The world leaders who are responsible for emitting most of the greenhouse gases are not willing to take the requisite actions at the scale and pace that is required.
We are at the halfway point of this time frame; if we review the current situation, the progress is not good.
Macron first told us that he had had a one-on-one conversation with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina already in which he’d offered assistance from France to Bangladesh to work on an energy transition partnership.
While Bangladesh has been doing quite well in adapting to climate change, there is still a long way to go with not much time to waste. Serious actions need to be taken urgently to boost the country’s resilience.
Leaders who attend COP28 will have to rise to the occasion with the sense of urgency that the climate change crisis requires today.
Last month the PM Sheikh Hasina appointed Saber Hossain Chowdhury, member of parliament, as her climate envoy.
“The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.”
A special report on loss and damage will capture the significant amount of scientific research being carried out now on different aspects of tackling climate change.
London has the potential to become a global leader in harnessing the insurance sector to tackle climate change at scale.
An admirable attempt by the French president to raise the important issue of reforming the global financial system in light of climate change emergency.
What we called mitigation before is now better described as averting or avoiding loss and damage
Bangladesh has all the data needed to take the programmatic approach to tackle climate change.
Bangladesh is at the forefront of having to tackle climate change out of necessity, so we cannot avoid learning how to do so.
How are we going to deal with all the evolving climate issues, and what kind of finance is needed for that?
We need to rapidly find ways to deal with heat stress.
This is just one step, although a very important one, towards getting justice for the victims of climate change.
The seven-day conference was a platform for local leaders of LLA from over 30 countries.
Such strategic funding would not only benefit Bangladesh but also the UK, and indeed many other countries as well.
