More than two dozens of well-known and promising researchers have gathered in Dhaka for a week-long brainstorming session to understand better how to cope up with the changing climate.Learning from Bangladesh, the researchers will make academic papers focusing on how to strengthen resilience activities and build a network among researchers, policymakers and development workers, and apply the strategies to other vulnerable areas in their local context.“We are proud to host the scholars from around the world. We call it Resilience Academy,” said Saleemul Huq, director of International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCAD) told The Daily Star.He said the researcher would spread across the globe the experiences they gathered in Bangladesh about tackling climate change.ICCAD of Independent University in Dhaka; RE Foundation of Munich, Germany; and United Nations University, Institute of Environment and Human Security (UN-EHS) have jointly organised the Resilience Academy.Beginning on September 15, the first session of the academy ends today.
Asked whether it was possible to use the adaptation knowledge of one region in another given the differences of culture, geography and economy, David Lewis, professor of Social Policy and Development at London School of Economics and Political Science, replied in the positive.
He said, “One of the examples is, microcredit of Bangladesh is now being practised in other countries. But it had to be adopted in local context.”The Resilience Academy would highlight its practical experiences and brief policymakers at the coming climate change summit and seek political actions based on that experience, said Prof Koko Warner of United Nations university.She said despite environmental challenges, Bangladesh was making good progress.Many countries would face what Bangladesh is facing now and Bangladesh can show them how to deal with those environmental challenges, she added.The resilience Academy is being implemented under a five-year project called ‘Gibika’, which is to end in 2017.Participants from this year would meet again in Munich in next year and present their research findings. In 2015, a fresh group of researchers will attend a session in Dhaka for the third Resilience Academy, which will again meet in Munich on 2016, said organisers.
Asked whether it was possible to use the adaptation knowledge of one region in another given the differences of culture, geography and economy, David Lewis, professor of Social Policy and Development at London School of Economics and Political Science, replied in the positive.
He said, “One of the examples is, microcredit of Bangladesh is now being practised in other countries. But it had to be adopted in local context.”The Resilience Academy would highlight its practical experiences and brief policymakers at the coming climate change summit and seek political actions based on that experience, said Prof Koko Warner of United Nations university.She said despite environmental challenges, Bangladesh was making good progress.Many countries would face what Bangladesh is facing now and Bangladesh can show them how to deal with those environmental challenges, she added.The resilience Academy is being implemented under a five-year project called ‘Gibika’, which is to end in 2017.Participants from this year would meet again in Munich in next year and present their research findings. In 2015, a fresh group of researchers will attend a session in Dhaka for the third Resilience Academy, which will again meet in Munich on 2016, said organisers.
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