Climate scientist Saleemul Huq dies aged 71

Saleemul Huq, a pioneering climate scientist from Bangladesh, during the Cop26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, in November 2021 (Alberto Pezzali/AP)

Saleemul Huq, a pioneering climate scientist from Bangladesh who pushed to get the world to understand, pay for and adapt to worsening warming impacts on poorer nations, has died aged 71.

“Saleem always focused on the poor and marginalised, making sure that climate change was about people, their lives, health and livelihoods,” said University of Washington climate and health scientist Kristie Ebi, a friend of Mr Huq’s.