Co-op must for achieving climate adaptation goals

Environment Forest and Climate Change Secretary Dr Farhina Ahmed on Thursday said collaboration and coordination are key to effectively addressing climate change impacts and achieving adaptation goals.

"Partnerships and knowledge sharing are needed to enhance adaptation actions, avoiding duplication and reporting burdens. Bangladesh plans to contribute to the development of indicators, establish early warning systems, implement adaptation plans, and establish monitoring systems," she said.

The environment secretary was addressing a technical session titled “Assessing Richness and Gaps towards the Global Goals Adaptation (UNEP)” of the ongoing NAP Expo 2024 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC), reports BSS.

Dr Farhina said the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) is crucial for aligning adaptation actions with the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA).

Although challenges exist, such as concluding negotiations before formulating NAPs, countries like Bangladesh are committed to aligning their adaptation efforts with the GGA, she said.

COP28 concluded the Glasgow-Sharm el Sheikh Work Programme on the GGA and adopted a framework for the global goal on adaptation, the environment secretary said.

She said a two-year work programme on indicators for measuring progress towards GGA targets was taken with Bangladesh aiming for its adoption at COP30.

UN Resident Coordinator of Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis, Regional climate change coordinator of UNEP Mozaharul Alam, Carriedo of UNEP Vanessa Villegas, National Climate Change Expert of FAO, Bangladesh Arfan Uzzaman, and Azan Mohamed from Maldives also spoke on the occasion.