Reuters has ranked the director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Dr. Huq, at 208th place on their list. Dr. Huq, the only Bangladeshi scientist to receive this recognition on Earth Day, is being acknowledged for his and IUB’s efforts to advance Bangladesh's role in global climate change knowledge. The Reuters Hot List highlights the top 1,000 most influential climate scientists based on their research papers, citations, and references. Dr. Huq is renowned for his expertise in climate change adaptation in vulnerable developing countries and has contributed significantly to the IPCC's assessment reports. He also provides guidance to the least developed countries in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Recently, under his leadership, ICCCAD at IUB secured a six-year project from Norway Higher Education under NORAD focusing on "Co-creating knowledge for local adaptation to climate change in the LDCs" 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 officially recognized by the 47 LDC governments. IUB played a key role as a founding member of LUCCC.