Saleemul Huq

POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Dr Saleemul Huq (1952-2023) was director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and professor at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).

The Climate Action Summit in New York has failed to deliver

The world leaders who are responsible for emitting most of the greenhouse gases are not willing to take the requisite actions at the scale and pace that is required.

1y ago

We are not on track for 2030 climate targets

We are at the halfway point of this time frame; if we review the current situation, the progress is not good.

1y ago

Macron’s support for an ‘adaptation pact’ with Bangladesh

Macron first told us that he had had a one-on-one conversation with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina already in which he’d offered assistance from France to Bangladesh to work on an energy transition partnership.

1y ago

What Asia can do to fight climate change 

As far as climate change is concerned, the Asia Pacific is highly significant.

1y ago

Scale up climate change adaptation as soon as possible

While Bangladesh has been doing quite well in adapting to climate change, there is still a long way to go with not much time to waste. Serious actions need to be taken urgently to boost the country’s resilience.

1y ago

In funding climate actions, we can be more creative

Leaders who attend COP28 will have to rise to the occasion with the sense of urgency that the climate change crisis requires today.

1y ago

What our new climate envoy can do for Bangladesh

Last month the PM Sheikh Hasina appointed Saber Hossain Chowdhury, member of parliament, as her climate envoy.

1y ago

Enter ‘global boiling’

“The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.”

1y ago
November 10, 2021
November 10, 2021

The next step in climate action is creating a fund for loss and damage

One of the new and very politically sensitive topics being discussed at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, as the summit enters its second and final week of negotiations, is the matter of loss and damage from human-induced climate change.

November 4, 2021
November 4, 2021

Get the ball rolling to implement effective climate action

Over the last few days here in Glasgow, Scotland, over a hundred world leaders have arrived for the leaders’ summit at the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to give speeches, hold meetings with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and also have some bilateral meetings among themselves.

October 27, 2021
October 27, 2021

What to look for if you want to follow COP26

The two-week-long 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is scheduled to begin in Glasgow, Scotland on October 31.

October 23, 2021
October 23, 2021

Climate response needs more investment in scientific research

The fact that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions—caused by burning fossil fuels like coal, petroleum and natural gas, since the beginning of the industrial revolution—has led to the global climate crisis we face today was discovered by scientists over three decades ago,

October 14, 2021
October 14, 2021

The third era of climate change is upon us

The issue of climate change was first identified by the scientific community three decades ago, through the first assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was agreed upon back in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

October 6, 2021
October 6, 2021

Combating climate change needs a ‘business-unusual’ approach

As we approach the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

September 30, 2021
September 30, 2021

Can we get some solid progress in climate action, please?

Last week, a number of events were held around the world to promote actions to tackle climate change and get everyone ready ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), to be held in Glasgow, Scotland in November this year.

September 22, 2021
September 22, 2021

Delivering climate finance is the key to COP26 success

This week, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a high-level meeting on climate change in New York,

September 15, 2021
September 15, 2021

Tackling climate emergency requires a global pact

The impacts of the recent hurricane Ida in the United States, which killed more than 50 people and caused floods as far as in New York, was acknowledged by President Joe Biden as being more severe because of human-induced climate change.

August 26, 2021
August 26, 2021

Young people can be saviours in dealing with climate change

In just the last few days, there have been two major reports from the United Nations on the status of global climate change and our efforts to tackle it.