Category: Publications
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SILPI’S STORY Water Water everywhere
International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), in collaboration with the University of Sussex, conducted in-depth research in Signal Tower Colony, an informal settlement in the coastal zone of Bangladesh. The project “Inclusive Urban Infrastructures” investigated the challenges the residents of the settlement faced in their daily lives in terms of getting access to…
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New initiative from three renown NGOs: International Climate Solidarity Levies
Three renown non-governmental organizations, ICCCAD, the Innovative Finance Foundation, and Oxford Climate Policy, have joined forces to propose the use of “International Climate Solidarity Levies”. Their initiative demonstrates how levies can be developed to mobilize funding for the new Loss & Damage Response Fund. With climate change causing loss and damage to societies around the…
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Annual Report – 2022
This is first full-fledged Annual Report published by the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) [btn btnlink=”http://website.icccad.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Annual-Report-2022_compressed.pdf” btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#3f9e0c” txtcolor=”#ffffff” btnnewt=”1″ nofollow=”1″]Download Annual Report[/btn] [clear] Example fallback content: This browser does not support PDFs. Please download the PDF to view it: Download PDF.
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‘We are not getting the support we need to lead a better life’: Communities on the front lines of climate change don’t have a say in the help they receive
VIENNA, 5 April 2023 – People on the front lines of the climate crisis in Bangladesh see the assistance they receive as unfair, insufficient and feel responders don’t listen to their views, reveals research released by Ground Truth Solutions, the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). The report surveys…
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Tracking community perspectives on climate resilience in Bangladesh
Over the last few decades, it has been recognised that adaptation approaches are more likely to succeed if they are rooted in local knowledge and empower communities to make their own decisions. However, research conducted by GTS and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in 2021 shows that the fine aspirations found in…
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Climate Tribune | February 2023
Climate Tribune | February 2023 ‘Knowledge creation within participatory visual methodologies’ by Sumaiya Binte Anwar ‘Shilpi’s story; water water everywhere’ by Lutfor Rahman and Md. Juel Mahmud ‘Beyond the surface’ by Madiha Chowdhury ‘Digital storytelling for translating non-economic loss & damage realities’ by Rawnak Jahan Khan Ranon and Afsara Mirza ‘Engaging communities through participatory visual methods’ by Adiba Bintey Kamal,…
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Climate Tribune | January 2023
Climate Tribune | January 2023 Articles in the series ‘Mapping of the losses and damages’ by Afroz Shah ‘Enhancing the ability of Sri Lankan agricultural communities to cope with loss and damage from severe floods’ by Amila Lankapura ‘The invisible role of local communities in adapting to climate change’ by Gonzalo Pérez E ‘From framing to financing’ by…
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Here are 3 suggestions for the new Loss and Damage fund from Prof Saleemul Huq
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…
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Stories Of Resilience: Lessons From Local Adaptation Practice
The stories in this compilation, based on the sessions of the 2022 Gobeshona Conference on Locally Led Adaptation, are an important basis for us to understand the difference between local action and locally led action, and to identify effective ways of supporting local leadership. The publication is based on case-studies from the 2nd annual gobeshona global conference,…
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Global recognition of the importance of nature-based solutions to the impacts of climate change
According to the World Economic Forum (2020) Global Risks Report, failure to mitigate and adapt to climate change presents the greatest risk to the global economy in terms of severity of impact. Meanwhile, extreme weather – which is exacerbated by climate change (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2016) – is listed as the risk…
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Locally led adaptation is key to ending deforestation
Despite global pledges to end deforestation, forest loss continues. Focusing on mangrove forests in South and Southeast Asia, we advocate placing indigenous peoples and local communities at the heart of implementation of the COP26 Deforestation Pledge and provide five recommendations for how this can be achieved. Graphical abstract [btn btnlink=”https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.01.011″ btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#3f9e0c” txtcolor=”#ffffff” btnnewt=”1″ nofollow=”1″]The…
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Climate Tribune | December 2022
Climate Tribune | December 2022 Articles in the series “ICCCAD at COP27” by Saleemul Huq “Around the halls” by Nusrat Naushin “Global Shield” by SM Saify Iqbal “Under one platform” by Sarah Farheen Khan “Activism to action” by Shohail Bin Saifullah “Joining forces” by Sumaiya Binte Selim “Climate action funds” by Towrin Zaman Raya [one_half_last][btn…