Tag: Saleemul Huq Media
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Four lessons from the UK-Bangladesh Climate Partnership Forum – and four actions needed by policy-makers
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The highway to zero carbon is marked by high profile milestones, strung out like market towns on the Grand Trunk Road. COP26 in Glasgow is one such. But lying between the market towns are the lay-bys and wayside inns where people meet, conversations are held, networks are formed, and deals are struck. They are intrinsic…
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Locally led adaption to climate change: the start of a 10-year learning journey
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in BlogIn early 2021, a fast-growing group of experts will meet in Gobeshona to define a 10-year learning agenda to advance principles for critical locally led adaption to climate change. Saleemul Huq and Clare Shakya explain the importance of this group and the journey ahead. Collectively, the world has failed to respond to the triple crises…
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How Climate Change Is Worsening Food Insecurity
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COVID-19 is “a harbinger” of what the climate crisis will bring. [quotes quotes_style=”bpull” quotes_pos=”center”](The virus) hits us in a matter of days and months. Hopefully, it’ll be over in a year or two, if everything goes well with the vaccine – but the climate change problem is going to linger for much, much longer[/quotes] –Prof…
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Bangladeshi professor among top 2% environmental scientists in the world
Saleemul Huq’s ranking is the highest for an environmental science researcher located in Bangladesh Saleemul Huq, the Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and professor at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has been ranked amongst the world’s top 2% scientists in the environmental sciences category. Huq has been positioned in…
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Opinion: Where we stand five years after the Paris Agreement
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Five years after the 2015 Paris Agreement was negotiated into existence, climate scientist Saleemul Huq says we are living in a climate-changed world. Five years on, the United Kingdom — as the incoming president of COP26 to be held in November 2021— has convened a Climate Ambition Summit. To be held on the fifth anniversary…
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A partnership of equals
Bangladesh and the UK can join forces to do a lot of good, including addressing the global problems of poverty and climate change The United Kingdom and Bangladesh have a very long and cordial relationship as members of the Commonwealth, as well as of the United Nations. Bangladesh has also benefited from the overseas development…
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Climate Adaptations Talks – Episode 1: Professor Saleemul Huq
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The European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) hosted a podcast series “Climate Adaptation Talk”, in their first episode they are talks to Prof. Saleemul Huq. In this podcast series, which features episodes in English and French, we want to explore the strategies that different countries are using to adapt to an increasingly volatile climate.…
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On how vulnerable Communities in cities in developing countries need to be involved in tackling both COVID19 as well as Climate Change adaptation
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Prof Saleemul Huq’s vlog no 1: On how vulnerable Communities in cities in developing countries need to be involved in tackling both COVID19 as well as Climate Change adaptation Check out the blog of Prof Saleemul Huq and Sheela Patel : Transitioning to a better global ‘new normal’
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Transitioning to a better global ‘new normal’
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COVID-19 has changed our world. To mark Earth Day 2020, and the global call to act on climate change, we ask: what lessons can we apply from the pandemic response to help tackle other global crises, including the climate emergency? Both Sheela and I have collaborated with others for many years on how to support…