Bangladesh, Australia to work together to combat climate change

Bangladesh and Australia will work together to
combat climate change as Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable nations to
the impacts of global climate change.

Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Jeremy Bruer said this during a
bilateral meeting with Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister M
Shahab Uddin and the Australian delegation at the ministry here today, an
official release said.

The Australian envoy, who is leading the delegation, appreciated the
various initiatives of Bangladesh to deal with climate change. He said,
adding, “Australia’s cooperation in the field of low carbon technology
transfer, renewable energy, clean energy, climate adaptation and mitigation
activities will continue in an accelerated pace”.

Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Mohammad Mustafa Kamal, Additional Secretary Iqbal Abdullah Harun, Additional
Secretary (Development) Ahmad Shamim Al Razi, Additional Secretary (Climate
Change) Sanjay Kumar Bhowmik, among others, attended the meeting.

Seeking Australia’s support in the field of climate change, the
Environment Minister said that as the President of Climate Vulnerable Forum
(CVF) and Vulnerable Twenty (V20) group, Bangladesh is playing an important
role in international arena to tackle climate change.

Bangladesh has submitted enhanced NDC and has announced Mujib Climate
Prospect Plan while the work of National Adaptation Plan (NAP) is
progressing, he said.

The environment minister hoped that the world leaders will reach the
consensus of providing 100 billion US dollars to the vulnerable countries.

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