BSS, Rajshahi :
Speakers at a discussion here said necessary steps should be taken to mitigate the adverse impact of climate change in the region to protect its living and livelihood condition from further degradation.
They viewed the ongoing climate change at alarming rates has severely affected every sector including agriculture and its diversity creating a real threat to food production.
To face the odd situation, Bangladesh Climate Change Resilient Fund ( BCCRF) and Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF) should be more effective so that the vulnerable people can derive total benefits of the funds and there is no alternative to it, they added.
The observations came at an orientation styled “Progress and Challenge in Bangladesh Climate Change Fund Management” held at Master Chef Restaurant in the city on Wednesday.
Committee of Concerned Citizens (CCC) and Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) jointly organized the meeting in association with Promoting Transparency in Climate Finance Governance.
Editor of Daily Sonar Desh Akbarul Hassan Millat, former registrar of Rajshahi University Prof Abdus Salam, Language Veteran Moshaffar Hossain Akunji, BLAST Coordinator Advocate Abdus Samad, Dr Tanjima Johra Habib of Rajshahi University and Bilkish Banu, a ward councilor of Rajshahi City Corporation, addressed the discussion.
During his keynote presentation, Zakir Hossain Khan, Senior Programme Manager (Climate Finance Governance) of TIB, said instead of indiscriminate using of groundwater, water reservoirs for irrigation purposes has become an urgent need for boosting agricultural productions for ensuring food security in the wake of adverse impacts of climate changes.
He pointed out that the existing agricultural system has started facing a serious threat because of climate change that also leads to various natural disasters.
Zakir Khan said it was necessary for the government to allocate fund for the BCCTF as per the National Action Plan of Adaptation. The government proved its willingness to battle the climate change by forming BCCTF in 2009, and allocated an amount of Tk 2,700 crore to it for four consecutive years.
This fund logically established the demand of Bangladesh to get compensation from developed countries.
He also urged the developed countries to provide the due grants to the BCCRF as per their commitments.
Considering the reality and prospects of mobilising funds from government and other external sources, institutional mechanisms for fund management should be further developed based on the experiences gained during this period, otherwise, all these costly efforts might be washed out.
Speakers at a discussion here said necessary steps should be taken to mitigate the adverse impact of climate change in the region to protect its living and livelihood condition from further degradation.
They viewed the ongoing climate change at alarming rates has severely affected every sector including agriculture and its diversity creating a real threat to food production.
To face the odd situation, Bangladesh Climate Change Resilient Fund ( BCCRF) and Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF) should be more effective so that the vulnerable people can derive total benefits of the funds and there is no alternative to it, they added.
The observations came at an orientation styled “Progress and Challenge in Bangladesh Climate Change Fund Management” held at Master Chef Restaurant in the city on Wednesday.
Committee of Concerned Citizens (CCC) and Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) jointly organized the meeting in association with Promoting Transparency in Climate Finance Governance.
Editor of Daily Sonar Desh Akbarul Hassan Millat, former registrar of Rajshahi University Prof Abdus Salam, Language Veteran Moshaffar Hossain Akunji, BLAST Coordinator Advocate Abdus Samad, Dr Tanjima Johra Habib of Rajshahi University and Bilkish Banu, a ward councilor of Rajshahi City Corporation, addressed the discussion.
During his keynote presentation, Zakir Hossain Khan, Senior Programme Manager (Climate Finance Governance) of TIB, said instead of indiscriminate using of groundwater, water reservoirs for irrigation purposes has become an urgent need for boosting agricultural productions for ensuring food security in the wake of adverse impacts of climate changes.
He pointed out that the existing agricultural system has started facing a serious threat because of climate change that also leads to various natural disasters.
Zakir Khan said it was necessary for the government to allocate fund for the BCCTF as per the National Action Plan of Adaptation. The government proved its willingness to battle the climate change by forming BCCTF in 2009, and allocated an amount of Tk 2,700 crore to it for four consecutive years.
This fund logically established the demand of Bangladesh to get compensation from developed countries.
He also urged the developed countries to provide the due grants to the BCCRF as per their commitments.
Considering the reality and prospects of mobilising funds from government and other external sources, institutional mechanisms for fund management should be further developed based on the experiences gained during this period, otherwise, all these costly efforts might be washed out.
