As the terrible year 2020 ends and we look forward to a better 2021, I would like to share some thoughts and wish all my friends and colleagues a happy new year. I believe that the year 2020 will be remembered in future not only because of the COVID19 pandemic but also as the year when the planet entered the …
Saleemul Huq’s ranking is the highest for an environmental science researcher located in Bangladesh Saleemul Huq, the Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and professor at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has been ranked amongst the world’s top 2% scientists in the environmental sciences category. Huq has been positioned in the 1,324th position among 66,925 …
CREATING COMMON VISIONS: Building pathways to ‘zero-zero’ – a low-carbon, hunger-free Bangladesh Researchers and practitioners will assist stakeholders and decision-makers identify pathways to a low-carbon, hunger-free Bangladesh. A new project in Bangladesh has brought together environment and development researchers and practitioners from Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute, Oxfam Great Britain and Oxfam Bangladesh and the International Centre for Climate Change and Development …
In memory of Calestous Juma By- Dr. Saleemul Huq Calestous Juma was an outstanding Kenyan, African and Global scientist and intellectual. His passing away leaves a major hole in our world. He and I started our intellectual journeys in different continents, he in Kenya in Africa and I in Bangladesh in Asia, at around the same time, but with remarkable commonness …
Fiji and Poland launch Talanoa Dialogue at COP23 The 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended in Bonn, Germany, on Saturday morning, as negotiations ran overtime by a day. While the event was held in Germany, the official host of COP23 was in fact Fiji, and the President of the COP …
What to look forward to in COP23 I have just arrived in Bonn, Germany to attend the 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) being held here for the next two weeks. The annual COP takes place in November or December each year and is hosted by a country in a different …
While he was still running to become President, Trump Tweeted that climate change was a Chinese hoax. Then after he was elected there was speculation that he might change his mind. This became especially acute when his daughter Ivanka held a high profile meeting with former Vice President Al Gore in which Trump also dropped in. Then the Whitehouse held …
The principles of equity, justice and fairness are fundamental to understanding and addressing the challenges of global climate change. This is because the problem has been caused by the emissions of the rich countries for several centuries but will primarily impact the poorest people and poorest countries. Hence, when countries came together to discuss and agree to take actions under …
The journey is not an easy one but we can get there if the people, and the public and private sectors work together. The global develop- ment discourse is constantly evolving over time. Sometimes we use different terms to mean the same thing. The buzzwords “green growth” and “green development” are two such interchangeable terms that are currently trending in …
I recently took a group of international young researchers from a number of countries on a field visit from Dhaka to the south coast around Khulna to demonstrate to them how Bangladeshis have adapted over the centuries and more recent decades to changes in the ecosystems in which the people live. However, it came to light that adaptation was not …
