Biography of Saleemul Huq

Speaker at autumn lecture: 'The evolution of adaptation in science and global policy'

Dr Saleemul Huq

Saleemul Huq joined the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)| in London as Director of the Climate Change Programme in 2001.

His interests are in the interlinkages between climate change (both mitigation as well as adaptation) and sustainable development, from the perspective of the developing countries (with special emphasis on the least developed countries).

Saleemul has published numerous articles in scientific and popular journals, was a lead author of the chapter on Adaptation and Sustainable Development in the third assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)|, and was one of the coordinating lead authors of 'Interrelationships between adaptation and mitigation' in the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report (2007).

He completed his BSc (with Honours) in 1975 from Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, and his PhD in plant sciences also from Imperial College in 1978.

Saleemul then taught at the University of Dhaka until 1984, when he set up (and became the first executive director) of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

When he left BCAS in 2000, it was the leading scientific research and policy institute in the country in the field of environment and development.

In 2000, Saleemul became an Academic Visitor at the T. H. Huxley School of Environment| at Imperial College in London, where he teaches a course on global environmental policies.

 

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