Prof. Saleemul Huq is the Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Bangladesh and is an expert on the links between climate change and sustainable development, particularly from the perspective of developing countries. He was the lead author of the chapter on Adaptation and Sustainable Development in the third assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate. Prof Huq also teaches at the Independent University, Bangladesh and is the Chair of the Expert Advisory Group for the Climate Vulnerable Forum.