State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam made the demand at the ‘Berlin Climate and Security Conference 2019’ on Tuesday. He said migration and relocation are options to consider for the persons displaced due to climate change. To deal with climate change related displacement, Shahriar urged new binding legal instrument as the existing instruments are not adequate and are mostly voluntary. The state minister described the grave threat of climate change to Bangladesh and explained how, if continued in the same fashion, this will cause extreme devastation to every sector of Bangladesh endangering all the achievements. He demanded true implementation of the Paris Agreement, 2030 Development Agenda (SDGs) and the Sendai Framework and continuation of existing facilities for LDCs after graduation as effective measures to fight climate change.

Source: bd News24 June 05, 2019 18:22 UTC