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Published: 29 Apr 2021 08:08 AM BdST
Updated: 29 Apr 2021 08:08 AM BdST
Professor Dr Saleemul Huq of Independent University Bangladesh or IUB has been named on the Reuters Hot List of 1,000 top climate scientists from around the world. );
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Reuters has placed the director of International Centre for Climate Change and Development or ICCCAD on the 208th position on the list.
Dr Huq is the only Bangladeshi scientist to get this recognition on Earth Day, Apr 20.
The ranking recognises Dr Huq s and IUB’s ongoing efforts to propel Bangladesh as a crucial contributor to global knowledge on climate change, the institution said in a media release.
Earth Day Unites Millions Around The World for Climate Action
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WASHINGTON, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ EARTHDAY.ORG, the global organizer of Earth Day, today announced initial results of Earth Day 2021: Exponential growth and the addition of hundreds of millions of new activists to the movement, united around a set of clear and concise demands presented to the Biden administration and world leaders.
Among Earth Day s demands are that countries aggressively reduce their carbon emissions, that corporations be held accountable and set ambitious paths to net zero emissions by 2040 or sooner, that all primary and secondary schools globally adopt comprehensive climate literacy and civic skill building to prepare students for a global transition to green jobs, and that global leaders train existing and future workers for the green economy.
Uganda passes national climate change bill to tackle greenhouse emissions
Xinhua
29 Apr 2021, 12:30 GMT+10
KAMPALA, April 28 (Xinhua) Ugandan lawmakers have passed the national climate change bill to cut greenhouse gas emissions and tackle the climate crisis, authorities said on Wednesday. The framework bill will provide for climate change response measures, participation in climate mechanisms, and measuring of emissions and financing for climate change actions, among others, Beatrice Atim Anywar, minister of state for environment, told Xinhua by phone. The bill, which now awaits presidential assent, was overwhelmingly passed at the country s parliamentary in the capital here on Tuesday. The bill is timely in tackling the climate crisis. It provides for institutional arrangements for coordinating and implementing climate change response measures in Uganda, said Anywar.
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