Report on ICCCAD’s Learning Hub Event (LHE) about “International Trend of Renewable Energy: Focusing on the Cases of South Asia and Bangladesh” held in January 2019. Example fallback content: This browser does not support PDFs. Please download the PDF to view it: Download PDF.
International Trend of Renewable Energy: Focusing on the Cases of South Asia and Bangladesh
LHE Title: International Trend of Renewable Energy: Focusing on the Cases of South Asia and Bangladesh Date & Time: February 24, 2019 Organizers: International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Venue: Planning Commission, Sher- E- Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh Chair: Md. Khalilur Rahman Khan, Chief, Programming Division, Planning Commission Moderator: Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director, ICCCAD Senior Fellow, IIED Special …
International Trend of Renewable Energy: Focusing on the Cases of South Asia and Bangladesh
LHE Title: International Trend of Renewable Energy: Focusing on the Cases of South Asia and Bangladesh Date & Time: February 24, 2019 Organizers: International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Venue: Planning Commission, Sher- E- Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh Chair: Md. Khalilur Rahman Khan, Chief, Programming Division, Planning Commission Moderator: Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director, ICCCAD Senior Fellow, IIED Special …
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