Tag: Publications
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Just Transition for Bangladesh
Executive Summary In recent years, the just transition to a low carbon economy, supporting climate resilient development has become an issue of global concern for all the right reasons. The response measures to address climate change through switching to a cleaner energy mix and enhancing the adaptive capacity of society – businesses, workplaces and communities…
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Operationalization of the Santiago Network on Loss and Damage: Road to COP 27
The Santiago Network on Loss and Damage (SNLD) was established at COP25/CMA2, “as part of the Warsaw International Mechanism,…for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, to catalyse the technical assistance of relevant organizations, bodies, networks and experts, for the implementation of relevant approaches at the local,…
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Glasgow Dialogue needs to deliver on Loss and Damage Finance Facility
With a 1 degree increase in temperature above pre-industrial levels, climate change is already causing mayhem in different parts of the world. The term Loss and Damage (capitalised letters) refers to the political debate under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) following the establishment of the Warsaw Mechanism for Loss and Damage…
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Insights on land use, agriculture and food security in Bangladesh: way forward with climate change and development
An extensive review was undertaken of relevant peer-reviewed journal articles, international and national NGO reports, case studies, newspaper articles, factsheets, policy briefs and blogs relating to land use and land cover, agriculture and impacts of climate change in Bangladesh. Scientific studies and projections provide evidence to support the argument that the agricultural sector in Bangladesh…
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What does the IPCC Working Group II say about Bangladesh in its Sixth Assessment Report?
In March and April 2017 Bangladesh experienced drastic floods which affected 220,000 ha of nearly ready to be harvested summer paddy crop and resulted in almost a 30% year on year increase in paddy prices. An attribution study of those pre-monsoon extreme rainfall events in Bangladesh concluded that anthropogenic climate change doubled the likelihood of…
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CLIMATE-RESILIENT MIGRANT-FRIENDLY TOWNS: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
For the last few years, ever increasing climate change impacts resulting from the new normal of extreme events are becoming a rude fact of life around the world. The findings of the Working Group-1 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published in August 2021 again provides mortal warnings about the impending climate crisis.…
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Loss and damage case studies from the frontline: a resource to support practice and policy
Loss and damage is an urgent issue: the world’s least-resourced communities and countries are increasingly unable to adapt to or absorb worsening climate impacts. Greater international support is overdue, but the realities and costs of loss and damage remain poorly understood and information is not systematically shared. This resource presents 12 case studies from diverse…
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Climate Resilience Collective (CRC)- Mid Year Report
The Climate Resilience Collective(CRC) is a multi-partner initiative focused to promote; build leadership, and enhance the capacity of local youth. This report reflects back on the lessons learnt and activities/ interventions adopted by ICCCAD (for the period of January 2021-July 2021) under the pilot to foster meaningful and lasting community engagement. The report was prepared by Rukhsar Sultana…
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Inside Out COPs: Turning Climate Negotiations Upside Down
By now it is known that COP25, the latest UNFCCC conference of the parties (COP) and the longest in history, could not achieve its intended outcomes, as negotiators failed to agree on the core issues, thus pushing further away the implementation of the Paris Agreement. COPs that overrun, since it is now a standard practice…
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The intractability of loss and damage issues in climate negotiations
The impacts of human-induced climate change are manifested through losses and damages incurred due to the increasing frequency and intensity of climatic disasters all over the world. Low-income countries who have contributed the least in causing climate change, and have low financial capability, are the worst victims of this. However, since the inception of the…
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Interactions between two existential threats: COVID-19 and climate change
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change are complex existential threats, unpredictable in many ways and unprecedented in modern times. There are parallels between the scale and scope of their impacts and responses. Understanding shared drivers, coupled vulnerabilities, and criteria for effective responses will help societies worldwide prepare for the simultaneous threats of climate change…
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Climate change adaptation as a global public good: implications for financing
Abstract Beginning as an afterthought in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, adaptation as an agenda has come a long way since 1992. With no ambitious mitigation, recent years have witnessed an increasing frequency of extreme climate events, including cross-border or borderless climate risks. Accordingly, the Paris Agreement frames adaptation as a global goal…