A two-day judicial conference on environment and climate change will be held in Dhaka on November 25 and 26.

The Supreme Court has organised the South Asia Judicial Conference on Environment and Climate Change at Hotel Radisson in collaboration with Asian Development Bank.

The conference's focus on climate change is timely in light of the recent Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals, SC sources said.  

President Md Abdul Hamid will inaugurate the function with Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha in the chair.

The chief justices of five countries- Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Malaysia are expected to attend the conference, according to sources said.