‘Water for Climate’, a new global initiative launched

A fresh global initiative has been taken up to keep water temperature within the tolerable level, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday.

The new initiative named ‘Water for Climate’ will also take initiative to rid water of oceans, rivers and other water bodies of pollution.

The ‘Water for Climate’ was launched at a side event at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) on November 15.

The Netherlands is the initiator of the group where Bangladesh is the champion country.Primarily Tajikistan and some other countries are joining the group. Many other countries will also join the group, Momen told The Business Post.

Over the last 20 years, water temperature in the Indian Ocean has gone up by 1.4 degree Celsius. For this reason, tidal waves are getting bigger.

If the water temperature sees further rise fungus and many fisheries will be destroyed.

“We will raise a voice globally from this group to control the temperature rise. We will see how more implementable actions can be taken to keep the water temperature at a reasonable level,” the minister said.

Bangladesh is a riverine country. A total of 800 rivers crisscross the country.

“That is why we are saying that the water temperature and pollution must be controlled. We have been working on it for a long time.”

This story was produced as part of the 2022 Climate Change Media Partnership, a journalism fellowship, organized by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security.