Green activists here on Saturday expressed their disappointment that the climate change issues got poor attention in the proposed national budget for FY 2015-16 and the 7th Five-Year Plan.
They came up with the observation at a press conference titled ‘How Environment-Friendly is the Proposed National Budget for FY 2015-16?’ arranged by Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa) at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU).
Reading out a written statement, Bapa general secretary Dr Abdul Matin said Finance Minister AMA Muhith’s stance on the issues of environment conservation and development was not clear or strong in the proposed budget and in the 7th Five-Year Plan.
The minister’s speech on environment issues seemed somewhat careless; especially climate related issues were simply neglected in the budget, he added.
