Prof. Mizan, Dept of Environmental Sciences and Management, NSU is the author

Why is funding for adaptation to human-induced climate change so miniscule compared to mitigation?  Why do industrial countries not feel obligated to assist the particularly vulnerable countries (PVCs) in adaptation at the minimum scale needed?  Why are the provisions of the UNFCCC regarding meeting of adaptation costs by the industrial world not respected?   The irony of the fact is that there is not a plainly evident compulsion for global cooperative action to address the effects of climate change.  The reason is that the legal basis of adaptation is weaker compared to mitigation (reduction of greenhouse gases). 

Climate change and adaptation is a serious issue in the current world. Based on this issue a book namely “Toward A Binding Climate Change Adaptation Regime: A Proposed Framework (London: Routledge, 2013)”of Dr. Mizan R Khan, Professor and Researcher, Department of Environmental Sciences and Management, NSU has recently unleashed. a launching ceremony was arranged in the National Press Club on 15th March, 2014 where Anwar Hossain Manju, MP, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Environment and Forests attended as the chief guest. Prof. Amin Sarkar, Vice Chancellor attended as the special guest.

A panel of four designated discussants Dr. Shahdeen Malik, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh; Prof. Ainun Nishat, Vice Chancellor, Brac University; Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director, Int’l Center for Climate Change & Development and Dr. Biswas Karabi Farhana, Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental Science & Management, NSU were also present in the ceremony and expressed their important thoughts about the book and the issue of climate change.