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  • GOBESHONA: CULTIVATING ‘SOUTH-SOUTH’ PEER-TO-PEER EXCHANGE TO BUILD ADAPTIVE CAPACITY

    Promoting an abundance of expertise and research on climate change adaptation in Bangladesh, the Gobeshona Conference, held in Dhaka in January 2018, was a prototype for South-South, peer-to-peer capacity building and knowledge exchange.  11 January 2018: A familiar narrative is that developing countries, which are most vulnerable to the first and worst impacts of climate change,…

  • Bangladesh as a Weak Power Climate Leader -Dr. Alice Baillat

    Keynote speech of  Dr. Alice Baillat at 4th Gobeshona Conference, 8 January 2018 Have you ever asked yourself why weaker parties continue to negotiate with stronger parties in multilateral negotiations while they are a priori certain to lose? How a country like Bangladesh can expect to get something from climate negotiations when, around the same…