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Bangladesh reacts to US withdrawal from Paris climate accord
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A Climate Scientist Speaks Out Saleemul Huq – NHK World Direct Talk
The Bangladeshi scientist Dr. Saleemul Huq is a key advisor to the countries which are most vulnerable to global warming. He is uniquely qualified to warn how climate change is transforming the planet.
World's poorest seek to revive 'high ambition coalition' of Paris climate summit
in : Dr Saleemul Huq Media
(Originally published here) Talks on preserving a 100-strong 'high ambition' alliance that helped deliver the Paris climate deal last December are ongoing, according to a legal advisor for the world's poorest countries. The unlikely group saw the US, Canada and EU link arms with African, Pacific and smaller Asian states in the closing days of the UN summit, agreeing to …
Not Fully Lost and Damaged: How Loss and Damage Fared in the Paris Agreement
in : Blog, Dr Saleemul Huq Media
(Originally published here) The Paris Agreement coming out of the Conference of Parties (COP) 21 negotiations gave breakthrough recognition to loss and damage, sorting through thorny discussions and politically charged negotiating positions. These positions revolved around liability and compensation, which developing countries called for but developed countries were unwilling to have included in the Agreement. The UN Framework Convention on …
 In the Final Hours of the Climate Talks, a 1.5 Degrees C Target Is Still on the Table—but Is That a Good Thing?
in : Dr Saleemul Huq Media, News
(Originally published here) In exchange for including the ambitious target in the final text, developing nations are being pressured to never again mention "loss and damage." Entering the closing 48 hours of the global climate negotiations, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that "we will not leave the most vulnerable nations among us to quite literally …
Saleemul Huq: if climate talks were democratic, vulnerable countries 'would have won already'
(Originally published here) With many "climate-vulnerable" nations calling on the Paris climate summit (COP21) to adopt a global warming limit of 1.5℃ rather than 2℃, will these concerns be acted upon? And if not, how much help will they get to cope with the consequences? Matt McDonald: Your research has examined developing countries in the context of climate change – …
The Road to Paris: how can the world's most vulnerable countries be heard?
(Originally posted on the IIED website here) With a month to go until the start of COP21, Saleemul Huq provides an insight into the perspectives of the Least Developed Countries ahead of the Paris climate talks, as part of a new series of video interviews for IIED. Least Developed Countries must use their "strength of numbers" if they are to …
Loans or grants for climate finance?
in : Blog, Dr Saleemul Huq Media, News
(Article originally published here) As we approach the Paris climate summit in December the topic of climate finance is becoming more pressing. It was a major topic of the recent IMF meeting in Lima, Peru and will require the involvement of ministers of finance rather than environment to make decisions. The good news is that a political commitment of $100 …
Innovation in Climate Finance
in : Daily Star Article, Dr Saleemul Huq Media
(Article originally published on The Daily Star here) The recent Champion of the Earth award conferred upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was, significantly, a recognition of the struggle against climate change of the government and people of Bangladesh. Achim Steiner, the head of UNEP, in his citation mentioned both the Bangladesh Climate Change …
The Green Thread
(Article originally published here) On September 25, at the UN General Assembly in New York, government leaders will agree to "take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts" as they sign on to the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — setting the global-development agenda for the next 15 years. It is good to see that climate action and …
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