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Tk 70,000cr needed to implement climate change action plan

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladesh needs Tk 3,500 crore for each year of the first two years and Tk 70,000 crore for the first five years to implement the 10-year Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan.

The state minister for environment and forests, Hasan Mahmud, said this in the house in reply to questions from lawmakers on Thursday.

To implement the BCCSAP, he said, the government has allocated Tk 700 crore from its own fund and expected that developed countries in line with the Copenhagen Accord would take immediate steps for delivering $30 billion fund over next three years.  Read more...

Conspirators of governmental climate fund in Borguna

Mohammad Abdul Wahab, Borguna

Borguna, Bangladesh : “At the time of Aila, I was in Dhaka. My family was in Borguna. My family members have told me everything about that situation. All villagers were busy to save life. My trees were broken and fallen on house. My tin sheet house was totally broken. I have lost everything”. This is the voice of hen seller, Mohammad Abdul Wahab, who lives in Dhaka now. He has come from Sotogorichanna village of Fuljhori in Borguna.  Read more...

Developing countries are claiming compensation

Mohammad Saiful Islam

“When I go to catch fish in ocean at morning then the weather remains sound. After some hours, the sky becomes dark suddenly. Wind does not come from the same direction as before. It changes its way. Cyclone SIDR may come any time and destroy everything. I can not get fish as before.” This is the speech of a boatman Amir Hossain of Borguna in an event named “National Climate Listening”. It held on last Friday at Romna Botomul.

This event was arranged by Oxford International and CSRL where climate  Read more...

Bangladesh wants 10 billion dollars to fight climate change

Bangladesh said Tuesday it would need 10 billion dollars from rich countries in the next four years to offset the effects of climate change — double its original estimate.

The government had previously said it would seek five billion dollars at next month’s climate summit in Copenhagen to help it adapt to increased flooding, cyclones and droughts.

But Environment Minister Hasan Mahmud told AFP that as one of the countries worst affected by climate change, Bangladesh had re-evaluated its adaptation needs.  Read more...

Bangladesh should ensure proper use of funds: Denmark

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladesh government and the lending nations and agencies should take concerted efforts for better use of development funds to reduce poverty in the country, Danish ambassador in Dhaka Einar H Jensen said on Wednesday.

He also said that Bangladesh will have to play a ‘very crucial role’ at the coming global climate conference at Copenhagen, pinpointing the least developed countries’ woes caused by global warming due to the spewing of excessive carbons by the developed nations.

Denmark is hosting the climate conference widely known as COP-15 from December 8-18 in its capital.

‘We want to put more funds to support Bangladesh as it now has a poverty reduction strategy. The government and  Read more...