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The case for a values-based understanding of loss and damage

By ICCCAD
3 weeks ago
in :  Blog, VR blog
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  The loss and damage conversation largely centres around the economics of climate impacts. Losses and damages which are difficult to value on a monetary scale are termed ‘non-economic losses and damages’, often left out of the equation, and often misunderstood. Moreover, there is a limited appreciation of the connections between what is deemed economic and non-economic. This all leads …

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Centring human rights, choice and agency in forced climate displacement policy design in Bangladesh

By ICCCAD
June 20, 2022
in :  Blog, VR blog
1,526

Despite promising steps taken at COP26 in Glasgow last November, the world is off track to close the gap to limit global temperatures to 1.5°C. There is a growing consensus that a failure to do this is not only an environmental issue, but a human rights issue too, and has been officially recognised as such (UN Human Rights Council Resolution …

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Local Climate Adapters network

By ICCCAD
August 17, 2021
in :  Blog, VR blog
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LOCAL CLIMATE ADAPTORS: As of July 2021, the world has already entered the era of human-induced climate change, which is causing adverse impacts around the world in both poor as well as rich countries.  Tragically, many people are losing their lives and livelihoods from these extreme events, which include heat waves, wildfires, floods, cyclones and droughts.  At the same time, …

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Turning Challenge into Opportunity: The Upcoming Bangladeshi Climate Migration Crisis

By ICCCAD
July 30, 2019
in :  Blog, VR blog
36

Last month, I had the chance to stay in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. I could clearly witness the demographic boom happening in an already land and resource scarce overpopulated city. Having worked there for a local research centre, the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), and having experienced local living conditions, I was able to witness the …

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ENACTS Climate Data Initiative Officially Launches in Bangladesh

By ICCCAD
July 11, 2019
in :  Blog, Events, Training/Workshop, VR blog
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The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society have launched a new data service that provides national users short-term climate and weather forecast information for decision making. The Enhancing National Climate Services (ENACTS) initiative helps countries overcome significant gaps in their historical climate records by an innovative combination of satellite observations and local ground …

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Researching Bangladesh’s Nationally Determined Contribution

By ICCCAD
April 19, 2019
in :  Visiting Researchers, VR blog
2,655

Rebecca Eldon one of our Visiting Researchers shares her story. Researching Bangladesh’s Nationally Determined Contribution Since my first visit to Bangladesh, the country has stood out to me as one of the most unique places in the world. There is incredible beauty, seen both in the population’s love for art and culture, and in the deeply rooted kindness and hospitality …

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Students Play Central Role in First Columbia World Project

By ICCCAD
March 6, 2019
in :  Visiting Researchers, VR blog
1,705

“I will never forget those voices and those faces sitting in front of me,” Sarah Johnson, a student at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), said over coffee at a campus café recently, as she described a meeting she had with a group of elderly rice farmers in the Charlands of western Bangladesh this past summer. Johnson made the trip …

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Exploring the association of mortality and weather in rural Bangladesh

By ICCCAD
June 24, 2018
in :  Blog, VR blog
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Sarah Moody one of our Visiting Researchers shares her story. In 2017 I began a bachelors of science in Global Health at Imperial College London, this was my first academic venture into the wider determinants of health.  At Imperial I was introduced to the impacts of climate change on health in some initial lectures.  These sparked my interest, so that when it …

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Understanding the Demands for Climate Services of Coastal Farming Communities of Bangladesh

By ICCCAD
January 28, 2018
in :  Visiting Researchers, VR blog
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Saleh Ahmed one of our Visiting Researchers shares his Experience. Understanding the Demands for Climate Services in Coastal Farming Communities of Bangladesh By-Saleh Ahmed Anomalies in weather and climate patterns are increasingly evident in many parts of the world, and the people of Bangladesh are experiencing those first hand. While the entire country is exposed to various climate stresses, the densely …

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Seeking Justice for the Slum Dwellers of Dhaka

By ICCCAD
September 21, 2017
in :  Visiting Researchers, VR blog
3,925

Robert Irven one of our Visiting Researchers shares his story. Seeking Justice for the Slum Dwellers of Dhaka When I first decided to pursue topics of environmental migration, climate justice and urbanization in Dhaka, Bangladesh for my Masters of International Development at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, I had no idea how much such an endeavor would shape and change my life. …

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