“As a dual Bangladeshi and British citizen, I have been working for two decades to enhance collaboration between the universities and researchers in both countries to tackle the twin global challenges of poverty eradication and dealing with climate change,” Mr Huq said in receiving the honour.
United Nations climate negotiators last year approved the creation of that fund, but efforts to get it going further have so far stalled. At those Cops, Mr Huq was so busy, talking to so many people, that his friends and colleagues used to joke when they could not find him at his makeshift office that “Saleem is everywhere … he’s just not here”, Ms Ebi said.“I fear the developing countries have lost an incredible voice,” Mr Smith said.
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