The First Step in Operationalizing Loss and Damage Finance: Reflections on the Transitional Committee Process
As the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) commences tomorrow, expectations are soaring, especially regar…
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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 vulnerabi…
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Climate Tribune | October 2023
Climate Tribune | October 2023 Articles in the series FOREWORD ADAPTATION VULNERABILITY IN…
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Opinion: Effective climate adaptation must be locally-led
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Sixth Assessment Report, released i…
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Eight ways Asia is using nature to adapt to the climate crisis
The Asia-Pacific region is no stranger to climate change. In just the last few months, it …
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Climate-induced Displacement: Loss and Damage in Bangladesh
As climate change exacerbates displacement and loss in Bangladesh, Saleemul Huq and Lutfor…
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Pay attention to what poor communities want and need
Though agriculture has helped to reduce poverty in Bangladesh, families who depend on small-scale farming still struggle economically. The climate crisis is exacerbating their problems, and they are the least able to adapt.When Bangladesh became independent in 1971, it was an agrarian country with low incomes on…
Accounting for Non Economic Loss & Damage changes perspective of L&D as a whole
Adverse impacts induced by climate change is already occurring and manifesting in the form of losses and damages which are e…
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A Small Town Copes With Big Disaster: What Can We Learn from Mongla in Bangladesh?
Mongla in Bangladesh is facing adverse climate change impacts. What can we learn from the town’s efforts to minimise the imp…
Movement mourns ‘driving force for climate justice’ Saleemul Huq
Bangladeshi scientist and campaigner Saleemul Huq attended every UN climate summit and championed the cause of developing co…
Climate change, beyond the politicians
In Bangladesh and elsewhere, people are devoted to tackling climate change – regardless of what world leaders do this week
I have been working on climate change for many years, first as a researcher in my native Bangladesh and later as head of the…
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 emitte…
‘A titan of the climate movement’: tributes pour in for Saleemul Huq
Huq, ‘a visionary and climate champion’, who was named one of the top 10 scientists in the world by Nature last year, has died at 71
Tributes have poured in from around for world for the renowned Bangladeshi scientist Prof Saleemul Huq, who died on 29 Octob…
Saleemul Huq was and will remain one of our strongest voices for the climate
The fight against climate change is difficult even at the best of times. But this week began with the loss of one of the for…
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 …
Tribute To Prof Saleemul Huq: A towering scholar of exceptional brilliance
The fact that he was one of the leading global experts on climate change and an integral part of nearly every international…
Professor Saleemul Huq OBE (1952-2023) | a Book of Remembrance by IIED
Originally this article was published on 29 October 2023 at IIED . Professor Saleemul Huq was an environmental and climate c…
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