Reuters has honored the director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Dr. Huq, by placing him at the 208th position on their list. Dr. Huq, the only Bangladeshi scientist to receive this recognition on Earth Day, April 20, is being acknowledged for his 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 1,000 most influential climate scientists based on their research papers, citations, and references. Dr. Huq, a leading expert on climate change adaptation in vulnerable developing countries, played a key role in the third, fourth, and fifth assessment reports of 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, under his leadership, ICCCAD at IUB secured a six-year project from Norway Higher Education under NORAD 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 an official program of the 47 LDC governments. IUB is a founding member of LUCCC.