Representational photoBangladesh has ranked number seven among Global Climate Risk Index 2020’s most at-risk countries despite having a negligible carbon footprintCVF Thematic Ambassador for Vulnerability Saima Wazed Hossain on Monday called for making holistic approaches to make integrated action plans considering the experiences of most vulnerable communities to face the challenges of climate change. We need to look at individual communities what work them.”“When talk about climate change, we emphasize on reducing the temperature and green house gas and those are extremely important issues. “We need CoP 26-CVF partnership to rally behind the CVF’s call for a dedicated UN Special Rapporteur for climate change and human rights to uphold human rights of the most vulnerable of climate victims,” she said. The state minister for foreign affairs said Bangladesh adopted the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 and established our first US$400 million Climate Change Trust Fund from our own resources. “Our parliament declared a 'Planetary Emergency' and called on the world to work “on a war-footing’’ to stop climate change,” he said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 30, 2020 17:31 UTC