Southern institutions like ICCCAD in Bangladesh help build capacity in countries most vulnerable to climate change. This project summary looks at the work of ICCCAD. Demand is growing for high-quality training, teaching and research on climate change and development, especially in the developing world. ICCCAD — a Bangladesh-based partnership between IIED, the Independent University, Bangladesh, and the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies — is responding with short professional courses, a Masters degree course and a research programme focused on community-based adaptation to climate change.

In its startup phase ICCCAD has taught over 150 professionals from 40 developing countries, and in five years the institute aims to become financially sustainable and globally recognised.