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28 April 2010, 18:00 PM

METROPOLITAN

Bss, Dhaka

The US is going to more than double its financial assistance in the coming fiscal year to help Bangladesh addresses challenges of climate change. United States Climate Envoy Ambassador Todd Stern stated this when he met with Bangladesh Speaker Abdul Hamid Advocate, MP in the State Department on Tuesday. Ambassador Todd Stern appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her leadership in the Copenhagen Summit (COP15) and stated that without leadership like that of Hasina, COP-15 wouldn't have eventually turned out positive. Hamid thanked Ambassador Stern for their continued support and hoped that the US will work with other donor countries, as well, to channel more resources through multilateral forum. Stern added that projected assistance of 14 million US dollar in the coming financial year is in addition to what they are planning to channel to Bangladesh through multilateral channels, according to a message received here yesterday. The United States allocated 6.00 million US dollar in the current financial year for Bangladesh. Saber Hossain Chowdhury, MP, also chairman of Committee on Climate and Environment of All Party Parliamentary Group (AAPG), elaborated on elements of Bangladesh's strategy to face challenges of climate change and showed how Bangladesh is way ahead in terms of mitigation and adaptation practices. Saber also emphasised the need to broader international support structure to make more resources available to countries like Bangladesh. Stern assured that they are aware of Bangladesh's exemplary works in facing the challenges of climate change and accordingly, the US is also working with other partner countries to help Bangladesh in its preparedness to face the challenges of climate change. Ambassador to USA , Akramul Qader, Abdul Momin Talukder MP, Reza Ali MP, and Ishrafil Alam MP were present on the occasion.