‘Bangladesh a role model in tackling climate change’

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin on Tuesday said Bangladesh’s carbon emissions plan, under the updated Nationally Determined Contribution, is a role model for the world in tackling climate change.

“Bangladesh will support international initiatives to limit global warming to 1.5-2 degrees Celsius – at the pre-industrial level,” he stated while addressing the updated NDC 2021 dissemination programme of Bangladesh, organised in Dhaka by the environment ministry.

By 2030, with Bangladesh’s own capacity and the cooperation of the developed world, a total of 21.85 per cent reduction in carbon emissions, as well as a number of mitigation programmes have been formulated, said a press release.

These moves will help reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, and their smooth implementation will help move towards a low-carbon, climate-resilient upper-middle-income economy by 2031, in line with the Perspective Plan 2021-2041.

Speaking as the chief guest, Shahab Uddin said, under the Paris Climate Agreement framed in 2015 by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to reduce the harmful effects of climate change, Bangladesh submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (I-NDC) in 2015 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. 

The Bangladesh government has already incorporated the issues of mitigation and adaptation to the effects of climate change in various policy-making documents, including the Perspective Plan and the Five-Year Plan, in line with the country’s development process. 

Bangladesh has recently completed the update of the NDC in accordance with the terms of the Paris Climate Agreement, he added.

Ministry secretary Md Mostafa Kamal presided over the updated NDC Dissemination Function, while Deputy Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Habibun Nahar, UNDP Bangladesh Deputy Resident Representative Van Nguyen and Executive Director of the Bangladesh Center for Advanced Studies Dr Atiq Rahman spoke as special guests.