The issue of loss and damage must be addressed, including global sharing of responsibility for climate migrants displaced by sea-level rise, salinity increase, river erosion, floods, and draughts.

This is one of the four points put forward by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the world leaders to fight climate change.

She was addressing the 26th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) yesterday.

In the first point, Hasina said the major emitters must submit ambitious NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions), and implement those.

"Second," she said, "The developed countries should fulfil their commitments of providing 100 billion dollars annually with a 50:50 balance between adaptation and mitigation. "

Third, the prime minister said, the developed countries should disseminate clean and green technology at affordable costs to the most vulnerable countries. "The development needs of the CVF countries also need to be considered."

The fourth one was on the issues of addressing loss and damage and global sharing of responsibility for climate migrants.

The prime minister further said Bangladesh has cancelled 10 coal-based power plants involving 12 billion dollars of foreign investment, just to supplement its efforts against the adverse impacts of climate change.

The government has recently submitted an ambitious and updated NDC to UNFCCC, she added. "Bangladesh has one of the world's most extensive domestic solar energy programmes. We hope to have 40 percent of the country's energy from renewable sources by 2041.

"We're going to implement the Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan -- a journey from climate vulnerability to resilience to climate prosperity."

Hasina mentioned that Bangladesh is trying to address the challenge of climate impacts because of 1.1 million forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals or Rohingyas.

She further said Bangladesh is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries, though it contributes less than 0.47 percent of global emissions.

Hasina noted that the government has established the "Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund" in 2009 to address this challenge. "We've doubled climate-related expenses in the last seven years. Currently, we are preparing the National Adaptation Plan."

As the Chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and V20, Bangladesh is promoting the interests of the 48 climate-vulnerable countries, she said.

On behalf of the CVF, Hasina added, Bangladesh is pursuing to establish a Climate Emergency Pact.