Tag: Visiting Researchers
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The value in stepping outside your comfort zone: a journey to discovery at the ICCCAD in Dhaka
One of our Visiting Researcher Nadine Suliman share her Experience on Global Development Institute Blog. The value in stepping outside your comfort zone: a journey to discovery at the ICCCAD in Dhaka By-Nadine Suliman The Global Development Institute- International Centre for Climate Change and Development internship programme that was established by Dr Joanne Jordan. If I…
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Loss and Damage in Khulna: A First Glance
I thought the field trip would be nice escape from my routine in Dhaka but I never imagined it would become an inspiration to my work on loss and damage. More often than not, loss and damage is perceived as a calculation of monetary impacts following an extreme event, and more controversially as a method…
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Understanding resilience at the local level
During our journey back on a ferry to Dhaka from Bagerhaat, I kept thinking about the unending resiliency of our people to adapt with the nature’s fury that often disrupts their lives. I also learned a critical lesson from Dr. Huq. That people, above all, are at the core of development in Bangladesh. Our field…
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Strong women and a floating bed
Traveling with ICCCAD in rural Bangladesh visiting flood prone communities was an insightful and inspiring experience to a visiting researcher like myself. Although Dhaka has its own crazy charm, coming out of the city always makes one realize what a beautiful country Bangladesh is. Intensely green, with colorful saris hanging out to dry. During our…
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Index-based Insurance Workshop
Since this summer ICCCAD partnered with WorldFish to identify and facilitate the diffusion of knowledge and best practices on index insurance in Bangladesh. Index insurance is a means of risk transfer that allows weather related risks to be insured. Weather index insurance is based on a pre-defined weather event which when triggered ensures automatic payout to…
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Alice Baillat at the Resilience Academy 2013
I had the chance to attend the first Resilience Academy the BRAC CDM centre in Savar and it was an unforgettable experience. All the participants came from different places in the world, with different backgrounds, different experiences and different approaches of what resilience means in the context of climate change. This diversity made the group very vibrant…
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New Developments on Loss & Damage
On June 12, 2013, ICCCAD in collaboration with Germanwatch held a workshop to disseminate research findings from the Loss and Damage in Bangladesh project. Titled ‘Loss and Damage in Bangladesh: A review of Challenges and Opportunities from Climbing a learning Curve to Understand Loss and Damage at the National level’, the workshop took place at…