
Dr Md. Feisal Rahman
ICCCAD & Independent University, Bangladesh
Feisal is an Environmental Engineer by training and is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the department of Environmental Science at Independent University, Bangladesh. He also is the Research Coordinator at ICCCAD in Dhaka (International Centre for Climate Change and Development). His expertise lies in the area of climate change adaptation, adaptation technology, M&E of adaptation and low carbon development. He received his PhD from the University of Waterloo, Canada. He also has a Master’s degree from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and a Bachelor’s degree from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. At ICCCAD, Feisal has been involved with several programmes of the Centre, such the Climate Governance Programme, Climate Finance Programme, Urban Climate Change Resilience Programme, and the Adaptation Technology Programme. He is part of the ICCCAD team that is currently working on the scoping project for M&E of adaptation commissioned by the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT). Feisal has also been part of a natural resource development network of 14 Universities led by TH Köln, Germany, which focuses on capacity development in managing and allocating natural resources. Feisal’s previous research focused on drinking water quality and treatment. He was a teaching assistant and a frequent guest lecturer at two Canadian Universities.