Tag: cop28
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Event Report | South Asia Resilience Hub- COP28
This report is the comprehensive session discussion on the South Asia Regional Resilience Hub-2023. This publication has been compiled from the notes taken by the respective rapporteurs from the host organizations and volunteers of ICCCAD. The publication is a summary from the organizer’s point of view and does not necessarily express the views of each participant.…
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In 2023 we’ve seen climate destruction in real time, yet rich countries are poised to do little at Cop28
As another big climate conference looms and global ‘loss and damage’ takes hold, we must keep pressure on the biggest emitters Prof Saleemul Huq died on 28 October, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was 71. This is his final piece of writing [quotes quotes_style=”bquotes” quotes_pos=”center”]Prof Saleemul Huq OBE and I wrote and submitted this article before…
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The death of a climate justice pioneer
The editorial team at The Daily Star is shocked and deeply saddened by the death of eminent climate expert and scientist Dr Saleemul Huq OBE. He passed away earlier today due to massive cardiac arrest. Dr Huq was 71 years old and had been in hospital for treatment, as per our last email correspondence with him on October 11.…
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Event Report | Roundtable on Climate Change in the Build Up to the COP28 with the United Arab Emirates
This publication briefly includes the discussion from the Roundtable on Climate Change in the Build Up to the Conference of Parties (COP28)cwith the United Arab Emirates. This publication has been compiled from the notes taken by the respective rapporteurs. The publication is a summary from the organizer’s point of view and does not necessarily express…
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Online Short Certificate Course: In pursuit of Global Climate Change Negotiations: Follow COP without going to COP of the UNFCCC
This uniquely designed short course is only being offered at IUB. It is designed for individuals, who wish to follow the negotiation track of COP but cannot physically be present there. Participants will be able to follow individual issues/agendas of the COP negotiations in-depth not just to learn and comprehend the outcomes but also understand…
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In funding climate actions, we can be more creative
A simple $5 loss and damage aviation levy could be imposed on every passenger flying on any of the airlines under the jurisdiction of the UAE. There are only a hundred days left until the start of COP28 in Dubai, set to be held on November 30, and already the world has crossed the critical…
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Enter ‘global boiling’
July was the hottest month ever recorded on our planet. It marks a clear turning point from the previous era of talking about global warming as something that will happen in the future to recognising that it is happening already. This is evident all over the globe; from heat waves in North America and southern…
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Understanding the game of COP
Almost everyone who keeps an eye on climate change policy at the global level is by now familiar with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its annual Conference of Parties (COP), which are held every November or December and on a different continent each year. This year’s COP28 will be hosted…
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COP28 must set up a new ‘Dubai Loss and Damage Fund’
The litmus test of success for the U.N. climate summit will be the creation of an urgently needed fund to help the most vulnerable people. Open letter to the incoming president of the COP28 U.N. climate summit Dear Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Let me thank you for inviting me to join the Advisory Committee for…
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Role of MPs in tackling climate change
I had an opportunity to address a meeting of Bangladeshi parliamentarians, under the leadership of Speaker of the House Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, organised by the UNDP, on the outcome of COP27 and the role of parliamentarians going forward. Let me share some of my remarks to the parliamentarians and also some of the outcomes…
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International Women’s Day: “The urgency demands phenomenal leadership which women repeatedly demonstrate”
UN Climate Change High-Level Champions for COP27 and COP28, H.E Ms Razan Al Mubarak and Dr Mahmoud Mohieldin, along with our Global Ambassadors, explain why women’s equal participation and leadership in political and public life are key to accelerating the race to a net zero and resilient world. H.E Ms Razan Al Mubarak, President of the…
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Everything you need to know about the Loss and Damage Fund
The series of extreme weather events in 2022 fuelled by climate change that devastated lives and livelihoods of millions – from the floods in Pakistan and China to droughts in Somalia, Ethiopia, Brazil, and Europe – set a clarion call for the long-awaited climate finance, also known as loss and damage finance. After years of…