Webinar on COP26 and UK-Bangladesh Collaboration to Tackle Climate Change
MoU Signing Ceremony between ICCCAD and Foreign Services Academy
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Signing between Foreign Service Academy (FSA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh And International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Independent University, Bangladesh The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Foreign Service Academy (FSA) and International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) took place on 25th …
Capacity building for implementation of nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement
The majority of developing countries have indicated capacity building as a condition for implementing their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. This is in the context of shortfalls in past initiatives on capacity building under different bilateral and multilateral agencies including bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which can be largely attributed to …
Building capacity to implement the Paris Agreement
The Asia-Pacific Climate Week was held at the UN Conference Centre, Bangkok from September 2 to 6, 2019. The objective was to have a regional dialogue on how to rachet up ambition in mitigation and speed up adaptation actions. This event has also been held in some other regions. It covered a whole range of issues including adaptation, mitigation, loss …
Capacity-building Knowledge to Action Day – Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW)
Objectives The PCCB, NAP Global Network, NDC Partnership, SEI, ICCCAD, LUCCC, UNESCAP, UN Environment, and the UNFCCC secretariat are organizing a full day workshop during the Asia-Pacific Climate Week. This workshop will provide a space where universities and research institutions will have the opportunity to exchange views and experiences on addressing capacity-building gaps and needs, with relevant stakeholders involved in …
‘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 realized, mainly: Identifying, planning and …
Role of Capacity Building in Enhancing Climate Finance Governance and Transparency: Experiences from Bangladesh
Objectives: Share innovative approaches to capacity building employed by the CFTM project to promote the levels of governance and transparency of climate finance in Bangladesh Promote cross-country learning on best practices Speakers: Saleemul Huq, Director, ICCCAD Atiq Rahman, Executive Director, BCAS Ainun Nishat, Professor Emeritus, BRAC University Climate Finance Transparency Mechanism (CFTM) is an issue-based project (IBP) initiated in …
Saleemul Huq update from COP24 : Capacity building
Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), and senior fellow of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), gives his views on capacity building at COP24 in Katowice, Poland. He discusses its place in the Paris Agreement, why it’s important, what’s being done on the issue, and what progress can be expected at …
