Climate change adaptation as a new academic discipline

"The world of higher education is beginning to recognise adaptation to climate change as a major research topic and an academic discipline," according to one of the world’s leading adaptation specialists, Saleemul Huq. In an interview with University World News, Huq, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development in London and a member of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change added that “Adaptation is no longer about analytical framing: it’s a learning-by-doing process.”

Mr Huq also talked about the new dual masters degree in climate change and development at the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) that he founded at the Independent University, Bangladesh. The programme focuses on community-based adaptation and involves international NGO's as 'action partners’.