“I have seen this film before, and I didn’t like the ending”. Surely these words have nothing to do with government commitments to the adoption of bright green technologies and the sustainable development goals made in the run up to COP 26. Surely green energy development is all new and wonderful, a way to avoid…
Ambassador met with Ms. Liv Kjølseth (NAC) and Professor Gry Synnevåg (NMBU)
On April 30th, Ambassador Ghafoorzai met virtually with Ms. Liv Kjølseth and Ms. Gry Synnevåg, Secretary General of the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee (NAC) and Head of Department of International Environment and Development Studies at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) and Chairperson of NAC’s Board of Directors.
Ambassador Ghafoorzai hailed Norway’s contributions in Afghanistan in various sectors. In that regard, he also highlighted the important work of Norwegian NGO’s, including the NAC in the areas of rural development and education of female health workers.
News Desk, bdnews24.com
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.
As COP26 looms and tropical deforestation soars, REDD+ debate roars on
by on 15 April 2021
The United Nations REDD+ program (reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) has been operating for more than 13 years as a multipurpose initiative, intended to curb deforestation in tropical nations, sequester forest carbon, combat climate change, protect biodiversity, and aid poor rural communities.
The REDD+ mechanism is largely paid for by wealthy industrialized countries contributing funds to less developed tropical nations, including those in the Amazon, Congo Basin and Indonesia.
Some 600 REDD+ projects have been initiated to date (with some 400 still active), mostly implemented by socioenvironmental NGOs or for-profit project developers, and financed by more than $10 billion in donor funds in more than 65 countries. But evidence of avoided deforestation and reduced carbon emissions is controversial.