BSS, Dhaka :
Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen yesterday said the US government’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation will not halt global campaign on climate adaptation initiatives as all other countries are with it.
“Not everything is closed as USA quits …. only one country exited but all others are with it … even if the US government left, 79 percent of the US people believe climate change is a big issue and their government should take initiatives,” he said while speaking at a press briefing at foreign ministry here.
The foreign minister said he believes that the USA government had withdrawn itself from Paris Agreement for a while. “We hope they (USA) will join again (Paris Agreement) as their
citizens want it,” he added.
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister M Shahab Uddin and Principal Coordinator (SDG Affairs) of Prime Minister’s Office Md Abul Kalam Azad also spoke at the briefing organised ahead of the “Dhaka Meeting of the Global Commission on Adaptation”, to be held on Wednesday. Marshall Island President Dr Hilda Heine, former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank CEO Dr Kristalina Georgieva are scheduled to arrive here today to attend the meeting to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen yesterday said the US government’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation will not halt global campaign on climate adaptation initiatives as all other countries are with it.
“Not everything is closed as USA quits …. only one country exited but all others are with it … even if the US government left, 79 percent of the US people believe climate change is a big issue and their government should take initiatives,” he said while speaking at a press briefing at foreign ministry here.
The foreign minister said he believes that the USA government had withdrawn itself from Paris Agreement for a while. “We hope they (USA) will join again (Paris Agreement) as their
citizens want it,” he added.
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister M Shahab Uddin and Principal Coordinator (SDG Affairs) of Prime Minister’s Office Md Abul Kalam Azad also spoke at the briefing organised ahead of the “Dhaka Meeting of the Global Commission on Adaptation”, to be held on Wednesday. Marshall Island President Dr Hilda Heine, former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank CEO Dr Kristalina Georgieva are scheduled to arrive here today to attend the meeting to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
