Saleemul Huq

Dr Saleemul Huq (born 1952) is a Bangladeshi Scientist and has been the Director of the International Centre for Climate Change & Development (ICCCAD) based in Bangladesh, also Professor at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).

Saleemul Huq
সালীমূল হক
Huq in 2015
NationalityBangladeshi
OccupationScientist
Awardsfull list

He is an expert in the field of climate change, environment and development. He has worked extensively in the inter-linkages between climate change mitigation, adaptation and sustainable development, from the perspective of developing countries, particularly in the least developed countries (LDCs). He was a lead author of the chapter on Adaptation and Sustainable Development in the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and was one of the coordinating lead authors of ‘Inter-relationships between adaptation and mitigation’ in the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (2007).

In addition he has contribution in the fifth assessment reports of the IPCC and advises the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group in the UNFCCC. He is also a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED) based in the UK and Senior Adviser on Locally Led Adaptation with Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA).

He strives to grow the capacity of Bangladesh stakeholders, while enabling people and international organizations to benefit from training in Bangladesh. His teaching experiences include the Imperial College London, the University of Dhaka and United Nations University. He was the founder and currently, the Chairman of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), a leading research and policy institute in Bangladesh.

Dr. Huq has attended all Conference of the Parties (COP) and provided trainings to the Least Developed Countries (LDC) negotiators. He has also been actively engaged as an LDC advisor at COP. He has been an adviser on Adaptation and Loss and Damage to the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).He has also been involved as a board member of Climate Vulnerability Forum under UNFCCC.

He is a Senior Fellow in the Climate Change Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development[1]

He was awarded 2020 National Environment Award by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to the development of the environment.[2]

Life

Education

Huq received his early education in Germany, Indonesia, and Kenya. He later went and received B.Sc in Botany from the Imperial College at London University in the United Kingdom in 1975, and a DIC as well as a Ph.D. in Botany from the same university in 1978.[3]

Career

Before joining IIED, Huq was the director of the Bangladesh Center for Advanced Studies, which he founded in 1984. He was founding director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development at the Independent University, Bangladesh. He has been involved in the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, for which he has served as the lead author and coordinating lead author in Working Group II, which focuses on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation.

Huq published reports and articles on climate change, particularly on adaptation to climate change. He is the lead author of the chapter on Adaptation and Sustainable Development in the third assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).[4]

Awards and recognition
  • Robert McNamara Fellowship from World Bank, Washington DC, USA, 1986-87
  • Duggan Fellowship from NRDC, Washington DC, USA, 1989.
  • Nobel Peace Prize – Prof. Saleemul Huq contributed to the reports of the IPCC which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
  • Burtoni Award (2007)[5]
  • National Environment Award (2020)[2]

References
  1. "Our Team". International Centre for Climate Change and Development. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. Ahmed, Bulbul (2021-02-11). "Three individuals, 3 organisations get National Environment Award-2020". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  3. Glantz, Michael H. (1994). The Role of Regional Organizations In The Context Of Climate Change. p. 173. ISBN 978-3-642-85026-4.
  4. "Politics and Policy". British Bangladeshi Power 100. 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012. 10. Saleemul Huq
  5. "Did You Know?" (PDF). Kaleidoscope: Newsletter of the Embassy of Bangladesh, Sweden. Vol. 1 no. 2. March–April 2007. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2009.


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