- Professor Saleemul Huq passed away in Dhaka.
- He was an eminent climate change expert and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development.
- He was a Professor at the Independent University of Bangladesh.
- He was a lead author of the 3rd, 4th and 5th assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
- He was affiliated with the UN Food System Summit for 2021 in the form of co-chair of the Action Track 5 on Building Resilience to Vulnerabilities, Shocks & Stress.
- He was a Senior Adviser on Locally Led Adaptation with the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA). Global Centre on Adaptation is headquartered in the Netherlands.
