He said Bangladesh is of the “firm view” that climate change and sustainable development are “interlinked” and addressing climate change should be at the heart of the international development discourse. “We must redouble our efforts for sustainable development,” he said, speaking at the High-Level Meeting on ‘Climate and Sustainable Development for All’ at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday. The impacts of climate change will put severe stress on its limited land. Climate change and sea level rise induced salinity and other disasters are also harming rice and other crop production significantly. “Two percent of our GDP is regularly lost due to natural calamities and environmental degradation,” the state minister said.

Source: bd News24 March 30, 2019 04:18 UTC