International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and London School of Economics (LSE) along with other partners have initiated a dialogue to enhance climate resilience through research collaboration between Bangladesh and the UK, with universities in both countries as a central partner for enhancing long-term capacity. As an extension to the long collaborative history between the two countries and …
Addressing inequalities in the time of COVID-19: collaborations we need to create a new normal where no one is left behind
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread to communities across the globe, the containment measures taken to curb the impacts by governments have directly and indirectly been socially and economically devastating. Initially branded as an equalizer for immediate heath impacts, the pandemic has soon proved to bring in stark social and economic inequalities to the most vulnerable. People particularly in developing countries, …
Tales of local resilience on the frontlines of COVID and climate change
Migrant workers and slumdwellers have received little official help during the pandemic, but are finding their own ways to cope As the months pass from the start of the COVID19 pandemic, the world is on a rapid learning curve about what, and who, really matters. In developed countries, there has been a recognition that often low-paid staff in hospitals, nursing …
Recover Better Together
#Recover_Better_Together Capacity-building stories from members of the PCCB Network community As asserted by UN Secretary General António Guterres, the recovery from the coronavirus crisis must lead to a better world. Solutions for economic recovery should be responsive to the climate emergency and enable a transition to a global new normal: a greener, fairer, and more sustainable state of the world. …
Nature-based Solutions: An Opportunity to Rethink Development Pathway in Bangladesh
The Nature vs Development Debate Humanity today is faced with a wide array of challenges. Across the globe, rapid urbanization, overuse of technology, along with mass consumption and production have all led to steady degradation and loss of natural capital and the ecosystem services it provides. With climate change becoming increasingly prevalent, we are looking at an alarming rise in …
Dealing with the triple emergency
In the last few weeks, the world has been having to deal with the double emergency of the pandemic as well as climate change, while Bangladesh and West Bengal had to deal with a triple emergency, with super cyclone Amphan hitting us quite badly. Unfortunately, such multiple emergencies are no longer going to be rare going forward. So we need …
Reconstructing the Deconstructed: A Remarriage of Economics and Nature
Period of Classical Economics Physiocracy is regarded as one of the first schools of modern economic thought, which arose during the late 18th-the late 19th century. It came from the Greek word “physis,” meaning nature, and “kratia,” i.e. authority. So it was called the `government of nature,’ by the French economist/physiocrat Francois Quesnay and his followers. They viewed in nature, …
Protecting the planet and people: National-International dimensions and Local perspectives of conserving biodiversity
What is Biodiversity “Biological diversity” is often shortened to “bio-diversity” that has won the central point of development policy debates since decades. The rights and responsibilities for conserving biodiversity have been shaped up with the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which is considered as a milestone of natural resources management and environment. The conservation and utilization of …
On how vulnerable Communities in cities in developing countries need to be involved in tackling both COVID19 as well as Climate Change adaptation
Prof Saleemul Huq’s vlog no 1: On how vulnerable Communities in cities in developing countries need to be involved in tackling both COVID19 as well as Climate Change adaptation Check out the blog of Prof Saleemul Huq and Sheela Patel : Transitioning to a better global ‘new normal’
Transitioning to a better global ‘new normal’
COVID-19 has changed our world. To mark Earth Day 2020, and the global call to act on climate change, we ask: what lessons can we apply from the pandemic response to help tackle other global crises, including the climate emergency? Both Sheela and I have collaborated with others for many years on how to support the most vulnerable communities in …