Halfway through its inaugural year, the Board for the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FLD) has started making strides. With two meetings underway and the next in the horizon, it is a good time to reflect on the Board’s progress so far what challenges lie ahead. The Inaugural Session for the First Board Meeting of the Fund for …
Event Report | South Asia Resilience Hub- COP28
This report is the comprehensive session discussion on the South Asia Regional Resilience Hub-2023. This publication has been compiled from the notes taken by the respective rapporteurs from the host organizations and volunteers of ICCCAD. The publication is a summary from the organizer’s point of view and does not necessarily express the views of each participant. Find Full Report Here Find …
In 2023 we’ve seen climate destruction in real time, yet rich countries are poised to do little at Cop28
As another big climate conference looms and global ‘loss and damage’ takes hold, we must keep pressure on the biggest emitters Prof Saleemul Huq died on 28 October, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was 71. This is his final piece of writing After recent historic floods and wildfires, the staggering toll of climate change is becoming increasingly evident. Yet despite these intensifying disasters, there …
The death of a climate justice pioneer
The editorial team at The Daily Star is shocked and deeply saddened by the death of eminent climate expert and scientist Dr Saleemul Huq OBE. He passed away earlier today due to massive cardiac arrest. Dr Huq was 71 years old and had been in hospital for treatment, as per our last email correspondence with him on October 11. As a leading global figure …
Event Report | Roundtable on Climate Change in the Build Up to the COP28 with the United Arab Emirates
This publication briefly includes the discussion from the Roundtable on Climate Change in the Build Up to the Conference of Parties (COP28)cwith the United Arab Emirates. This publication has been compiled from the notes taken by the respective rapporteurs. The publication is a summary from the organizer’s point of view and does not necessarily express the views of each participant. …
Online Short Certificate Course: In pursuit of Global Climate Change Negotiations: Follow COP without going to COP of the UNFCCC
This uniquely designed short course is only being offered at IUB. It is designed for individuals, who wish to follow the negotiation track of COP but cannot physically be present there. Participants will be able to follow individual issues/agendas of the COP negotiations in-depth not just to learn and comprehend the outcomes but also understand how non-negotiators, like many who …
In funding climate actions, we can be more creative
A simple $5 loss and damage aviation levy could be imposed on every passenger flying on any of the airlines under the jurisdiction of the UAE. There are only a hundred days left until the start of COP28 in Dubai, set to be held on November 30, and already the world has crossed the critical threshold into what I call …
Enter ‘global boiling’
July was the hottest month ever recorded on our planet. It marks a clear turning point from the previous era of talking about global warming as something that will happen in the future to recognising that it is happening already. This is evident all over the globe; from heat waves in North America and southern Europe, to floods in China …
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 …
COP28 must set up a new ‘Dubai Loss and Damage Fund’
The litmus test of success for the U.N. climate summit will be the creation of an urgently needed fund to help the most vulnerable people. Open letter to the incoming president of the COP28 U.N. climate summit Dear Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Let me thank you for inviting me to join the Advisory Committee for the COP28 Presidency, which will …
