Dhaka to seek developed states' support to tackle climate change: Hasina
Friday, 25 September 2009
NEW YORK, Sept 23 (BSS): Bangladesh will seek developed countries' support for capacity building of its people to tackle the adverse effects of climate change caused by global warming.
Speaking at a meeting hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon for heads of states or governments of 25 selected countries Tuesday here, Sheikh Hasina said the least developed nations are being worst sufferers of the climate change although they are not at all responsible for the global warming.
Ban Ki-Moon hosted the meeting to discuss the climate change issue, a most pressing problem currently being faced by the nations across the world following excessive carbon emission from the developed world.
US President Barack Obama who attended the meeting along with other world leaders appreciated Bangladesh's sincere efforts to face the challenges of global warming.
Hasina expressed apprehension in the meeting saying vast areas of the country is likely to go under water with sea level rise that will render nearly 40 million people homeless.
She said Bangladesh is experiencing various types of natural disasters like floods, draught and tidal surges due to the adverse impacts of climate change.
Highlighting her government's programmes in tackling the situation, Hasina said it has launched massive programmes like capital dredging of rivers and their proper maintenance, reclamation of lands, building more embankments, creating forest net along the coastal belts etc. to face the challenges.
Later, in a press briefing, Prime Minister's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad told newsmen that the Bangladesh's premier supported the proposal of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for accumulating a fund of 200 billion US dollars to face the climate change challenges.
Besides, State Minister for Environment and Forest Hasan Mahmud addressed Climate Change Summit at UN Headquarters Tuesday night.
Talking to newsmen, he said the climate change issue has got utmost importance in this year's UN general Assembly session.
Considering the importance, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended the summit at the invitation of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
He said among the 25 vulnerable countries to climate change, Bangladesh is being considered as the most affected country of global warming. Bangladesh has created a fund of 100 million US dollars of its own to cope with the situation caused by the climate change, he added.
Mahmud said the developed nations should provide necessary technological and financial support to tackle the situation as developing countries are not responsible for the natural disasters.
Speaking at a meeting hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon for heads of states or governments of 25 selected countries Tuesday here, Sheikh Hasina said the least developed nations are being worst sufferers of the climate change although they are not at all responsible for the global warming.
Ban Ki-Moon hosted the meeting to discuss the climate change issue, a most pressing problem currently being faced by the nations across the world following excessive carbon emission from the developed world.
US President Barack Obama who attended the meeting along with other world leaders appreciated Bangladesh's sincere efforts to face the challenges of global warming.
Hasina expressed apprehension in the meeting saying vast areas of the country is likely to go under water with sea level rise that will render nearly 40 million people homeless.
She said Bangladesh is experiencing various types of natural disasters like floods, draught and tidal surges due to the adverse impacts of climate change.
Highlighting her government's programmes in tackling the situation, Hasina said it has launched massive programmes like capital dredging of rivers and their proper maintenance, reclamation of lands, building more embankments, creating forest net along the coastal belts etc. to face the challenges.
Later, in a press briefing, Prime Minister's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad told newsmen that the Bangladesh's premier supported the proposal of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for accumulating a fund of 200 billion US dollars to face the climate change challenges.
Besides, State Minister for Environment and Forest Hasan Mahmud addressed Climate Change Summit at UN Headquarters Tuesday night.
Talking to newsmen, he said the climate change issue has got utmost importance in this year's UN general Assembly session.
Considering the importance, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended the summit at the invitation of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
He said among the 25 vulnerable countries to climate change, Bangladesh is being considered as the most affected country of global warming. Bangladesh has created a fund of 100 million US dollars of its own to cope with the situation caused by the climate change, he added.
Mahmud said the developed nations should provide necessary technological and financial support to tackle the situation as developing countries are not responsible for the natural disasters.