Sea level rise due to global warming 35m people of country will be displaced by next 20-30 years
Monday, 27 July 2009
DU Correspondent
At least 35 million people will have to migrate by next 20 to 30 years, as one third area of the country will submerge due to sea level rise for global warming, experts said.
"The developed countries are responsible for the situation but they are not compensating the least developed countries, the worst sufferers of the impact of climate change, to address the problem," they said.
The experts said this while speaking in a two-day workshop on 'population and climate Change' at Dhaka University (DU) senate building Saturday.
DU Population Sciences Department organised the workshop in cooperation with UNFPA (United Nations Fund for Population Agencies).
Population growth and food security are currently the burning issues for the country. The country must address the issues for its safe survival, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) Director Atiq Rahman, also the resource person of the programme, said.
Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) President Kazi Khalikuzzaman said a country like Bangladesh emits negligible amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs), but it suffers most for emission by the developed countries.
At least 35 million people will have to migrate by next 20 to 30 years, as one third area of the country will submerge due to sea level rise for global warming, experts said.
"The developed countries are responsible for the situation but they are not compensating the least developed countries, the worst sufferers of the impact of climate change, to address the problem," they said.
The experts said this while speaking in a two-day workshop on 'population and climate Change' at Dhaka University (DU) senate building Saturday.
DU Population Sciences Department organised the workshop in cooperation with UNFPA (United Nations Fund for Population Agencies).
Population growth and food security are currently the burning issues for the country. The country must address the issues for its safe survival, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) Director Atiq Rahman, also the resource person of the programme, said.
Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) President Kazi Khalikuzzaman said a country like Bangladesh emits negligible amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs), but it suffers most for emission by the developed countries.