Reuters has announced that the director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Dr. Huq, has been ranked 208th on the list. Dr. Huq, the only Bangladeshi scientist to receive this recognition on Earth Day, April 20, has been acknowledged for his and IUB's ongoing efforts to position Bangladesh as a significant contributor to global climate change knowledge. The ranking is based on research papers, citations, and references, with the Reuters Hot List identifying the world's 1,000 most influential climate scientists. Dr. Huq is known for his expertise in climate change adaptation in vulnerable developing countries and his contributions to multiple assessment reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He is also involved in providing guidance to the least developed countries within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Recently, under his leadership, ICCCAD at IUB has successfully secured a six-year project funded by Norway Higher Education through NORAD. The project, titled "Co-creating knowledge for local adaptation to climate change in the LDCs," involves 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. This project proposal was submitted through the LDC Universities' Consortium on Climate Change (LUCCC), which is now recognized as an official program by the 47 LDC governments. IUB is one of the founding members of LUCCC.