Dr Saleemul Huq gives a final interview and summary at the end of The 5th Annual Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change Conference, Dhaka in Bangladesh read more

If government representatives fail to negotiate an international climate agreement they will be "murderers" and will pave the way for geoengineering schemes that may end in "cloud wars", a prominent Bangladeshi environmentalist has warned. read more

Although adapting to climate change has risen up the international agenda “we haven’t really come up with specifics on what needs to be done either at the global level or even more importantly at the local level”, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, told OneWorld today. read more

Dr Atiq Rahman gives his closing Keynote at The 5th Annual Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change Conference, Dhaka in Bangladesh. read more

Dr Saleemul Huq Keynote Address Closing The 5th Annual Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change Conference, Dhaka in Bangladesh read more

Prof Ian Burton. Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto gives his closing Keynote at The 5th Annual Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change Conference, Dhaka in Bangladesh. read more

Top climate man speaks: Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, gives his keynote speech to mark the closing of The 5th Annual Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change Conference, Dhaka in Bangladesh. read more

Top climate man speaks: Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, talks to OneClimate and OneWorld. read more

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is to meet a group from the organisers of the community-based adaptation conference that closes in Dhaka today to hear what has been learned from the meeting. read more

Dr. Ian Burton. Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto - who has been involved with adaptation as long as anyone in the business - speaks to OneClimate on the third day of the 5th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change taking place in Dhaka, Bangladesh. read more

Vincent Ziba of WWF in Zambia speaks to OneClimate on the third day of The 5th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change taking place in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Vincent works on the Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) for WWF in Zambia read more

Local communities do not give a damn about climate sceptics or governments, Dr Atiq Rahman of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies said in a video interview with OneWorld.  read more

Harjeet Singh of Action Aid speaking to OneClimate day 3 of The 5th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change taking place in Dhaka, Bangladesh read more

Sheikh Hasina, The Bangladeshi Prime Minister opening The 5th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change taking place in Dhaka, Bangladesh read more

A reminder that the main outcome of the conference - which finishes at lunchtime (Dhaka time, GMT+6) on Thursday - will be a book drawing together experiences and information presented in Dhaka this week. read more

Why the poor are getting on with adaptation, and how governments have failed - Atiq Rahman of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies doesn't mince his words. read more

With only a day-and-a-half to go, Wednesday begins at 9am Dhaka time with a plenary - which we will be webcasting - on "Bridging local, sub-national and national levels in adaptation - the articulation of institutions across scales". read more

Dr Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow at IIED gives his opening speech to mark the opening of The 5th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change that is taking place in Dhaka, Bangladesh read more

A new British coalition is launched in London today to address growing concerns about the effects of climate change on migration. read more

Saleem summarises the events un the middle point of The 5th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change that is taking place in Dhaka, Bangladesh read more

Charles Chikapa, Malawi Broadcasting talking about the role of Community Radio in communicating issues about Climate Adaptation read more

Dr Nick Hall of Plan International took us back to our schooldays, at the community-based adaptation conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, today. read more

A voice from Papua New Guinea: Nahau Rooney, a member of the Manus provincial administration, a businesswoman, an activist and holder of two awards. read more

What is the important thing for governments to do in scaling up climate adaptation experiences and projects, one of the conference panels was asked this morning. read more

Latest articles appearing on the conference:

Daily Star - http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=29104

Dr. Atiq Rahman, executive director of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), speaking to OneClimate and OneWorld on the first day of The 5th Annual Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change Conference, Dhaka in Bangladesh. read more

It’s a relief not to be attending another combative international conference on climate change dominated by procedural game-playing and narrow national interest rather than global concern. read more

Reports coming in from the field trips by delegates to see adaptation in practice. Bettina Koelle reports: "After spending the night in Bhola town, we boarded speed boats to travel up the often narrow channels that form the way to Char Kukri Mukri. Established only some 50 years ago, the island’s community face a number of challenges in their already difficult lives, including more frequent and intense cyclones and the huge tidal surges that come with them. These tidal surges often flood the entire island, taking people, homes and livestock with them. After the flooding, the challenge of salinity on the arable lands remains, preventing the local farmers from planting fruit or vegetable trees. read more

Here are the video reflections on day 1 from the Conference organiser, Saleemul Huq:

The interview with Pablo Suarez of the Red Cross and Red Crescent is worth watching for the enthusiasm with which the self-styled “game geek” presents games as an effective way of putting across climate change messages. read more

It’s the day after the official conference opening by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, but for some participants it’s day six, because they went on field trips before the beginning of the formal discussion sessions. They are confronted by a dilemma common to many conferences like this – which of the concurrent sessions to attend. The choice this morning is between agriculture and water, which OneWorld is streaming live, and how institutions can scale up their adaptation experiences. read more

clip from Srijita Dasgupta

John Atigo from Nigeria

Question time to end the session on adaptive capacity. read more

John Ajigo of the Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team says a project in nine of the country's 36 states showed that the effects of climate change were "really high". read more

George Kasali talks about adaptive capacity in a Zambian project, where maize and cattle are the main livelihood options. read more

A questioner asks what happens when NGO capacity-increasing activities stop - what happens when the NGO has left? Is the work sustained?

Krishna Lamsal on the climate impacts in Nepal:

Stand by for questions on "adaptive capacity". read more

Presentation of short case studies from Ethiopia, India, Peru and Nepal. read more

The challenge of adaptation is preparing for an uncertain future, says Rachel Berger of Practical Action as she introduces a session on "adaptive capacity". Key elements, she says, are power and power-sharing, knowledge and information, and innovation and testing to determine future scenarios. read more

A session on definitions - now for questions and comments. First up: "Let's get rid of this term 'governance'. It's a crap term." read more

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Charles Ehrhart of CARE leads a discussion on words - what's meant by community-based adaptation, empowerment, accountability, rights-based approach, eco-system prnciples and other phrases from the adaptation lexicon? read more

Dr Atiq Rahman, Executive Director of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) introduces The 5th Annual Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change Conference, Dhaka in Bangladesh read more

Youssef Nassef, Manager, Adaptation Subprogramme, UNFCCC Secretariat giving his keynote at the opening of The 5th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change taking place in Dhaka, Bangladesh read more

Bangladesh is country hardest hit by climate change - o

pening words from Dr. Hassan Mahmood, Minister of Environment and Forests

“Bangladesh is not one of the most vulnerable countries: Bangladesh is THE most vulnerable country.” - Dr Hasan Mahmud, Bangladesh Minister of Environment and Forests read more

“Unless the present trend of degradation of climate and environment is reversed, our next generations will have to face dire consequences for which we, as their ancestors, will never be forgiven.” - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. read more

Pablo Suarez - Red Cross & Red Crescent Speaking about Climate Adaptation at The 5th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Dhaka, Bangladesh read more

Why a climate adaptation conference that opens in Bangladesh on Monday is so important. read more

Saleemul Huq provides highlights the 5th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change. read more