The prolonged energy crisis that has engulfed the world, including Bangladesh, would have been avoided had there been an adequate supply of renewable energy, experts said on Friday.
Bangladesh can access green energy through awareness building and legal obligations, environmentalists told a workshop styled 'Dialogue with Media Road to COP27: The Importance of Transition to Clean Energy' in Dhaka.
Centre for Atmospheric Pollution Studies (CAPS), Stamford University Bangladesh, hosted the event. CAPS chairman Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder presented a keynote.
He said the current renewable energy consumption is 3.71 per cent globally.
"Currently, wind power projects are underway in 13 places in Bangladesh. Besides, it's possible to increase renewable energy capacity through biogas along with solar energy."
"It's possible to achieve clean energy targets in 2030 and 2041," added Mr Majumder.
"Bangladesh can access green energy through awareness building and legal obligations," he added, saying that if there was an adequate renewable energy supply, the world would have not seen this crisis.
Press Institute of Bangladesh director general Zafar Wazed was the chief guest at the event, chaired by former Stamford vice-chancellor Prof Mohammad Ali Naqi.
Md Humayun Kabir, researcher at University of California and lecturer at Department of Environmental Science at Stamford University, said 70 per cent of the world's greenhouse gases are emitted through fossil fuels.
The first step to reduce or mitigate climate change should, therefore, be a transition from fossil fuels to renewable fuels, he uttered.
According to Mr Kabir, COP27 can play an important role in accelerating the process of producing sustainable renewable energy from fossil fuels worldwide.
Prof Naqi said the terms of environmental research are not understood by everyone. Journalists can make them understandable for everyone which will help in development.
Supreme Court lawyer Marufa Gulashan Ara said every sector of the country should work on contemporary environmental issues like COP27.
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