Switch to renewable energy by 2015
Says climate change experts
Countries must switch to renewable energy sources and start reducing global carbon emissions no later than 2015 to prevent the planet from tipping into dangerous climate instabilities, said climate change experts yesterday.
They were addressing a national consultation on COP 18 organised by Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad, Oxfam and European Union in the capital's Jatiya Press Club.
COP 18 or Conference of the Parties is the 18th session of the UN Climate Change Conference scheduled to be held in Doha, Qatar from November 26 to December 7.
Participatory Research and Development Initiative Environment Specialist Md Shamsuddoha read out a keynote on expectations from COP 18.
He emphasised that developed countries must reduce carbon emissions by 40-50 percent while US, Canada, Russia and Japan should be pressurised to endorse the Kyoto protocol's second commitment period.
National Adaptation Plan funds should be balanced and differentiated based on each country's level of responsibility for green house gas emission, he said.
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