Our correspondent :
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Economic Relations Division (ERD) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with support from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) organised a district level consultation workshop on the formulation of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP). The consultation workshop was held on Friday at Lalmonirhat in the conference room of the office of the Deputy Commissioner.
Additional Secretary of the MoEFCC and National Project Director of the NAP Formulation Project Md. Mizanul Haque Chowdhury was present as the Chief Guest while Chairman of the Zilla Parishad Advocate Md Matiar Rahman and Superintendent of Police Abida Sultana and Additional Secretary of the MoEFFCC Sanjay Kumar Bhowmik were present as Special Guests. Deputy Commissioner of Lalmonirhat Md Abu Zafor chaired the consultation workshop. More than 50 representatives from different sector departments, local government representatives, civil society representatives, sectoral experts, journalists and academia attended the event.
Considering different climate vulnerabilities like cold waves, flash floods, drought, heatwaves, monsoon floods, thunderstorms and ever-increasing climate-induced migration, Lalmonirhat District was selected to conduct this consultation for the NAP formulation. Designated participants discussed various aspects of climate change risks and vulnerabilities primarily on fisheries, agriculture, urban infrastructures, adaptive livelihoods, youth, women and children.
