, economic and environmental dimensions. While the 17 goals with 169 targets range from tackling poverty to creating meaningful global partnerships – which are all equally important issues – the goals need to be prioritized according to country-specific needs. Goal 13…