UNB, New York :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the developed countries and world leaders to come forward with support for climate change adaptation and wider ‘capacity building’.
“We need support for climate change adaptation and wider ‘capacity building’ and also for technology development and transfer in areas like agriculture, public health and disaster management,” she said. The Prime Minister was delivering her statement at the High-Level Leaders’ Dialogue on Climate Change: Implementation of the Paris Agreement Towards COP24 and Beyond held at the UN Headquarters. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was present at the programme. Sheikh Hasina hoped that member states will utilise the opportunity in COP24 to have a more focused discussion on climate finance to put the world on track to meet pre-2020 ambition and long-term goals of the
Paris Agreement. Mentioning that Bangladesh is one of the most climate vulnerable countries, she said, “Climate change threatens our life and livelihood of our 160 million people.” In Bangladesh, she said, they have mainstreamed climate actions and disaster risk reduction in the national plan. “We’ve investment of over 1 percent of our GDP to address the climate change impacts. Moreover, US$ 450 million has been allocated from our own resources for adaptation and mitigation purposes,” she said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the developed countries and world leaders to come forward with support for climate change adaptation and wider ‘capacity building’.
“We need support for climate change adaptation and wider ‘capacity building’ and also for technology development and transfer in areas like agriculture, public health and disaster management,” she said. The Prime Minister was delivering her statement at the High-Level Leaders’ Dialogue on Climate Change: Implementation of the Paris Agreement Towards COP24 and Beyond held at the UN Headquarters. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was present at the programme. Sheikh Hasina hoped that member states will utilise the opportunity in COP24 to have a more focused discussion on climate finance to put the world on track to meet pre-2020 ambition and long-term goals of the
Paris Agreement. Mentioning that Bangladesh is one of the most climate vulnerable countries, she said, “Climate change threatens our life and livelihood of our 160 million people.” In Bangladesh, she said, they have mainstreamed climate actions and disaster risk reduction in the national plan. “We’ve investment of over 1 percent of our GDP to address the climate change impacts. Moreover, US$ 450 million has been allocated from our own resources for adaptation and mitigation purposes,” she said.
