Durban Climate Summit
Govt to seek opinion for roadmap
The government is going to make a roadmap based on the opinion of political parties, civil societies, and environmentalists for this year's Durban climate conference (COP 17) in South Africa.
State Minister for Environment and Forests Hasan Mahmud told a seminar on 'COP 16: Way Forward' held at Cirdap auditorium in the city yesterday.
The minister said the prime minister has approved the climate resilience fund of $113 million donated by development partners. The fund will be allocated for different projects in a few months to fight climate change impacts, he added.
The government wants to ensure proper compensations for affected people due to the climate change, said the minister.
It is necessary to start taking preparation from now on for the Durban conference.
Concern, an international development organisation, and Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad jointly organised the seminar.
Monzurul Hannan Khan, the deputy secretary of the ministry and Dr AminuL Islam, assistant country representative of the organisation, presented two papers at the seminar while Quazi Khaliquzzaman, the coordinator of Bangladesh climate change delegation members, moderated it.
Khaliquzzman said many people have a misconception that the delegation would bring a lot in the climate conference.
Dr Ainun Nishat, vice-chancellor of Brac University said, different natural calamities have increased not only in Bangladesh but in the developed countries due to climate change.
Secretary of the ministry Dr Mihir Kanti Majumder, members of Bangladesh climate change delegations Mizan R Khan, M Shamsuzzoha and ActionAid local chief Farah Kabir, among others, attended the seminar.
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