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  • June 5, 2020 Draft:Voices from the Frontline
  • June 5, 2020 Lockdown slum style
  • July 23, 2018 Why we need to transition to a circular economy
  • May 22, 2018 Look to the horizon
  • May 16, 2018 Fixing the rules for climate change action from Fiji to Poland
  • May 13, 2018 The Rohingya influx has put a critical impact on the forest land
  • May 13, 2018 Dhaka’s climate refugees a warning
  • May 9, 2018 The battle over terminology: Adaptation vs resilience
  • May 3, 2018 Time to make polluters pay for climate change
  • April 25, 2018 Building national capacity to tackle climate change
  • April 22, 2018 THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE
  • April 21, 2018 Dr. Saleemul Huq handing over award to Hugh Brammer
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Why we need to transition to a circular economy

By ICCCAD
July 23, 2018
in :  Climate Tribune, Dhaka Tribune Articles
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At the heart of the Paris Agreement lies mitigation — the seemingly insurmountable task of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions to curtail the consequences of climate change. According to various studies, 65% of greenhouse gas emissions comes from fossil fuels combustion, 24% from industrial activities among which up to 67% is estimated to come from management of materials activities. Since …

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Look to the horizon

By ICCCAD
May 22, 2018
in :  Dhaka Tribune Articles, Dr Saleemul Huq Media
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What’s the difference between development and climate change adaptation projects? As the Green Climate Fund (GCF) attempts to ramp up its funding for adaptation projects, the UN fund continues to face a major challenge: how to differentiate a development project and a climate change adaptation project. Already two projects – one from Bangladesh and the other from Ethiopia – have …

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THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE

By ICCCAD
April 22, 2018
in :  Climate Tribune
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THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE Last month the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) at IUB held the first ever Climate, Culture and Art Symposium 2018. The event aimed to help young people understand climate change from a cultural and arts perspective. This involved both thinking about how climate change impacts different cultural traditions and norms in Bangladesh, …

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COP23 and Historical Responsibility in Climate Finance

By ICCCAD
December 18, 2017
in :  Climate Tribune
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It was noted that rich countries have not yet delivered the promised $100bn per year in climate finance by 2020 agreed in 2009 at Copenhagen COP23, the second “conference of the parties” since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, was held under the presidency of the small, developing island state of Fiji. The Parties opted to continue to negotiate the …

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CBA conference in Uganda shows the way

By ICCCAD
July 13, 2017
in :  CBA, Dhaka Tribune Articles, Dr Saleemul Huq Media
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  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, …

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The world’s newest development bank won’t fund coal

By ICCCAD
June 23, 2017
in :  Dhaka Tribune Articles
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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 …

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An open letter from Bangladesh to the American people

By ICCCAD
April 5, 2017
in :  Dhaka Tribune Articles
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With Trump turning his back on climate change, the US can turn to Bangladesh to adapt: Dear friends in the United States of America, I am a researcher in Bangladesh working on adaptation to the adverse impacts of climate change, especially on the poorest and most vulnerable countries and communities. In light of the recent executive order signed by President …

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As the climate changes, will Bangladesh change too?

By ICCCAD
March 14, 2017
in :  Dhaka Tribune Articles
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As the climate changes, Bangladesh is also changing. This is most obvious in terms of biophysical changes — stronger hurricanes, harder rainfall and more salinity — but it is also affecting the government’s budget, institutional systems, and the way it manages its finances. The question is as climate change accelerates, can Bangladesh change fast enough? There are many changes from …

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Effective climate adaptation requires effective financing

By ICCCAD
March 14, 2017
in :  Dhaka Tribune Articles
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The world has been struggling against three “V”s or vulnerabilities to climate change, corruption and conflicts (four “C”s). However, before exhausting hope at the end of the tunnel, the world community have stood up and built the broad based global architecture in 2015 to protect the planet earth and its inhabitants. With the alarming progression of the climate risks, the …

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Can we count on the GCF?

By ICCCAD
December 21, 2016
in :  Dhaka Tribune Articles
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Assessing the GCF’s performance on funding adaptation for the most vulnerable countries By the end of this year, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) — the main international fund designated to help countries address climate change — will have been active for six years. At this point, it would be a good time to reflect back and evaluate the progress of …

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