Bangladesh is planning to adapt to the adverse impacts of human-induced climate change and aiming to become a resilient country by 2030, as both the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change goals are supposed to be achieved by that year. At the same time, we are looking forward to graduating out of the Least Developed …
This virtual roundtable discussion was organized as part of the Capacity-building Momentum to Recover Better event series under the PCCB Network. It aimed to shine a light on the enormous surge of support for activities underway across the globe that are moving the world toward a highly resilient, low-carbon future. The event included discussions on: Providing an overview of the …
International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) is going to organize Webinar on Capacity Building to address Climate Change in Bangladesh . Date: 06 August 2020 (Thursday) Time: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Bangladesh Time (GMT/UTC +6) The importance of capacity building to address climate change cannot be overstated. Globally, about 70% of developing country NDCs and 83% of …
International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) is going to organize Webinar on COP26 and UK-Bangladesh Collaboration to Tackle Climate Change . Date: Thursday, 18 June 2020 Time: 04:00 pm – 06:00 pm Bangladesh Time (GMT/UTC +6) The webinar will be a conversation with Dr. Saleemul Huq and several distinguished experts to know the latest development of COP26, exploring gender …
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Signing between Foreign Service Academy (FSA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh And International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Independent University, Bangladesh The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Foreign Service Academy (FSA) and International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) took place on 25th …
The majority of developing countries have indicated capacity building as a condition for implementing their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. This is in the context of shortfalls in past initiatives on capacity building under different bilateral and multilateral agencies including bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which can be largely attributed to …
The Asia-Pacific Climate Week was held at the UN Conference Centre, Bangkok from September 2 to 6, 2019. The objective was to have a regional dialogue on how to rachet up ambition in mitigation and speed up adaptation actions. This event has also been held in some other regions. It covered a whole range of issues including adaptation, mitigation, loss …
Objectives The PCCB, NAP Global Network, NDC Partnership, SEI, ICCCAD, LUCCC, UNESCAP, UN Environment, and the UNFCCC secretariat are organizing a full day workshop during the Asia-Pacific Climate Week. This workshop will provide a space where universities and research institutions will have the opportunity to exchange views and experiences on addressing capacity-building gaps and needs, with relevant stakeholders involved in …
A cornerstone of the Paris climate agreement The recently concluded COP 24, in Katowice, ended with the member states parties’ adoption of the rulebook for the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement at the national level. To accelerate the efforts for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and climate change adaptation several key factors need to be realized, mainly: Identifying, planning and …
Objectives: Share innovative approaches to capacity building employed by the CFTM project to promote the levels of governance and transparency of climate finance in Bangladesh Promote cross-country learning on best practices Speakers: Saleemul Huq, Director, ICCCAD Atiq Rahman, Executive Director, BCAS Ainun Nishat, Professor Emeritus, BRAC University Climate Finance Transparency Mechanism (CFTM) is an issue-based project (IBP) initiated in …
