Big emitters must go for rapid mitigation of GHGs: Bangladesh

Hossen Sohel of DOT
Bangladesh has said big emitters must go for rapid mitigation of GHGs apart from providing financial resources and ensuring technology transfer to the vulnerable countries for their adaptation efforts, reports UNB.
“This would be the most effective response to the threats to international peace and security posed by climate change and related disasters,” said Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassador Masud Bin Momen.
He said halting of global climate  change and reducing disaster risks will largely depend on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework to their true letter and spirit.
“We must redouble our efforts for sustainable development. Bangladesh is of the firm view that climate change and related disasters must be discussed in the mold of international development cooperation,” said Ambassador Momen. He made the remark while addressing the open debate on ‘addressing the impacts of climate-related disasters on international peace and security’ in the UN headquarters on Friday. Bangladesh is one of the worst affected countries by the impacts of global climate change due to its geographical location and is highly prone to natural disasters such as cyclone, flood, landslide and earthquake, said the envoy. Climate change poses an existential threat to our 160 million people, although we had hardly contributed to the deterioration of the environment, he mentioned. Just 1-degree centigrade increase of global temperature and further sea level rise, he said, will result into inundation of a large area of Bangladesh and thus displacement of 40 Million people by the end of this century.