Saleemul Huq

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article does not cite any references or sources. (July 2007) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.

Bangladeshi scientist awarded FE Report

Bangladeshi scientist Saleemul Huq, head of the Climate Change Group at the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development, was awarded the prestigious Burtoni Award for contribution to climate change adaptation. The award is named after Canadian professor Ian Burton, a pioneer in the science of adaptation to climate change and a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Reports. The award was presented to Huq in February 2007 on the first day of the three-day meeting on community-based adaptation to climate change in Dhaka, Bangladesh.