COP 26: National Statement by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

 Bangladesh underscores four problems to tackle temperature change and warming.

Bangladesh has doubled its climate-related expenses within the past seven years and is currently on the method of getting ready a National Adaptation arrange to tackle temperature change, Prime Minister ruler Hasina aforementioned within the National Statement delivered at the COP twenty-six.

Addressing the Leaders’ Meeting on Action and commonality – The important Decade in port on Monday, she aforementioned developed nations conjointly ought to support vulnerable countries by transferring inexperienced and clean technologies at a reasonable price.

Following is that the full statement by Prime Minister ruler Hasina

Excellencies,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Assalamu Alaikum, and an awfully sensible afternoon/evening to you all.

Excellencies,

While contributive but zero.47% of world emissions, East Pakistan is one amongst the foremost climate-vulnerable countries. to handle this challenge, we tend to establish the “Bangladesh temperature change Trust Fund” in 2009. we've doubled climate-related expenses within the last seven years. Currently, we tend to are getting ready for the National Adaptation arrangement.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Recently we tend to submit associate formidable and updated NDC. East Pakistan has one of the world’s most intensive domestic alternative energy programs. we tend to hope to own four-hundredth of our energy from renewable sources by 2041. we've off ten coal-based power plants price twelve billion greenbacks of foreign investment. we tend to ar progressing to implement the ‘Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan’- a journey from climate vulnerability to resilience to climate prosperity. we tend to try to handle the challenge of climate impact owing to one.1 million forcibly displaced Asian nation nationals or Rohingyas.

As the Chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and V20, we tend to ar promoting the interests of the forty-eight climate-vulnerable countries. we tend to also are sharing best practices and adaptation information regionally through the South Asia workplace of the worldwide Center of Adaptation’s capital of Bangladesh. On behalf of the CVF, East Pakistan is following to ascertain a Climate Emergency accord.

Excellencies,

Let American state finish with the following four points:

First, the most important emitters should submit formidable NDCs, and implement those.

Second, developed countries ought to fulfill their commitments of providing one hundred billion greenbacks annually with a 50:50 balance between adaptation and mitigation.

Third, the developed countries ought to circulate clean and inexperienced technology at reasonable prices to the foremost vulnerable countries. the event desires of the CVF countries conjointly ought to be thought about.

Fourth, the problem of loss and harm should be addressed, together with international sharing of responsibility for climate migrants displaced by lowland rise, salinity increase, watercourse erosion, floods, and draughts.

I many thanks all.