Reuters has recognized the director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Dr. Huq, as the 208th most influential climate scientist in the world. Dr. Huq is the only Bangladeshi scientist to receive this recognition on Earth Day, April 20. This ranking acknowledges Dr. Huq's and IUB's ongoing efforts to position Bangladesh as a significant contributor to global knowledge on climate change, according to a media release from the institution. The Reuters Hot List ranks the world's top 1,000 climate scientists based on their research papers, citations, and references. Dr. Huq is an expert in climate change adaptation in vulnerable developing countries and has contributed to several assessment reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He also provides guidance to the least developed countries in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Recently, ICCCAD at IUB, under his leadership, secured a six-year project from Norway Higher Education under NORAD focused on "Co-creating knowledge for local adaptation to climate change in the LDCs" in collaboration with four other partners - the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Pokhara University in Nepal, the University of Eduardo Mondlane of Mozambique, and the Makarere University of Uganda. The project proposal was submitted through the LDC Universities’ Consortium on Climate Change (LUCCC), which is now an official programme of the 47 LDC governments. IUB is a founding member of LUCCC.