Climate Tribune | December 2023 Articles in the series ‘Loss and damage talk around the halls at COP28’ by Nusrat Naushin and Chowdhury Abrar Zahin ‘Reflections on GGA from COP28’ by Savio Rousseau Rozario ‘The unaccomplished agenda of climate finance at COP28 in Dubai’ by Afsara Binte Mirza and Towrin Zaman Raya ‘Beyond Borders: An Indigenous Youth’s Reflection on COP28’ by Shimi …
Strengthening Loss and Damage Narrative: Building cohesive voices with policymakers and civil society in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has been striving for years to shift its narrative from being climate vulnerability to resilience. Over the years, it has managed to build itself as one of the climate-resilient countries, despite the geographical vulnerability, through building efficient early warning systems, community-led disaster management, and women’s leadership in resilience efforts. However, communities in Bangladesh continue to face existential crisis due …
Understanding the game of COP
Almost everyone who keeps an eye on climate change policy at the global level is by now familiar with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its annual Conference of Parties (COP), which are held every November or December and on a different continent each year. This year’s COP28 will be hosted by Dubai in December. During …
Beyond resilience, we need to prosper in the face of climate change
Last week, I wrote in this daily about the need for Bangladesh to take a “whole of society” approach to international diplomacy on tackling climate change globally, rather than depending on the annual Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which meets only once a year for two weeks. Climate change is now …
OPINION: We must discuss the Paris Agreement every day – not just once a year at COP
As the pandemic again threatens the annual UN climate summit, known as the COP, it’s time to push on with a fresh approach that uses all opportunities for climate action The British government, as the host of the COP26 U.N. climate conference that was originally planned for November 2020, decided to postpone it a year due to the COVID 19 …
Inaugural Lecture by Professor Saleemul Huq
You are cordially invited to the Inaugural Lecture by Professor Saleemul Huq on: The role of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and plans for the 26th annual Conference of Parties (COP26) Due to a limited number of places, we kindly …
Preparing for COP25
Climate change affects the least developed countries the most The nearly 200 countries that have ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meet every December at the annual Conference of Parties (COP) to review progress and decide new actions. The COP moves from continent to continent each year with last year (COP24), being Eastern Europe’s turn, the …
Negotiating a new climate treaty
(This article has been originally published on The Daily Star, available here) The 20th Conference of Parties (COP20) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended in Lima, Peru almost 36 hours after the official closing with the adoption of the ” Lima Call for Climate Action”. This sets up the final round of detailed negotiations leading …
