City Desk :
The poor people in rural areas, particularly in geo-physically hard to reach areas, do not have access to basic and affordable energy for lighting, cooking and livelihood activities, said speakers.
Lack of access to sustainable, clean and affordable energy hinders the economic development and livelihoods of the millions, particularly in the rural areas and urban slums, they said.
They made the remarks while addressing a sharing workshop on Energy for All, jointly organized by Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) and Christian Aid, at Riggs Inn Hotel in the Capital on Monday.
The speakers said: “The Goal-7 of the SDGs aims at increasing access to affordable, reliable and sustainable-clean energy for all. To achieve this global goal at country and community level, Bangladesh has to invest on renewable and community based energy system as well as to develop a sustainable energy system considering the needs and priorities of the poor, women and marginal communities”.
BCAS with support from Christian Aid (CAid) has undertaken an initiative with CAid partners and Actors to popularize and localize SDGs with particular focus on Clean Energy (SDG-7) for effective implementation in the country.
As a part of this process, they organized a Civil Society Dialogue on SDG Challenges in Bangladesh in early 2016 and several regional consultations (in coastal zone, haor basin, barind upland and hilly area) and capacity building workshops in the last seven months with Local Government Institutions, NGOs and local Actors to seek the local perspectives, needs and priorities of SDGs and energy as well as raise the voice of the grassroots communities to influence the policies and practices.
Christian Aid Acting Country Director Sanjib Biswas attended the programme as a Special Guest. Director of BCAS Khandaker Mainuddin chaired the inaugural session.
Three keynote papers were presented at the function. Executive Director of BCAS Dr. Atiq Rahman presented one of the papers.
Research Fellow of BCAS Omar Tarek Chowdhury shared people’s perspectives, needs and priorities of SDG-7, stressing the need for clean energy for all.
Another Research Fellow of BCAS Golam Rabbani shared the updates of CoP 22 (UN Climate Change Conference) held at Marrakech this year with focus on access to clean energy and mitigation to climate change.
The poor people in rural areas, particularly in geo-physically hard to reach areas, do not have access to basic and affordable energy for lighting, cooking and livelihood activities, said speakers.
Lack of access to sustainable, clean and affordable energy hinders the economic development and livelihoods of the millions, particularly in the rural areas and urban slums, they said.
They made the remarks while addressing a sharing workshop on Energy for All, jointly organized by Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) and Christian Aid, at Riggs Inn Hotel in the Capital on Monday.
The speakers said: “The Goal-7 of the SDGs aims at increasing access to affordable, reliable and sustainable-clean energy for all. To achieve this global goal at country and community level, Bangladesh has to invest on renewable and community based energy system as well as to develop a sustainable energy system considering the needs and priorities of the poor, women and marginal communities”.
BCAS with support from Christian Aid (CAid) has undertaken an initiative with CAid partners and Actors to popularize and localize SDGs with particular focus on Clean Energy (SDG-7) for effective implementation in the country.
As a part of this process, they organized a Civil Society Dialogue on SDG Challenges in Bangladesh in early 2016 and several regional consultations (in coastal zone, haor basin, barind upland and hilly area) and capacity building workshops in the last seven months with Local Government Institutions, NGOs and local Actors to seek the local perspectives, needs and priorities of SDGs and energy as well as raise the voice of the grassroots communities to influence the policies and practices.
Christian Aid Acting Country Director Sanjib Biswas attended the programme as a Special Guest. Director of BCAS Khandaker Mainuddin chaired the inaugural session.
Three keynote papers were presented at the function. Executive Director of BCAS Dr. Atiq Rahman presented one of the papers.
Research Fellow of BCAS Omar Tarek Chowdhury shared people’s perspectives, needs and priorities of SDG-7, stressing the need for clean energy for all.
Another Research Fellow of BCAS Golam Rabbani shared the updates of CoP 22 (UN Climate Change Conference) held at Marrakech this year with focus on access to clean energy and mitigation to climate change.
