Reaffirming her commitment to low-carbon, climate-resilient development path, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the large carbon-emitting countries to reciprocate by robust voluntary commitments from countries like Bangladesh, report agencies.
"Bangladesh will never exceed the average per capita carbon emission of the developing world," she iterated while making a statement at the intervention of the Retreat Session of the 10th ASEM Summit meeting on the last and second day on Friday at Milan Congress in Italy.
Sheikh Hasina also expressed Bangladesh's concern over the huge gap between the commitments of the developed world and their initiatives to fulfill the commitments, saying that the global action of sharing the burden is absent, according to a message received here from Italy.
Hasina has also reiterated her government's firm stance on maintaining "zero-tolerance" policy to all forms of terrorism, violent extremism and radicalization, saying such problems remain major impediments to global peace and growth. Referring to the spread of terrorism and violent ideologies in many parts of the world, Sheikh Hasina categorically said her government would continue denouncing terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
Hasina highlighted the brutality of terrorist and extremist groups in Bangladesh in the last year for destroying the progressive and secular fabric of the nation. The Prime Minister reaffirmed her government's firm resolve not to allow any terrorist individual or group to use Bangladesh's land against any state.
On global aspects, she called upon the United Nations to formulate a strategy for fighting terrorism and violent extremism.
BD committed to low carbon, climate resilient development path: PM
FE Team | Published: October 18, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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