People in developing countries have been bearing the brunt of climate change for decades. But it has taken wildfires in Greece, flooding in Germany and Belgium and a heatwave and hurricanes in the US for the rich world to really sit up and take notice. The challenge now is ensuring that world leaders listen to what is being said in low-income countries and for wealthier countries to …

  Bangladeshi scientist Prof Saleemul Huq has made it to the coveted list of global climate change influencers. Prof Huq is the director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) at Independent University, Bangladesh. He has, in fact, been ranked fourth among the world’s top 20 ‘Climate Change Influencers’ by UK-based online marketing platform Onalytica. In its …

He is an expert on climate change in the most vulnerable developing countries and has written several papers on the matter International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Director Prof Saleemul Huq has been ranked 4th among the top 20 climate change influencers in the world. The rankings were published in a recent report titled “Environmental Sustainability: A Study …

Losses are growing in rich as well as poor countries – and it’s time to have an effective system to deal with them The adverse impacts from human-induced climate change are known as “loss and damage” – and how to tackle this issue has been a politically contentious issue in the United Nations climate negotiations for years. But loss and …

Three teams will be awarded with a $5000 grant. The award is a joint effort from Climate Justice Resilience Fund (CJRF), Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), and International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD). We are excited to announce the winners of the catalytic grants promoted at the 15th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA15) in June. The winning teams …

As extreme weather worsens, what can Germany and other disaster-hit countries learn from well-prepared at-risk nations like Bangladesh? Sitting in Dhaka, Bangladesh I have been glued to my TV watching the heart-rending loss of so many lives and so much property due to the horrendous flash floods in Germany over the last few days. My heart goes out to all …

The UK official running the UN summit says rich nations must fulfill an unmet promise to provide $100 billion a year if they are to retain their credibility in negotiations Back in 2009, at the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, rich countries first set a goal of channelling $100 billion in public and private finance each year to help …

The development gains and hard-earned productivity of Bangladesh are at risk of being inverted if the 1.5 degree Celsius limit of the Paris Agreement is breached. To that end, it remains imperative to equip vulnerable communities, key sectors and the government with vital instruments to bring about resilience and stability for all. At the end of last year, Bangladesh’s Prime …

A group of world-leading climate scientists are calling on global leaders to factor in the economic, environmental and humanitarian costs of failing to keep global warming below 1.5˚C this century, in a move led by experts from UCL, the University of Exeter and the ICCCAD. As the leaders of seven of the world’s wealthiest nations meet in Cornwall for the …