The traditional North-South paradigm of technology transfer ignores the increasing importance of developing countries as sources of appropriate climate-friendly technologies The expressions of `knowledge’ or `technology transfer’ has traditionally evoked in us a unidirectional trajectory – from advanced, developed to developing countries, which are popularly called the `Global North’ and `Global South.’ This pathway has been drawn since the colonial …

The longest ever COP in the history closed in Madrid with disappointment as expressed by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres. As many issues remain unresolved despite major fights by civil society and rights group. However, the frustrating climate talks could produce a key breakthrough and rare success story at this year’s COP was the decision on a new five-year gender …

Leaders from developing and developed countries are converging on New York for the UN Climate Action Summit next week (September 23). The purpose is to declare the concrete steps they are taking to lower their carbon emissions so they can meet the targets agreed at the 2015 UN climate summit in Paris. One element to make it possible for the …

Finding solutions to the global problem of climate change Last week, Bangladesh hosted a major global climate change meeting in Dhaka, hosted by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with Ban Ki-moon, former secretary general of the United Nations, Chief Executive Kristalina Georgieva from the World Bank, and President Heine of the Marshall Islands present. The visiting dignitaries all praised the role …

“These people mostly take shelter in Dhaka, which is currently in no position to absorb 10 million more people” The government’s vision of turning Bangladesh into a climate resilient country by 2030 would be hard to achieve as climate migrants would affect the procedure, said environmental experts at a press briefing yesterday. ActionAid and ICCCAD organized the conference titled National …

The academy will be hosted at the Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB) The Bangladesh Academy for Climate Services (BACS) has been launched. Environmental experts launched BACS at the conference room of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) in Dhaka on Sunday. Speaking at the event, Director of International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Dr Saleemul Haque said, they decided …

  Photo:Abu Siddique At CBA11 in Uganda, there were a number of participants from Bangladesh including from BRAC, Transparency International Bangladesh, and Practical Action The series of international conferences on community based adaptation (CBA) was started in Bangladesh over a decade ago with the first few conferences held in Bangladesh and then they started being held in different countries including Tanzania, …

Bangladesh should take note The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB,) the world’s newest development bank, held its Annual Meeting in South Korea earlier this week and agreed on a new energy strategy. Leadership at the bank also issued statements noting they would not be investing in coal. AIIB’s Vice President Thierry de Longuemar also confirmed that the bank won’t finance …

Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director, ICCCAD spoke to the fastest growing English daily in Bangladesh, Dhaka Tribune about the status of climate change research in Bangladesh, the reasons behind it and the way forward. The conversation was focused on the Gobeshona platform and the upcoming Gobeshona conference. The full interview can be accessed in the link provided below: Dr. Saleemul Huq’s Interview …